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Sublette County, Wyoming

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
23historic places
—earliest paper
1921formed
8,728pop. 2020
13cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Boulder, Pinedale, Daniel.

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 Sublette titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Archeological Site No. 48SU354Big PineySite1994
Big Sandy LodgeBoulderDistrict2023
Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and LibraryBondurantBuilding2002
Circle RanchBig PineyDistrict1987
Cora TownsiteCoraDistrict2017
Craig CabinBondurantDistrict2016
DDZ Bridge over New Fork RiverBoulderStructure1985
Daniel SchoolDanielDistrict1990
ENP Bridge over Green RiverDanielStructure1985
Emerson SchoolBoulderBuilding2025
Father DeSmet's Prairie Mass SiteDanielSite1970
Fort BonnevillePinedaleSite1970
Green River Drift Trail Traditional Cultural PropertyCoraDistrict2013
Jensen RanchBoulderDistrict1988
Lander Road-New Fork River CrossingBoulderSite2017
Log Cabin MotelPinedaleDistrict1993
New ForkBoulderDistrict1987
Redick LodgePinedaleDistrict1983
Sommers Ranch Headquarters Historic DistrictPinedaleDistrict2009
Steele HomesteadBoulderBuilding1985
Trappers Point SitePinedaleSite2007
Upper Green River Rendezvous Site NHLDanielSite1966
Wardell Buffalo TrapBig PineySite1971

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Sublette was formed in 1921 (1921-02-15) from Fremont, Lincoln.

SUBLETTE created from FREMONT and LINCOLN; SUBLETTE not fully organized, attached to FREMONT and LINCOLN "for judicial, revenue and election purposes."

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Sublette County population from 1930 to 2020 (Census historical series).

10k6,0951,94419301960198020002020
1930194019501960198020002020
1,9442,7782,4813,7784,5485,9208,728

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

13 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 13 of 13 listed
NameLatLon
Alexander Family Cemetery43.06636-110.01148
Ball Cemetery42.70612-110.05225
Bondurant Cemetery43.21271-110.4085
Boulder Cemetery42.75471-109.72911
Cottonwood Cemetery42.798-110.27277
Daniel Cemetery42.86647-110.04292
Indian Graves42.99105-109.92266
Pinedale Cemetery42.87336-109.85482
Plainview Cemetery42.50785-110.19005
Tie Camp Cemetery43.24783-110.02017
Vible Cemetery42.6924-109.71545
Westfall - Cora Cemetery42.95228-109.98619
Wilhelm Cemetery42.92105-110.15572

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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