Name: Leiter

 

County: Sheridan

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1061609W

Latitude: 444305N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 3779/1152

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Joe Leiter who worked on the Lake DeSmet irrigation ditch.

Source: WPA

 

Named for Joseph Leiter, who was connected with the irrigation project of Lake DeSmet.

Source: Annals :14(3)

 

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History:

Leiter Post Office was established in July, 1918.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A new postoffice in Sheridan County, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 47 miles southeast of Sheridan, the county seat. Clearmont is the nearest banking point. Farming and stock growing the principal industries. Altitude 4,000 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Leiter 

 

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