Name: Millbrook

 

County: Albany

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1055513W

Latitude: 411915N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7474/2278

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Millbrook Ranch was located west of Laramie and owned by E. J. Bell.

Source:  Burns

 

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Alternative Spellings: Mill Brook

 

History:

Millbrook Post Office was established on February 8, 1908 with Albert E. Hoss as its first postmaster. It was discontinued on November 30 but re-established on January 10, 1912. It was discontinued on September 29, 1923 after which the mail was handled by the Laramie Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A new postoffice in Albany County, 18 miles west of Laramie. Cattle and sheep growing the industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Albany County, on the Colorado, Wyoming and Eastern Railway, 18 miles west of Laramie, the county seat and nearest banking point. Stock raising the principal industry. Several oil wells being drilled nearby. Population 75. Altitude 7,516 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Millbrook

 

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