Name: Manderson

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1075750W

Latitude: 441610N

 

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Elevation: 3888/1185

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

In 1889, the Alamo post office was located here until the Burlington line reached the point and the Lincoln Land Company established Manderson. Manderson was named for an official of the Burlington railroad stationed in Omaha. This was the site of the first post office in Big Horn County. The town is near Nowood River, which comes in from the east, with the Big Horn River, running north.  

Source: WPA 

 

Named for an Omaha official of the Burlington Railroad.

Source: Annals 14(3)

 

Other Names: Alamo 

 

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History:

Manderson Post Office was established on January 2, 1907.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A small town and postoffice in Big Horn County, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 10 miles south of Basin.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Manderson

 

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