Name: Centennial

 

County: Albany

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1060830W

Latitude: 411754N

 

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Elevation: 8074/2461

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Received its name from the fact that the settlement was founded as the result of a gold strike in the area in 1876, the centennial year, one hundred years from the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. 

Source: WPA

 

Gold was found here in 1876, the centennial year.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

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History:

Centennial Post Office was established on July 23, 1875 with Isaac P. Lambing as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A growing town in Albany County, on the Laramie, Hahn's Peak and Pacific Railway, division headquarters; 32 miles west of Laramie. Mining, stockraising and lumber.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

A postoffice and station on the Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway, 30 miles west of Laramie, the county seat and banking point.

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory, 1924-25   

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Centennial

 

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