Name: Sussex

 

County: Johnson

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1061742W

Latitude: 434154N

 

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Elevation: 4383/1336

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Post Office at the old Spectacle Ranch and named by the rancher’s wife, Mrs. H. W. Davis, from Sussex County, Delaware. In later years the post office was moved from there to its present location.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Powder River

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Sussex Post Office was established as Powder River Post Office on May 22, 1879 and changed to Sussex on October 18, 1895. Henry W. Davis was the first postmaster.  It was discontinued on May 24, 1963 and its mail then handled by the Kaycee Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Small country postoffice in Johnson County, 60 miles southeast of Buffalo. Stockraising the leading industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Sussex

 

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