Name: Glenrock

 

County: Converse

 

Authority Name: Glenrock (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1055220W

Latitude: 425141N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  5102/1555

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place 

 

Origin of Name:

Named for a large rock in the vicinity that had been a sentinel or guide to travelers. When the Deer Creek station was no longer used, the settlement was called Mercedes. With the discovery of coal, the name was changed to Nuttal, after William Nuttal who found and developed the coal property. In 1887 the settlement took the name of Glenrock from the granite rock near the refinery.

Source: WPA

 

Named from the fur traders' and trappers' name for a large rock that had been a sentinel for generations to travelers over this part of the country.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Glen Rock, Converse County, Wyoming. Was named from the fur traders' and trappers' name for a large rock that had been a sentinel for generations to travelers over this part of the country.

Source: Stennett

 

Alternative Spellings: Glen Rock

 

Other Names: Deer Creek Station, Mercedes, Nuttall, Nuttell

 

History:

Glenrock Post Office was established in January, 1887.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A coal mining town on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in Converse County, 24 miles west from Douglas and 20 miles east from Casper. The Glenrock Coal Co.'s mines are located here and furnish employment for a large force of men. The town is pleasantly located on the North Platte River and is surrounded by a good farming and stockraising country. 

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Glenrock 

 

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