Lingle

Name: Lingle

County: Goshen

Authority Name:

GNIS Entry

Longitude: 1042044W

Latitude: 420811N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 4173/1272

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

Named for Hiram Lingle, founder, who advocated irrigation in the area in early days.

Source: Annals 14(3)

Named after Hiram D. Lingle, who promoted irrigation enterprise in the Platte Valley.

Source: Wyoming Tribune, March 24, 1910

Other Names: New Wyncote

Alternative Spellings:

History:

In March, 1910, the town site for Lingle was surveyed and platted, "the land being a portion of the old PF Ranch."

Source: Wyoming Tribune, March 24, 1910

Lingle Post Office was established on June 18, 1910 with William C. Woods as postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Incorporated town in Goshen county on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 10 miles west of Torrington, the county seat. Population of the city is over 500 and of the vicinity over 2,000. Altitude 4,000 feet. Alfalfa, sugar beets, potatoes and all kinds of grain are the principal products although considerable livestock is also raised. The city installed an electric light and power plant and will soon install a water and sewer system.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lingle

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