County: Albany

Authority Name: 

GNIS Entry 

Longitude: 1060048W

Latitude: 410328N 

Legal Description:

Elevation:  7444/2269

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named for Jelm Mountain in the Medicine Bow National Forest.

Source: WPA

Derives its name from a tie contractor named Gillom who cut ties for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1860.

Source: Annals 14(3)

Alternative Spellings: 

Other Names: Cummins City

History:

Jelm Post Office was established in May, 1898. It became a rural branch of the Laramie Post Office in April, 1965.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Mining and timber town in Albany county, 30 miles southwest from Laramie. Bramel Mining District. 

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

A postoffice and mining camp on the Big Laramie River, 30 miles southwest of Laramie, the county seat and banking point, and 8 miles northeast of Foxpark on the C, R, & E Railway, the shipping point.

Source: Laramie City and Albany County Directory 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Woods Landing

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