Name: Moran

 

County: Teton

 

Authority Name: Moran (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103028W

Latitude: 435030N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6749/2057

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Mount Moran ... named many years ago for the artist, Thomas Moran.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Named for Thomas Moran, a painter of nature, with the Dr. Hayden party.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Moran Junction

 

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History:

Moran Post Office was established in May, 1902.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice for Teton Lodge, a summer resort in Uinta County. Reached by stage from Gardiner, Mont., 116 miles north, or from St. Anthony, Idaho, 60 miles west.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice for Teton Lodge, a summer resort in Teton County. Reached by stage from Yellowstone Park, or from Victor, Idaho, 55 miles. Jackson is the nearest banking point. Cattle raising the principal industry. Population in summer 200. Altitude 6,733 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Moran

 

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