Name: 

 

County: Sheridan

 

Authority Name: Sheridan (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1065722W

Latitude: 444750N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 3743/1141

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

Named by J.D. Loucks for General Phillip H. Sheridan.  

Source: WPA

 

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History:

Sheridan Post Office was established as Mandel Post Office in Johnson County prior to the creation of Sheridan County in March, 1881. Its name was changed to Sheridan in June, 1882.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

County seat of Sheridan County and metropolis of Northern Wyoming, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway, 14 miles south of the Montana state line. Pleasantly located at the junction of two clear streams of water, called the Big and Little Goose, with a magnificent view of the Big Horn mountain range. Sheridan is the largest and most important city in the northern part of the state, being supply point for an extensive stockgrowing and farming section. Abundance of good coal is mined at Dietz, Monarch and Carneyville, all near by. The city has all the modern requirements, electric lights, water works, good schools and churches, with substantial business concerns. Trolley line and beet sugar factory are proposed in near future.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Sheridan

 

Newspapers

 

More Information:

Sheridan County Library

http://www.sheridanwyolibrary.org/

 

Sheridan County Museum

http://www.sheridancountyhistory.org/

 

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