Name: Clifton

 

County: Weston

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1040540W

Latitude: 433827N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 3957/1206

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

An early siding and stock loading station. Received its name from the red cliffs in the vicinity.

Source: WPA

 

Named for the red cliffs in the vicinity.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

Other Names: Whoop-up

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Clifton Post Office was established in June, 1907 and discontinued in August, 1947. Its mail was then handled by Newcastle Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices 

 

A postoffice in Weston County. Stockraising the principal industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Weston County, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway, 17 miles south of Newcastle, the county seat and nearest banking point. Farming and stock raising are the principal industries. Population 28. Altitude 3, 300 feet.

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Clifton

 

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