Name: Parkerton

 

County: Converse

 

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Longitude:  1055823W

Latitude: 425104N

 

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Elevation: 5029/1533

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Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

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Parkerton Post Office was established on January 26, 1918 with Alta Jenkins as postmaster. It was discontinued on March 31, 1954 after which Glenrock Post Office handled its mail.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Parkerton, at the western boundary of the Big Muddy Oil Field, is a typical oil town of neat company houses, surrounded by green lawns and shrubs.

Source: Wyoming Guide

 

Postoffice in Converse County, 6 miles west of Glenrock on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Heart of the Big Muddy Oil Field with a daily production of 6,000 barrels. Population of vicinity 1,500. Altitude 5,132 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Parkerton

 

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