History
Campbell County was created on February 21, 1911 with land detached from Crook County and Weston County.
Campbell County was named either for John Allen Campbell, a governor of the Wyoming Territory or for Robert Campbell, an early trapper, who was a fur trader associated with William Henry Ashley.
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