Name: Riverside

 

County: Carbon

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1064644W

Latitude: 411303N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 7205/2196

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Riverside is located on the Encampment River.

Source: WSL

 

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History:

Riverside Post Office was established in January, 1901 and discontinued in October, 1904. It was re-established in February, 1905 and discontinued again in August, 1910. Its mail was then handled by the Encampment Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A mining town in Carbon County, 1 mile northeast of the Encampment, in the Grand Encampment Copper district. Cow Creek the terminus of the Saratoga and Encampment Railroad, the nearest railroad point.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Encampment 

 

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