Name: Oakley

 

County: Lincoln

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1103141W

Latitude: 414507N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7057/2151

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale, Post Office

 

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 on January 19, 1901 in Uinta County prior to the formation of Lincoln County. Arthur M. King was the first postmaster. It was discontinued on July 31, 1942. Its 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 

 

A  coal mining town in Lincoln County, 2 1/2 miles south of Kemmerer, the county seat and nearest banking point. Station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, suburb to Diamondville. Population 300. Altitude 6,868 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Kemmerer 

 

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