Name: Dakoming

 

County: Weston

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1040422W

Latitude: 433551N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 3839/1170

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Many American place-names are purely arbitrary coinages. Towns on the border between two states, or near the border, are often given names made of parts of the names of the two states, e. g.,... Dakoming (Dakota-\-Wyoming) ... .

Source: Mencken 

 

Other Names: Dakoma Siding

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Station on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. 

Source: Marshall

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Dewey

 

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