Name: Border Junction

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1110233W

Latitude: 421248N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6115/1864

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Located on the border line between states of Wyoming and Idaho from which it takes its name.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Border

 

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History:

Border Post Office was established in March, 1900 in Uinta County, prior to the formation of Lincoln County. It was discontinued in December, 1933 and its mail then handled at the Raymond, Idaho Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

(Border) Station on the Oregon Short Line railroad, in Uinta County. Farming and stock raising the principal industries. 

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Border

 

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