Name: Sinclair

 

County: Carbon

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1070647W

Latitude: 414630N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6601/2012

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

The town was built by the Producers and Refiners Corporation when they entered the Wyoming oil fields and needed an outlet at the most convenient railroad point. Ground was first broken in 1924. Town now known as Sinclair.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Parco, P and R

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Parco Post Office was established in April, 1923 and its name changed to Sinclair Post Office in December, 1942.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Sinclair

 

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