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Albany County, Wyoming

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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43historic places

—earliest paper

1868formed

37,066pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 43 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Laramie, Centennial, Woods Landing.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Wyoming is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Albany titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 43 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

43 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Ames Monument	Sherman	Structure	1972
Ames Monument (NHL) NHL	Laramie	Structure	2016
Barn at Oxford Horse Ranch	Laramie	Building	1986
Bath Ranch	Laramie	Building	1985
Bath Row	Laramie	District	1986
Blair, Charles E., House	Laramie	Building	1980
Boswell, N. K., Ranch	Woods Landing	Building	1977
Brooklyn Lodge	Centennial	Building	1989
Centennial Depot	Centennial	Building	1982
Centennial Work Center	Centennial	District	1994
Como Bluff	Rock River--Medicine Bow	District	1973
Conley, John D., House	Laramie	Building	1980
Cooper Mansion	Laramie	Building	1983
DOE Bridge over Laramie River	Bosler	Structure	1985
Dale Creek Crossing (48AB145)	Ames Monument	Site	1986
Durlacher House	Laramie	Building	2011
East Side School	Laramie	Building	1981
First National Bank of Rock River	Rock River	Building	1988
Flying Horseshoe Ranch	Centennial	District	2000
Fort Sanders Guardhouse	Laramie	Building	1980
Goodale, William, House	Laramie	Building	1991
Ivinson Mansion and Grounds	Laramie	Building	1972
Jelm-Frank Smith Ranch Historic District	Woods Landing	District	1978
Keystone Work Center	Albany	District	1994
King, F.S., Brothers Ranch Historic District	Laramie	District	2006
Laramie Downtown Historic District	Laramie	District	1988
Laramie West Side Historic District	Laramie	District	2025
Lehman-Tunnell Mansion	Laramie	Building	1982
Libby Lodge	Centennial	Building	1976
Lincoln School	Laramie	Building	2003
Mountain View Hotel	Centennial	Building	2007
North Albany Clubhouse	Garrett Route	Building	1998
Old Main	Laramie	Building	1986
Parker Ranch House	Laramie Peak	Building	1985
Richardson's Overland Trail Ranch	Laramie	District	1992
Snow Train Rolling Stock	Laramie	District	2013
St. Matthew's Cathedral Close	Laramie	District	1984
St. Paulus Kirche	Laramie	Building	1983
Union Pacific Athletic Club	Laramie	Building	1978
University Neighborhood Historic District	Laramie	District	2009
Vee Bar Ranch Lodge	Laramie	Building	1986
Woods Landing Dance Hall	Woods Landing	Building	1985
Wyoming Territorial Penitentiary	Laramie	Building	1978

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Albany was formed in 1868 (1868-12-16) from Laramie.

ALBANY created by Dakota Territory from LARAMIE. Error in the definition of ALBANY's western boundary was corrected 13 December 1869 by the Wyoming Territorial Legislature.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Albany County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1870	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,021	4,626	13,084	9,283	13,946	19,055	21,290	29,062	32,014	37,066

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

6 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Green Hill Cemetery	41.31492	-105.57416
Harmony Cemetery	41.27397	-105.67978
Old Sherman Cemetery	41.13545	-105.40064
Rock River Cemetery	41.73712	-105.97412
Saint Mathews Church Columbarium	41.3123	-105.59282
Tie Siding Cemetery	41.07924	-105.50786

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Collins	41.10997	-106.16307
Rock Creek	41.84164	-105.86611

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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