Name: Parco

County: Carbon

Authority Name:

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1070647W

Latitude: 414630N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 6601/2012

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Populated Place

Origin of Name:

The town was built by the Producers and Refiners Corporation when they entered the Wyoming oil fields and needed an outlet at the most convenient railroad point. Ground was first broken in 1924. Town now known as Sinclair.

Other Names: Sinclair, P and R

Alternative Spellings:

History:

Parco Post Office was established in April, 1923 and its name changed to Sinclair Post Office in December, 1942.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

Stories:

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Sinclair

Newspapers:

More Information: 

Pictures:

Parco Inn

Photograph by Erin Kinney

2008