Name: Thayne

 

County: Lincoln

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1110008W

Latitude: 425515N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5912/1802

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Settled in 1889 and named for Henry Thayne, who was the first merchant in the town.  

Source: WPA

 

Thayne Post Office was established on May 8, 1891 in Uinta County prior to the formation of Lincoln County. The first postmaster was Mrs. Laura Thayne.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

First known as Glencoe. Named by the McFarlane and Baxter families for a town in their native Scotland. On May 8, 1891 a post office was established. Since there was already a Glencoe, Wyoming post office, the town was named Thayne for the people who owned the log cabin where the post office was located.. The name of the town, as far as the church was concerned, was not changed until the early 1900's.

Source: Star Valley and its Communities  

 

Other Names: Glencoe

 

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History:

Thayne Post Office was established on May 8, 1891 in Uinta County prior to the formation of Lincoln County. The first postmaster was Mrs. Laura Thayne.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice in Uinta County, 15 miles north of Afton. Reached by stage from Montpelier, Idaho. Farming and stockraising the leading industries.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Sublette County, 6 miles south of Freedom the nearest banking point. Stock raising is the principal industry. Population 250. Altitude 6,000 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Thayne West 

 

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