Name: Newcastle

 

County: Weston

 

Authority Name: Newcastle (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1041218W

Latitude: 435117N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4377/1334(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named for "Newcastle on the tyne," great coal port and industrial city of England, by Mr. Hemingway, who was first superintendent of Cambria Coal Mine. 

Source: WPA

 

Newcastle ... named for the great English coal port, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, proudly calls itself the "Western Gateway to the Black Hills." 

Source: Wyoming Guide  

 

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History:

Newcastle Post Office was established in February, 1890.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

County seat of Weston County. An important coal mining town in the eastern part of Weston County on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway; 1,800 tons of coal are mined and shipped daily from this point, giving employment to a large force of men. The principal industry of the surrounding country is stockraising, and Newcastle is the shipping point. Electric light, water works, good business blocks and neat homes make Newcastle a desirable place for residence.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Newcastle 

 

Newspapers

 

More Information: 

Anna Miller Museum

http://www.newcastlewyo.com/anna.html

 

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