Johnson County, Wyoming Genealogy

Guide to Johnson County, Wyoming ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Johnson County was founded 1875. The County Seat is Buffalo. It was organized in 1881. The county was named Johnson, for E. P. Johnson, a Cheyenne attorney. It is located in the northeastern central area of the county.

County Courthouse
Johnson County Courthouse 76 N Main Street Buffalo, WY 82834 Phone: 307.684.7272 Johnson County Website County Clerk has marriage and land records. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
The following are locations in the county:

Cemeteries
The following web site has additional information on Johnson county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Wyoming cemetery records by county.

State Census Records

 * 1860 - 1910 Wyoming Compiled Census, 1860-1910 at Ancestry Index ($)

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Wyoming starting in 1850. For links to Federal census indexes, see Wyoming Census.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Records
 * Land Patent Search - index to federal patents and homesteads on the Bureau of Land Management website, some images available
 * 1796 - 1907 - U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website
 * 1861 - 1936 - U.S. Homestead Records 1861-1936 at Ancestry.com - ($), index and images

Local Histories

 * Wyoming History.org

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Wyoming - shows boundary changes for Wyoming Counties
 * Historical Maps and Atlases of wyoming - maps and atlases of Wyoming

Military Records
Civil War No known military units were raised specifically from Wyoming as it did not become a state until 1890. However men from the territories that became Wyoming fought in other units during the Civil War. World War I For further information see Wyoming Military Records.
 * 1861 -1865 at FamilySearch.— index
 * 1890 at FamilySearch.— index
 * 1917 - 1918 at FamilySearch — Index and images

Newspapers
 Wyoming Newspapers Online Wyoming Newspaper Catalogs
 * Wyoming Newspapers.
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Wyoming newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Wyoming newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Wyoming newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index - Index, incomplete, over 530 marriages 4 Jun 1881 to 28 Sep 1904 list of counties included
 * 1867 - 1941 Wyoming Marriages 1867-1941 at findmypast ($), index.
 * 1877 - 1920 at FamilySearch— Index
 * 1877 - 1920 Wyoming, Marriages, 1877-1920 at MyHeritage ($) — index.

Death

 * Wyoming Death Index at Wyoming State Archives — index (currently contains only A-E, it is a work in progress)

Libraries

 * Johnson County Library

Societies
County, Township and City Societies


 * Johnson County Historical Society *Johnson County Historical Society FaceBook page

Libraries


 * Johnson County Library System Central Library 171 N Adams Ave Buffalo, WY 82834, USA Phone: 307-684-5546or 800-661-7071 Fax - 307-684-7888 Library Director

Cynthia Twing - ctwing@johnsoncountylibraries.org

Websites

 * Johnson County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Webpage
 * GenWeb
 * Lookups
 * Wikipedia