Name: Goshen County

 

County: Goshen

 

Authority Name: Goshen County (Wyo.) 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1042102W

Latitude: 420500N 

 

Elevation: 4242/1293

(ft/m) 

 

Feature Type: County

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Goshen Hole, a basin in the area which is to the south of a range of hills along the North Platte River. Originally known as Gosche’s Hole, from the name of a French trapper who settled in that locality, it was corrupted into Goshen, Biblical “land of plenty,” by early pioneers, probably on account of vast stretches of native hay, indigenous to the area, on which great herds of antelope grazed. Organized in 1912. County seat is in Torrington.

Source: WPA

 

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Places (all) 

 

Places by Feature Type:

	Man-Made
Airports	Ghost Towns	Populated Places
Bridges	Levees	Post Offices
Canals	Locales	Ranches
Cemeteries	Mines	Reservoirs
Civil (Counties)	Notable Structures	Schools
Dams	Oilfields	Stations
Forts	Parks	Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Natural
Arches	Crossings	Ranges
Areas	Falls	Rapids
Arroyos	Flats	Reserves
Bars	Forests	Ridges
Bays	Gaps	Slopes
Basins	Geysers	Springs
Benches	Glaciers	Streams
Bends	Guts	Summits
Capes	Islands	Swamps
Channels	Lakes	Trails
Cliffs	Pillars	Tunnels
Craters	Plains	Valleys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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