Name: Node

 

County: Niobrara

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1041755W

Latitude: 424309N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4931/1503

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Node Ranch, Converse County, Wyoming was named from the cattle brand of a nearby cattle ranch that was owned by a Denver, Colorado corporation and that was managed by Frank S. Lusk, for whom the town and station of Lusk were named. The name Node was taken from a work on astronomy.

Source: Stennett 

 

Other Names: Node Ranch

 

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History:

Node Post Office was established on March 17, 1910 in Converse County prior to the formation of Niobrara County. Peter Hansen was the postmaster.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Niobrara County, on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, 9 miles east of Lusk, the county seat and nearest banking point. Stock raising and farming the principal industries. Population 30. Altitude 6,000 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Node

 

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