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Park County, Wyoming

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

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42historic places

—earliest paper

1909formed

29,624pop. 2020

17cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 42 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Cody, Yellowstone National Park, Wapiti.

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 Park titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

17 of 42 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

42 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Absaroka Mountain Lodge	Cody	District	2003
American Legion Hall	Powell	Building	2023
Anderson Lodge	Meeteetse	District	1987
Blair, Quintin, House	Cody	Building	1991
Buffalo Bill Boyhood Home	Cody	Building	1975
Buffalo Bill Dam	Cody	Structure	1971
Buffalo Bill Statue	Cody	Object	1974
Clay Butte Lookout	Clark	Structure	2014
Colter's Hell	Cody	Site	1973
Dead Indian Campsite	Cody	Site	1974
Downtown Cody Historic District	Cody	District	1983
Elephant Head Lodge	Cody	District	2003
First National Bank of Meeteetse	Meeteetse	Building	1990
Fort Yellowstone NHL	Mammoth Hot Springs	District	2003
Goff Creek Lodge	Cody	District	2003
Grand Loop Road Historic District	Yellowstone National Park	District	2003
Hayden Arch Bridge	Cody	Structure	1985
Heart Mountain Relocation Center NHL	Ralston	District	1985
Horner Site NHL	Cody	Site	1966
Irma Hotel	Cody	Building	1973
Lamar Buffalo Ranch	Mammoth Hot Springs	District	1982
Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District	Yellowstone National Park	District	2002
Mummy Cave	Cody	Site	1981
Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station NHL	Yellowstone National Park	Building	1983
Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums NHL	Yellowstone National Park	District	1987
North Entrance Road Historic District	Yellowstone National Park	District	2002
Obsidian Cliff NHL	Mammoth	Site	1996
Obsidian Cliff Kiosk	Mammoth	Structure	1982
Pagoda Creek	Wapiti	Site	2017
Pahaska Tepee	Cody	Building	1973
Pioneer School	Clark	Building	1993
Ralston Community Clubhouse	Ralston	Building	1998
Red Star Lodge and Sawmill	Cody	District	2003
Roosevelt Lodge Historic District	Yellowstone National Park	District	1983
Sage Creek Community Club	Cody	Building	2024
Stock Center	Cody	Building	1976
Stock, Paul, House	Cody	Building	2000
T E Ranch Headquarters	Cody	Building	1973
US Post Office-Powell Main	Powell	Building	1987
US Post Office-Yellowstone Main	Yellowstone	Building	1987
UXU Ranch	Wapiti	District	2003
Wapiti Ranger Station NHL	Wapiti	Building	1966

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Park was formed in 1909 (1909-02-15) from Big Horn.

PARK created from BIG HORN; PARK not fully organized, attached to BIG HORN "for judicial, revenue and election purposes."

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Park County population from 1910 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1910	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,909	7,298	10,976	15,182	16,874	21,639	25,786	29,624

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

17 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bennett Buttes Cemetery	44.90083	-109.1689
Bull Creek Cemetery	44.37772	-109.30565
Christ Episcopal Church Memorial Garden Cemetery	44.52056	-109.07154
Crown Hill Cemetery	44.75244	-108.71213
Fort Yellowstone Army Cemetery	44.97941	-110.69494
Garland Cemetery	44.78545	-108.65304
Mammoth Civilian Cemetery	44.98151	-110.70416
Meeteetse Cemetery	44.1508	-108.86265
Old Trail Town Cemetery	44.51517	-109.10529
Pitchfork Ranch Cemetery	44.11605	-109.16966
Riverside - Graham Cemetery	44.54176	-109.02299
Riverside Cemetery	44.51879	-109.08316
Trail Creek Ranch Cemetery	44.53551	-109.11158
Valley Cemetery	44.2047	-109.56511
Wapiti Valley Cemetery	44.34127	-109.36075
Wapiti Valley Church Cemetery	44.46213	-109.44936
Wilson Cemetery	44.19335	-108.94262

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Soda Butte	44.87772	-110.15325

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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