Name: Baggs

 

County: Carbon

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1073927W

Latitude: 410209N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6247/1904

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Baggs was named after George Baggs, an early settler. It was laid out in 1896 when R. C. Magor of Rawlins, who had taken over the store and postoffice from Mr. Irons, had the townsite of Baggs platted.

Source: WPA

 

Named for Maggie and George Baggs, early settlers.

Source: Annals 14(2) 

 

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Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Baggs Post Office was established as Bagg's Post Office in November, 1879. In December, 1893, its name was changed to Baggs.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice on the Little Snake River in Carbon County, 66 miles south of Rawlins. Daily stages from Wamsutter, 50 miles northwest on the Union Pacific Railway, the nearest railroad point. Principal industries, stock raising, farming, lumbering and mining.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Baggs

 

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