Name: Hyattville

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1073610W

Latitude: 441445N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  4472/1363

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named after Samuel W. Hyatt who was a cattle rancher in the area. This pioneer village of the Big Horn Basin lies between Medicine Lodge and Paintrock Creeks just above the junction of these streams, and its site is almost at the foot of the southwestern slope of the Big Horn Mountains. Hyattville has always been a typical western cow town and without doubt will always remain so. There is no likelihood of any railroad ever building into the town as it is located back into the foothills and would not warrant rail facilities. 

Source: WPA

 

The post office was established with Sam W. Hyatt as first postmaster. 

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Hyattville is located at the junction of Paint Rock and Medicine Lodge Creeks ... It was started as a community in the early 1880's and was first called Paint Rock. Samuel w. Hyatt, who served as a Colonel in the Confederate Army from Texas, came to Buffalo in 1884, where he had a store. Two years later, in 1886, he moved his business over the mountain to Paint Rock. When a post office was established, he became the first postmaster.

Source: Wasden  

 

Alternative Spellings: 

 

Other Names: Paintrock, Paint Rock

 

History:

Hyattville Post Office was established on November 12, 1887 in Johnson County prior to the establishment of Big Horn County. Samuel W. Hyatt was the first postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A growing town in Big Horn county, 35 miles southeast of Basin. Located on Paint Rock Creek. Coal is found in this locality. Principal industry farming and stockraising.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Hyattville

 

Newspapers:

Paint Rock Record

 

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