Name: Atlantic City

County: Fremont

Authority Name: Atlantic City (Wyo.)

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Longitude:  1084350W

Latitude: 422948N

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Elevation: 7690/2344

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Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Deserted ghost town just on the east side of the Continental Divide. Named after the waters near the crest of the Continental Divide that run towards the Atlantic Ocean in the neighborhood of the town. Atlantic City was one of the gold mining camps that sprang into life a little after the big strike at South Pass in 1867. Once its business district ran along both sides of the gulch and it housed about 2,000 people. Although its boom was less spectacular than South Pass, the town of Atlantic City survived longer. 

Source: WPA

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History:

Atlantic City Post Office was established in Carter County in December, 1869. It was discontinued in June, 1923 but re-established in May, 1926. It was discontinued again in October, 1954 and its mail then handled by Lander Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Important mining town and postoffice in Fremont County, 32 miles south from Lander. The location of several promising mines.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Atlantic City

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