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Map of Weston County, Wyoming, 1891 from the Rand McNally Atlas, 1897.
On September 13, 1890, the Daily Boomerang reported on the new town of Merino on the
Burlington and Missouri Railroad. While the railroad was being built, the location had been
known as Iron City, as reported in the Newcastle News on July 3, 1890.
In 1901, the town was renamed Upton.
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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.
You can search the wiki using the box in the top right corner of every page or the Search our Wiki link. You can also browse the Wiki by County, Feature, or Alphabetically.
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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