County: Sweetwater

Authority Name: Bairoil (Wyo.)

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1073334W

Latitude: 421440N

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Elevation: 6877/2096

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named for Charles Bair, a prominent sheep man of Billings, Montana, who financed and promoted the first oil development in Sweetwater County.  

Source: WPA

Named for the Bair Oil Company when that company built a camp at this site.

Source: Annals 14(3)

Named for Charles Bair, a prominent sheep man of Billings, Montana, who financed and promoted the first oil development in that district.

Source: Annals 15(1) 

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History:

Bairoil Post Office was established in March, 1924.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Bairoil 

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