Maps and Places
As with all of the West, communities lived and died quickly in early Big Horn County. Sometimes in researching our family a place name may leave us scratching our heads so it is pretty important to understand the geography in order to understand history.
Post Office
Post office locations are a great way to see the change in communities over time. These locations come from the United States Official Postal Guide for 1899, 1909, and 1920. A copy of each is available on Google books for free.
Some of these places just disappeared, some were divided into a different county and some post offices were shut down with the mail routed to a nearby post office. You can find descriptions of some of these places at Wyoming Places, a service by the Wyoming State Library.
| 1899 | 1909 | 1920 |
| Anchor | ||
| Alamo | ||
| Basin | Basin | Basin |
| Bigtrails | Bigtrails | (now Big Horn Co.) |
| Bonanza | Bonanza | |
| Burlington | Burlington | Burlington |
| Byron | Byron | |
| Cedar | ||
| Chrystal | ||
| Clark | (now Park Co.) | |
| Cloverly | Cloverly | Cloverly |
| Cody | (now Park Co.) | |
| Colter | ||
| Cowley | Cowley | |
| Crosby | ||
| Deaver | ||
| Deep Creek | ||
| Eagle | ||
| Embar | Embar | (now Hot Springs Co.) |
| Emblem | ||
| Fenton | Fenton | |
| Fourbear | (now Park Co.) | |
| Frannie | Frannie | Frannie |
| Gebo | (now Hot Springs Co.) | |
| Germania | Germania | |
| Greybull | Greybull | |
| Hartman | ||
| Humes | Himes | |
| Hyattville | Hyattville | Hyattville |
| Ionia | ||
| Irma | ||
| Ishawood | (now Park Co.) | |
| Jordan | ||
| Kane | Kane | |
| Kirby | (now Hot Springs Co.) | |
| Kirwin | (now Park Co.) | |
| Lovell | Lovell | Lovell |
| Manderson | Manderson | |
| Marquette | (now Park Co.) | |
| Meeteetse | (now Park Co.) | |
| Middleton | ||
| Neiber | (now Big Horn Co.) | |
| No Wood | (now Big Horn Co.) | |
| Otto | Otto | Otto |
| Rairden | ||
| Raymond | ||
| Redbank | ||
| Rothwell | ||
| Saint Joe | ||
| Shell | Shell | Shell |
| Sunshine | (now Park Co.) | |
| Tensleep | Tensleep | (now Big Horn Co.) |
| Tinkcom | ||
| Winchester | (now Big Horn Co.) | |
| Wise | ||
| Worland | (now Big Horn Co.) |
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