Name: Lost Springs  

 

County: Converse

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1045531W 

Latitude: 424556N

 

Legal Description: Wyoming, Sixth Principal Meridian T32N,R67W,sec8

 

Elevation: 4997/1523

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name: 

Named from a spring at the head of Lost Creek which is near the village. The creek was named because it sinks down and is lost to sight in certain places.

Source: WPA

 

Named from a spring at the head of Lost Creek which is nearby. The stream was so named because it sank out of sight at places and was "lost" to sight.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Lost Spring, Converse County, Wyoming, was named from a spring at the head of Lost Creek, which is near the village. The stream was so named because it sank out of sight at places and was "lost" to sight.

Source: Stennett

 

Other Names: Lost Spring

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Lost Spring Post Office was established in Feburary, 1896 and discontinued in July, 1899. It was re-established as Lostspring Post Office in August, 1901 and discontinued in April, 1902. It was re-established as Lost Spring Post Office in October, 1906 and in December, 1950 the name changed to Lost Springs Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A postoffice in Converse County. Stockraising the leading industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11

 

Growing town in Converse County, on Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 30 miles east of Douglas, the county seat. A good farming and stock raising country surrounds Lost Spring. Farming and stock raising are the leading industries. Grain, alfalfa and potatoes are grown in abundance. New oil fields are being opened up four miles north of town. Population 100. Altitude 5,005 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Lost Springs

 

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Lost Springs, Wyoming

Photograph by Lesley Boughton  March 2008