Editing Wyoming, Illinois (section)

==History==
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The city of Wyoming was founded on May 3, 1836, by ''General Samuel Thomas'', a veteran of the War of 1812. General Thomas was born in 1787 and died in 1879. He is buried in the Wyoming City Cemetery where a plaque below his stone denotes that he was the founder and benefactor of the town of Wyoming. The main city park in Wyoming is Thomas Park; there is also a Thomas Street in honor of General Thomas. Samuel Thomas as well as many of the other early settlers came from the state of Pennsylvania. It is for the [[Wyoming Valley]] in Pennsylvania that the city is named.

Stark County is rural, consisting mostly of farm land. The county was established on March 2, 1839, and named for [[John Stark]], a soldier of the French and Indian wars and a Major General of the [[Continental Army]] during the [[American Revolution]], serving with great distinction at [[Battle of Bunker Hill|Bunker Hill]], [[The Battle of Trenton|Trenton]], [[The Battle of Princeton|Princeton]], and [[Battle of Bennington|Bennington]].

Wyoming is the largest community in Stark County, with 1,429 people as of the 2010 census. The other principal villages are [[Toulon, Illinois|Toulon]], Bradford, Lafayette, Castleton, Camp Grove, West Jersey, Duncan, Stark, Speer, Milo, Elmira, Osceola, and Modena. Toulon is the county seat, and an historic courthouse is sited there.