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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