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Teton County, Wyoming

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

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
67historic places
—earliest paper
1921formed
23,331pop. 2020
8cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 67 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 5 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Moose, Jackson, Moran.

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 Teton titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

38 of 67 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

67 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
4 Lazy F Dude RanchMooseDistrict1990
AMK RanchMoranDistrict1990
Administrative Area Historic District, OldMooseDistrict1990
Alpenhof LodgeTeton VillageBuilding2016
Bar B C Dude RanchMooseDistrict1990
Bridge over Snake River-Structure DEYJacksonStructure2022
Brinkerhoff, TheMooseBuilding1990
Cascade Canyon BarnMooseBuilding1998
Chambers, Andy, Ranch Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1990
Chapel of the TransfigurationMooseBuilding1980
Coe Blacksmith ShopJacksonBuilding2026
Coe CabinJacksonBuilding2024
Cunningham CabinMooseDistrict1973
Darwin RanchCoraDistrict2021
Death Canyon BarnMooseBuilding1998
Double Diamond Dude Ranch Dining HallMooseBuilding1998
Ellen G. Walker ShopJacksonBuilding2025
Flat Creek RanchJacksonBuilding2001
Game CreekJacksonSite2019
George Washington Memorial ParkJacksonSite2003
Hardeman BarnsWilsonDistrict2015
Highlands Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1998
Huckleberry Mountain Fire LookoutTeton National ForestBuilding1983
Huff Memorial LibraryJacksonBuilding2003
Hunter Hereford Ranch Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1998
Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43JacksonBuilding2003
Jackson Lake Lodge NHLMoranDistrict2003
Jackson Lake Ranger StationMooseBuilding1990
Jenny Lake Boat Concession FacilitiesMooseBuilding1998
Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4MooseBuilding2006
Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1990
John Clymer ResidenceTeton VillageBuilding2025
Kimmel KabinsMooseDistrict1990
Lake Fish Hatchery Historic DistrictCanyon VillageDistrict1985
Lake Hotel NHLYellowstone National Park (YELL)Building1991
Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol CabinMooseBuilding1990
Lucas, Geraldine Homestead-Fabian Place Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1998
Madison Museum NHLMadison JunctionBuilding1982
Manges CabinMooseBuilding1998
Menor's FerryMooseDistrict1969
Miller CabinJacksonBuilding1969
Miller, Grace and Robert, Ranch (Boundary Increase)JacksonBuilding2002
Moose Entrance KioskMooseBuilding1990
Moran Bay Patrol CabinMooseBuilding1998
Mormon Row Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1997
Murie Ranch Historic District NHLMooseDistrict1998
Murie ResidenceMooseBuilding1990
Old Administrative Area Historic DistrictMooseDistrict
Old Faithful Historic DistrictYellowstone National ParkDistrict1982
Old Faithful Inn NHLWest ThumbBuilding1973
Queen's Laundry Bath HouseYellowstone National ParkBuilding2001
Ramshorn Dude Ranch LodgeMooseBuilding1998
Rosencrans Cabin Historic DistrictMoranDistrict1980
Snake River Land Company Residence and OfficeMooseBuilding2006
Snake River RanchWilsonDistrict2004
Squirrel Meadows Guard StationCity UnavailableBuilding1990
St. John's Episcopal Church and RectoryJacksonBuilding1978
String Lake Comfort StationMooseBuilding1990
Triangle X BarnMooseBuilding1998
Upper Granite Canyon Patrol CabinMooseBuilding1998
Van Vleck House and BarnJacksonBuilding1995
Weston, Henry and Estella, HouseJacksonBuilding2023
White Grass Dude RanchMooseDistrict1990
White Grass Ranger Station Historic DistrictMooseDistrict1990
Wilson Commercial Historic DistrictWilsonDistrict2025
Wort HotelJacksonBuilding1999
Wort-Stilson-Pucci Cabin(Additional Documentation)KellyBuilding1990

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Teton was formed in 1921 (1921-02-15) from Lincoln.

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

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

23k13k2,00319301960198020002020
1930194019501960198020002020
2,0032,5432,5933,0629,35518,25123,331

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial ParkwayPark unit21.9 km
Grand Teton National ParkPark unit29.9 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed
NameLatLon
Aspen Hill Cemetery43.47169-110.75687
Elliott Cemetery43.4947-110.8814
Kelly Cemetery43.63279-110.60765
Mattie Culver Gravesite44.57797-110.83159
Moran Cemetery43.86819-110.56724
Pratt Cemetery43.7619-111.01285
Saint John's Episcopal Church Columbarium43.48132-110.76302
South Park Cemetery43.42956-110.81498

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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