Name: Moorcroft

 

County: Crook

 

Authority Name: Moorcroft (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1045701W

Latitude: 441548N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4262/1299

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Alex Moorcroft was the first white man to build his cabin in the open, in defiance of the Indians. It was a ranch originally owned by two English men named Miller. They named the Moorcroft Ranch after their estate in England called “Moorcroft Acres.”

Source: WPA

 

Moorcroft is on the site of a horse ranch owned by the Miller Brothers, who named it for their English estate, Moorcroft Acres.

Source: Wyoming Guide

 

Other Names: La Belle, Miller, Moorcraft

 

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History:

Moorcroft Post Office was established as LaBelle Post Office in January, 1888. Its name was changed to Moorcroft Post Office on December 20, 1889.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Important town on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway in Crook County, 50 miles northwest from Newcastle. Headquarters for several large sheep and cattle companies and outfitting point for a large section. ... Oil is found 12 miles northeast of here.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Moorcroft

 

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Source: Wyoming State Archives