Name: Oakley
County: Lincoln
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GNIS Entry
Longitude: 1103141W
Latitude: 414507N
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Elevation: 7057/2151
(ft/m)
Feature Type: Locale
Origin of Name:
Settled in 1899. Town named by Thomas Sneddon, who was manager of the Diamond Coal and Coke Company, for his birthplace in Scotland.
Source: WPA
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History:
Oakley Post Office was established in January, 1901 and discontinued in July, 1942. Mail was then handled by the Diamondville Post Office.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
A coal mining town in Uinta County, station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, suburb to Diamondville.
Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11
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1:24000 Quadrangle: Kemmerer
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