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History · Dixon

Dixon’s post office opened in 1874, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Dixon was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Its Register listing is the Stockgrowers Bank. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1920.

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How Dixon began

When was Dixon founded?

1874

The Dixon post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 170 in 19202020 census: 74152 years
Founding year: the first Dixon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Dixon’s past

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

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The story

How Dixon came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dixon.

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The town claims an incorporation date of July 1887 though the Wyoming State Archives list 1917. An article in the January 11, 1912 Rawlins Republican also mentions a vote to incorporate the town.

Dixon is named for Bob Dixon, an early white trapper who came to the region along with Jim Baker.

The current town hall was built in 1911 as the Stockgrowers Bank.

The town once was the site of the county poor farm. The barn still stands though it is now on private property.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Dixon, decade by decade

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On the map

Dixon on the map, 1957 to 1982

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

Dixon on the 1957 USGS mapDixon on the 1975 USGS mapDixon on the 1982 USGS map1957Baggs sheet · 1:62,500

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

On the National Register

1 historic place in Dixon

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

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Stockgrowers Bank
Stockgrowers Bank
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Stockgrowers BankBuilding

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

People over time

Dixon, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 170

Between 70 and 170 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dixon’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Dixon’s history

What year was Dixon founded?

The Dixon post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Dixon?

One place: the Stockgrowers Bank (listed 1986).

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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 (2), the Library of Congress (6), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.