Name: Phillips

 

County: Goshen

 

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Feature Type: Locale, Post Office 

 

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Phillips Post Office was established on January 29, 1884. The first postmaster was John H. Phillips.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices 

 

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Phillips Post Office was established on January 29, 1884 with John H. Phillips as postmaster. It was discontinued on August 4, 1937 and its mail then handled by the Lagrange Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Country postoffice in Laramie County, 40 miles northeast from Cheyenne. Stockraising the principal industry.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Goshen County, 40 miles southwest of Torrington the county seat. Yoder is the nearest railroad point and Lagrange the nearest banking point. Farming and stock raising are the principal industries. Population 60. Altitude 6,000 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922 

 

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