Name: Cowley

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name: Cowley (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1082810W

Latitude: 445300N

 

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Elevation: 3989/1216

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place 

 

Origin of Name:

Named after an early Mormon settler, Mathias Cowley, who settled there in 1900.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

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History:

Cowley Post Office was established on October 30, 1900 with William W. Graham as its first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A prosperous town in Big Horn County, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 50 miles north of Basin. Located near the Shoshone River, from which a large tract of good land is irrigated by one of the best ditches in Wyoming. Principal industries farming and stockraising.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Cowley

 

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