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In March, 1910, the town site for Lingle was surveyed and platted,

"the land being a portion of the old PF Ranch."

Newspaper clipping from Wyoming Tribune, March 24, 1910.

Photograph by J. E. Stimson. Courtesy of the Wyoming State Archives.

 

 

 

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What is Wyoming Places?

 

Wyoming Places is a source for information on Wyoming place names. It is a project of the Wyoming State Library and the University of Wyoming Libraries using sources available from the collections of the libraries, the Wyoming State Archives and other research facilities.

 

Official Geographic names are designated by the US Board on Geographic Names in partnership with the Wyoming Geographic Names Board. This project uses the official names but tells the stories about the names. Often there is more than one story about how a place got its name or a place has more than one name.

 

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Wyoming Places is a work in progress. Some of the tables do not have links yet and there are many places that are not described.

 

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