Name: Sage

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1105730W

Latitude: 414849N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6332/1930

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Sage was named for the sagebrush that covered the hills and the valley. Old timers say that the sage grew higher than a man's head in those days.

Source: Christiansen 

 

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History:

Sage Post Office was established on November 8, 1900 in Uinta County prior to the formation of Lincoln County. Mae C. Kinsey was the first postmaster. It was discontinued in February, 1973 and its mail then handled by the Kemmerer Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Country postoffice in Uinta County. Stockraising the principal industry.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Lincoln County, on the Oregon Short Line Railroad, 25 miles west of Kemmerer, the county seat and nearest banking point. Stock raising is the principal industry. Population 50. Altitude 6,332 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Sheepmen's shipping point.

Source: Wyoming Guide 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Sage 

 

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