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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Washakie County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,685. Its county seat is Worland.
History
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Washakie County was created on February 21, 1911, as Hanover County with land detached from Big Horn County and organized in 1913. The bill for creating the county initially named it "Hanover County", but it was renamed before the bill passed to Washakie County for the head chief of the Shoshone people, Chief Washakie, who became an ally of the US Government.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1906 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1911 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1912 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1913 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1913 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1920 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1920 | 3,106
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| 1930 | 4,109
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| 1940 | 5,858
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| 1950 | 7,252
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| 1960 | 8,883
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| 1970 | 7,569
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| 1980 | 9,496
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| 1990 | 8,388
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