Crook County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Crook County

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

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: organized 8 December 1875 from Laramie and Albany counties.
 * County seat: Sundance
 * Neighboring Counties: Butte County, South Dakota | Campbell | Carter County, Montana | Lawrence County, South Dakota | Powder River County, Montana | Weston

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.

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1855. Clerk of the court has divorce, probate and court records.

Marriage

 * Western States Marriage Index over 401 marriages 28 Jun 1885 to 9 Jan 1905

Websites

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