Name: Alva

 

County: Crook

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1042629W

Latitude: 444141N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 3993/1217

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Alva Post Office was established in July, 1891 with Alva S. Bender as the first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Other Names: 

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Alva Post Office was established on July 6, 1891 with Alva S. Bender as its postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices 

 

Country postoffice and town in Crook County, 16 miles north of Sundance. Stock growing the principal industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Alva

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information:            

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

 

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