List of Wyoming county name etymologies
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This is a list of Wyoming county name etymologies:
- Albany County, Wyoming: Albany is named for Albany, New York.
- Big Horn County, Wyoming: Big Horn is named for the bighorn sheep in the area.
- Campbell County, Wyoming: Campbell is named for John Archibald Campbell, a governor of the Wyoming Territory and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court and Robert Campbell, an explorer of the area.
- Carbon County, Wyoming: Carbon is named for the coal deposits found within the county.
- Converse County, Wyoming: Converse is named for A.R. Converse, a banker and rancher from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
- Crook County, Wyoming: Crook is named for General George Crook.
- Fremont County: Fremont is named for explorer and U.S. Senator John C. Frémont.
- Goshen County: Goshen is named for the Land of Goshen, a Biblical paradise.
- Hot Springs County: Named for the hot springs at Thermopolis within the county borders.
- Johnson County: Johnson is named for E.P. Johnson, a lawyer from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
- Laramie County: Laramie is named for French-Canadian fur trapper Jacques La Ramie. He was killed by Native Americans near what became Fort Laramie.
- Lincoln County: Lincoln is named for U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- Natrona County: Natrona is named for the natron, or soda deposits found within the county's borders.
- Niobrara County: Niobrara is named for the Niobrara River. Niobrara is Omaha for flat or broad river.
- Park County: Park is named for Yellowstone National Park.
- Platte County: Platte is named for the North Platte River. Platte is French for flat.
- Sheridan County: Sheridan is named for American Civil War general Philip Sheridan.
- Sublette County: Sublette is named for pioneer William L. Sublette.
- Sweetwater County: Sweetwater is named for the Sweetwater River.
- Teton County: Teton is named for the Teton Range.
- Uinta County: Uinta is named for the Uintah Mountains, named in turn for the Uintah Native American people.
- Washakie County: Washakie is named for the Shoshone leader Washakie.
- Weston County: Weston is named for railroad promoter John B. Weston.
