Name: Aladdin

 

County: Crook

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1041101W

Latitude: 443824N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  3688/1124

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

The town was named after a girl Aladdin Hicks. Her father promoted the Aladdin Coal Mines in 1896.

Source: Christiansen

 

Alternative Spellings: 

 

Other Names: Hay Creek, Barrett

 

History:

Aladdin Post Office began as the Hay Creek Post Office on June 12, 1888. On October 9, 1889, Hay Creek's name was changed to Barrett and on December 1, 1898, Barrett's name was changed to Aladdin. It was discontinued on December 30, 1964.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A small country postoffice in Crook County. Stockraising the leading industry. 

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

Small country postoffice in Crook County, on the W. & M. Railway, 20 miles north of Sundance the county seat. Stock raising the leading industiry. 

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Small trading center ten miles north of Beulah. Once know as a thrifty, prosperous settlement of Swedish people.

Source: WPA

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Horse Creek

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Christiansen, Cleo. Sagebrush Settlements. Lovell, Wyo.: Cleo Christiansen, 1967.

Miller, Donald C. Ghost Towns of Wyoming. Boulder: Pruett Publishing Co., 1977.

Stewart, George R. American Place-Names: A concise and selective dictionary for the Continental United States of America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970.

 

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