Name: Dillon

 

County: Carbon

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1070532W

Latitude: 411036N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 9078/2767

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Malachi W. Dillon, owner of a coal mine. It is now a ghost town. 

Source: WPA

 

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History:

Dillon Post Office was established on December 22, 1902 with Clarence D. DeWitt as postmaster. It was discontinued on February 28, 1910 after which its mail was handled by the Rawlins Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A prosperous mining town in Carbon County, 22 miles west of Encampment, 48 miles south of Rawlins, the most convenient railway points. Location of several producing mines.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Bridger Peak 

 

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