Name: Guernsey

 

County: Platte

 

Authority Name: Guernsey (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1044430W

Latitude: 421611N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4354/1327

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named after Charles A. Guernsey who was a dude cattleman from Chicago, Illinois. Prominent in politics and active in the development of the state, Guernsey purchased the famous Sunrise mine from the original locators and interested Eastern capitalists in its value as a producer of high grad steel ore.

Source: WPA

 

Named for Charles A. Guernsey, early pioneer, cattleman and business man who developed the mines in the Hartville and Sunrise Districts.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

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History:

Guernsey Post Office was established in April, 1900 in Laramie County, prior to the formation of Platte County.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Growing town in the northern part of Laramie County. Present terminal of Salt Lake extension of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway and junction point with the Colorado and Wyoming Railway. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy roundhouse, extensive stockyards and sheep shearing pens. Considerable iron and copper ore are shipped from this point.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Guernsey

 

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