Johnson County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Johnson County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 8 December 1875 from Carbon County
 * County seat: Buffalo 
 * Neighboring Counties: Big Horn | Campbell | Converse | Natrona | Sheridan | Washakie

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wyoming County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wyoming County Boundary Maps" (1848-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

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

Cemeteries
Cemetery records often reveal birth, marriage, death, relationship, military, and religious information.

History

 * Wyoming History.org

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records. Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Libraries

 * Johnson County Library

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 530 marriages 4 Jun 1881 to 28 Sep 1904

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