Name: Sublet

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name: Sublet (Wyo.)

 

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Feature Type: Locale, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Old mining town. The town was named for the Sublette family in the area but the spelling has been corrupted.   

Sources: WPA

 

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Sublet Post Office was established on January 10, 1908 in Uinta County prior to the formation of Lincoln County. Joseph H. Levesque was the postmaster. It was discontinued on July 15, 1933 and its mail then handled at Frontier Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice and coal mining town in Uinta County, 8 miles north of Kemmerer.  

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice and coal mining town in Lincoln County, 10 miles north of Kemmerer, the county seat, nearest banking and railroad point. Sheep raising and coal mining are the principal industries. Population 525. Altitude 7,500 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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