Name: Big Horn County

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name: Big Horn County (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1080502W

Latitude: 443200N 

 

Elevation: 3750/1143

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: County

 

Origin of Name:  

Named from the mountains and town, coming from the Indian word “ahsahta,” the name given the numerous mountain sheep

that thrive in the region. In English the word means “Big Horn” sheep. County seat is in Basin.

Source: WPA

 

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Alternative Spellings: Bighorn

 

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Places (all) 

 

Places by Feature Type:

                                            

 Man-Made       

                                            

Airports               

Ghost Towns                               

Populated Places

Bridges  

Levees Post Offices

Canals  

Locales Ranches 

Cemeteries

Mines

Reservoirs

Civil (Counties)

Notable Structures

Schools                     

Dams 

Oilfields              Stations  

Forts                      

Parks                      Wells 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                

            Natural                     

 

Arches              Crossings                                  

Ranges                                       

Areas Falls Rapids   
Arroyos  Flats Reserves
Bars Forests Ridges
Bays Gaps Slopes  
Basins  Geysers Springs
Benches Glaciers Streams  
Bends  Guts Summits
Capes Islands Swamps
Channels Lakes Trails 
Cliffs Pillars   Tunnels
Craters Plains Valleys 

 

 

 

 

 


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