Named for the beautiful pines around the town. It is located at the foot of the Wind River Range. (WPA) Named by Charles Peterson in 1899, when the first post office was opened at this place, for the pines along the stream, Pine Creek. The town was incorporated in 1912 and was made the county seat in June 1921. (Annals of Wyoming 15:1)
County:
Sublette
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
More Reading:
Index to the Pinedale Roundup, the Big Piney Roundup 1980-1999. Myers, Judi A. [Pinedale, Wyo.? : J.A. Myers?] ; 2000.; Index to the Pinedale and Big Piney Roundups : Sublette County, Wyoming, Vol. III, 1955-1979. Myers, Judi A. [Pinedale, Wyo.? : J.A. Myers?] ; 1990.; Index to the Pinedale Roundup : Sublette County, Wyoming, 1930-1954 : and Smoke Signals 1952-1954. Myers, Judi A. [Pinedale, Wyo.? : J.A. Myers?], 1989.; Index to the Pinedale roundup : Sublette County, Wyoming, 1904-1929 : the first 25 years. Myers, Judi A. [Pinedale, Wyo.? : J.A. Myers?] ; 1988.; Pinedale. Noble, Ann Chambers. Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., 2008.; Pinedale, Wyoming : a centennial history, 1904-2004. Noble, Ann Chambers. Pinedale, Wyo. : Sublette County Historical Society, Museum of the Mountain Man, c2005.; Ann Chambers Noble. Pinedale, Wyoming. WyoHistory.org
