Name: Inez

 

County: Converse

 

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Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Inez Richards, a daughter of DeForest Richards, ex-governor of Wyoming.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Inez, Converse County, Wyoming was named for Inez Richards, a daughter of DeForest Richards, afterwards governor of Wyoming and a prominent "cattle man."

Source: Stennett

 

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Inez Post Office was established in October, 1888 and discontinued in July, 1913. Its mail was then handled by the Careyhurst Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Station on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway in Converse County, 12 miles east of Glenrock. Coal mining town.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

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