Received its name from the fact that the settlement was founded as the result of a gold strike in the area in 1876, the centennial year, one hundred years from the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (WPA) Gold was found here in 1876, the centennial year. (Annals of Wyoming 14:3)
County:
Albany
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
More Reading:
Centennial Valley ranch histories. Crouse, Roberta Z. [Centennial, Wyo.? : Roberta Z. Crouse?, 1989]; Centennial, Wyoming, 1876-1996. Newly rev. and expanded ed. Crouse, Roberta Z. Centennial, Wyo. : Utopia Creek Press, 1996.; Centennial, Wyoming, 1876-1976 : the real Centennial. 1st ed. Wiegand, Catherine. [Centennial, Wyo. : Centennial Museum], 1976.
