Editing Wyoming, Delaware (section)

==History==
The community started when the nearby town of [[Camden, Delaware|Camden]] would not grant access to the [[Delaware Railroad]] (later part of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]), which bypassed the town and built a railroad station one mile west of the center of town and named the area West Camden. In 1865, minister John J. Pierce moved to West Camden from the Wyoming Valley and laid out plots for new housing. Several individuals from the Wyoming Valley moved to the new community and it was decided to rename the community.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140627170015/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130820/NEWS/308200065/Old-feud-between-Camden-Wyoming-part-local-lore?nclick_check=1]</ref> The community, "Desiring to sever any shared identity or connection with Camden, residents chose to honor the new citizens by changing the name of the community to Wyoming." A post office was erected in 1866 and the community was incorporated into a town in 1869.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.delaware.gov/markers/kc/KC-63.shtml#TopOfPage |title=TOWN OF WYOMING |website=archives.delaware.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112195919/http://archives.delaware.gov/markers/kc/KC-63.shtml |archive-date=January 12, 2009}}</ref>

The [[Lewis Family Tenant Agricultural Complex]], [[Wyoming Historic District]], and [[Wyoming Railroad Station]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

On February 22, 1975, a vote was held to merge with the bordering town of [[Camden, Delaware|Camden]]; the residents of Camden voted 117 to 49 in favor of merging the towns, but the measure failed when Wyoming residents voted against the measure, 113 against to 78 in favor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wyoming Votes No On Camden Merger|agency=''The News Journal''(Wilmington, Delaware)|date= February 24, 1975}}</ref> The Wyoming town council had previously opposed a merger attempt in 1967.