Name: Lightning Flat 

 

County: Crook

 

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Feature Type: Locale

 

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So called from an early name applied to locality in which it is situated.

Source: WPA 

 

An early name applied to the locality in which it is situated.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

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Lightning Flat Post Office was established in September, 1921 and discontinued in September, 1937. The mail was then handled by Rockypoint Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Crook county, 75 miles northwest of Sundance, the county seat. Moorcroft is the nearest railroad point and Belle Fourche, S.D. is the nearest banking point. Farming is the principal industry. Population 30. Altitude 4,000 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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