Emblem

Name: Emblem

County: Big Horn

Authority Name:

GNIS Entry

Longitude: 1082330W

Latitude: 443021N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 4449/1356

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

Origin of Name:

Once called Germania Bench for the settlement of German farmers. Name was changed to Emblem due to prejudice from the World War. The settlement is known for its fine farm land and extensive crops of beans and beets.

Source: WPA

Emblem was known as Germania until the World War of 1914-1918 at which time the new name was adopted.

Source: Annals 14(3)

Other Names: Germania, Liberty Bench

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History:

Emblem Post Office was established as Germania Post Office on May 10, 1899. Its name was changed to Emblem on September 14, 1918. Henry A. Wegner was Emblem's first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Country postoffice in Big Horn County, 22 miles northwest of Basin, the county seat. Greybull is the nearest railroad point and Burlington the nearest banking point. Farming and stock raising the principal industries. Population 12. Altitude 4,416 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Emblem

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