The story
Read it all →How Osmond came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Osmond.
According to entertainer Marie Osmond, her paternal great-great-grandfather founded Osmond, Wyoming.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Osmond
Osmond’s post office opened in 1906, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1921 on.
1906first post office
0on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
How Osmond began
When was Osmond founded?
1906
The Osmond post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 405120 years
Founding year: the first Osmond post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
What stands out about Osmond’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Osmond’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Osmond’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.Timeline
Osmond, 1906 to 1921
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
By decade
No old photos in the archives yet
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Be the first to add onePhotograph a print flat, in daylight, no flash.
Add from your albumOn the map
Osmond on the map, 1921 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Osmond. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1921Afton sheet · 1:125,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Osmond.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Osmond
Nobody well known was born in Osmond itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Willis J. GertschAmerican arachnologist · b. 1906
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Bruce CarverVideo game designer and programmer · b. 1948
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Lance TaylorAmerican economist · b. 1940Places that used to be
Lost post offices
Osmond had its own post office from 1906 to 1907.
Osmond
19001960today
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Osmond’s history
What year was Osmond founded?
The Osmond post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 Wikipedia, 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.