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History · Auburn

Auburn’s post office opened in 1889, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Auburn was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1995. Its Register listing is the Rock Church. Below: maps from 1955 on.

1889first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Auburn began

When was Auburn founded?

1889

The Auburn post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 375137 years
Founding year: the first Auburn post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Auburn’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Auburn are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Auburn’s history is told.

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The story so far

Auburn, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Auburn yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Auburn is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 375. The first settlement at Auburn was made in 1879.

Its first post office opened in 1889. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 328 to 375 (+14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Auburn, decade by decade

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On the map

Auburn on the map, 1955 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Auburn. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Auburn on the 1955 USGS mapAuburn on the 1962 USGS mapAuburn on the 1980 USGS map1955Preston sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Auburn.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Auburn

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1985
Rock Church
Rock Church
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Stone Construction1
Rock ChurchStone Construction

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Auburn

Nobody well known was born in Auburn itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Rulon GardnerAmerican wrestler · b. 1971
Vern GardnerAmerican basketball player · b. 1925
John Call CookGeophysicist, developer of ground-penetrating r… · b. 1918
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LaWanna ShurtliffAmerican politician · b. 1935
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Evan SimpsonAmerican politician · b. 1957
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George OsmondAmerican missionary · b. 1917

Questions about Auburn’s history

What year was Auburn founded?

The Auburn post office opened in 1889, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Auburn?

One place: the Rock Church (listed 1985).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.