Name: Keeline

 

County: Niobrara

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry 

 

Longitude: 1044524W

Latitude: 424525N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation:  5305/1617

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named after George A. Keeline of Council Bluffs, Iowa who was a well known cattleman of the area.

Source: WPA

 

Named for George A. Keeline of Council Bluffs, Iowa, who was interested in cattle business in this vicinity.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Named for George A. Keeline of Council Bluffs, Iowa who was largely interested in the cattle business in this vicinity.

Source: Stennett

 

Alternative Spellings: 

 

Other Names: 

 

History:

Keeline Post Office was established in November, 1908 in Converse County prior to the formation of Niobrara County.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Converse County.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Growing town in Niobrara County on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 17 miles west of Lusk, the county seat. Fine farming and stock raising country surrounding. Farming and stock raising are the principal industries. Grain and potatoes grow in abundance. Producing oil wells within 13 miles, and drilling for numerous new wells constantly starting. Population 100. Altitude 5,200 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Keeline

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information:

Keeline, Wyoming

Niobrara County Library Historical Archives

 

Pictures: 

 

 

Highway sign for Keeline, Elevation 5377

Photograph by Lesley Boughton  March 2008