Name: Fillmore
County: Albany
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Feature Type: Locale
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Named after Luther Fillmore who was a well known rancher and railroad superintendent in the area.
Source: WPA
Named in honor of a former division superintendent of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Source: Annals 14(3)
Station in Wyoming, named for a superintendent of the South Pacific Railroad.
Source: Gannett
Luther Fillmore received a patent on land in Albany County in August, 1907.
General Land Office Records
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?PatentDocClassCode=SER&Accession=WYWYAA+010796&Index=2&QryID=69795.09&DetailTab=1
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Alternative Spellings: Filmore
History:
Filmore Post Office was established on March 31, 1909 with Myra M. Wright as its first postmaster. It was discontinued on November 30, 1935 and its mail then handled by the Laramie Post Office.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
A discontinued postoffice and station on the Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway, 23 miles west of Laramie, the county seat and banking point.
Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory, 1924-25
Postoffice in Albany County, on the Laramie-Hahn's Peak and Pacific Railroad, 23 miles southwest from Laramie.
Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11
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