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History · Pinedale

Pinedale’s post office opened in 1898, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

More historic than 54% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Most of Pinedale was built recently: 10% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 7 buildings. Below: maps from 1964 on and the census since 1920.

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Quick answers

How Pinedale began

When was Pinedale founded?

1898

The Pinedale post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 94 in 19202020 census: 2,005128 years

How historic is Pinedale?

B−

More historic than 54% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: the first Pinedale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade

What drives Pinedale’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pinedale is more historic than 54% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its age pulls it down.

B−
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pinedale’s overall grade.
Founding era1898, from the first post office: founded 1850–1899, an older era than 37% of U.S. townsC+Homes built before 19409.9% of homes (±4.9) · typical WY town 12.0% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register1 listing, 7 historic buildings, 34.2 per 10,000 residents · typical WY town 25.1 · U.S. 2.4B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 54%
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Wyoming towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Wyoming town has 25.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pinedale’s 34.2 sits above most of its state (72% of Wyoming towns have fewer) while its 7 historic buildings outnumber those of 73% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.9 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.

Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Pinedale’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 Pinedale 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 Pinedale’s history is told.

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The story so far

Pinedale, in brief

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

Pinedale is a town in and the county seat of Sublette County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 2,005 at the 2020 census. Pinedale is an important hunting outfitting town and a gateway to the Wind River Range. Additionally, Pinedale is near several large natural gas fields, including the Pinedale Anticline and Jonah Field. Attractions include the Museum of the Mountain Man, Green River Rendezvous Days, White Pine Ski Area, the Pinedale Aquatic Center and the Town Park System along the Pine Creek Corridor in the middle of town.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,030 in 2010, 2,005 in 2020.

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

Timeline

Pinedale, 1898 to 1964

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898Post officeThe Pinedale post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1958Born hereTodd Skinner is born here
  5. 1964On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Pinedale, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Slash Pile - Bridger-Teton National Forest - November 20172017Slash Pile - Bridger-Teton National Forest - November…Overlooking Pinedale, WY from the east in the winter, Dec 20162016Overlooking Pinedale, WY from the east in the winter,…LogCabinMotelPinedaleWY2015LogCabinMotelPinedaleWYDriving into Pinedale, Wyoming from the west2015Driving into Pinedale, Wyoming from the westTCI Flare2009TCI FlareWYMap-doton-Pinedale2004WYMap-doton-Pinedale
On the map

Pinedale on the map, 1964 to 1980

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

Pinedale on the 1964 USGS mapPinedale on the 1980 USGS map1964Pinedale sheet · 1:24,000

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

On the National Register

1 listing protects 7 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
7
each building in a district counts
first listed
1993
Log Cabin Motel
Log Cabin Motel
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Log Cabin1
Log Cabin MotelLog Cabin

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

People over time

Pinedale, census by census

05001,0001,5002,000192019401960198020002020Peak: 2,030

Between 94 and 2,030 people in every census since 1920.

11 censuses, 1920–2020.

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

Questions about Pinedale’s history

What year was Pinedale founded?

The Pinedale post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

How does Pinedale rank for history?

Pinedale is more historic than 54% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Pinedale?

One place: the Log Cabin Motel (listed 1993).

How old are the homes in Pinedale?

10% of Pinedale’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.9 points), against a typical 12% for a Wyoming town; the median home was built in 1978.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.