 washakie county is a county located in the u.s. state of wyoming. as of the 2010 census, the population was 8,533. its county seat is worland. == history == washakie county was created on february 21, 1911 with land detached from big horn county. washakie county was named for the head chief of the shoshone people, chief washakie, who became an ally of the us government. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.2%) is water. ===adjacent counties=== *big horn county (north) *johnson county (east) *natrona county (southeast) *fremont county (south) *hot springs county (west) *park county (northwest) ===national protected area=== *bighorn national forest (part) ==demographics== {{uscensuspop | 1920=3106 | 1930=4109 | 1940=5858 | 1950=7252 | 1960=8883 | 1970=7569 | 1980=9496 | 1990=8388 | 2000=8289 | 2010=8533 |estyear=2012 |estimate=8464 |footnote=u.s. decennial census1
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