Name: Thornton

 

County: Weston

 

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Longitude:  1044436W

Latitude: 440946N

 

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Elevation: 4324/1318

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Feature Type: Populated Place

 

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Thornton Post Office was established on December 24, 1904 with Nellie Z. Luman as postmaster. It was discontinued on June 22, 1942 and its mail then handled by the Upton Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

A postoffice in Weston County on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Stockraising the principal industry.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Postoffice in Weston County, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 35 miles northwest of Newcastle, the county seat and 7 miles west of Upton, the nearest banking point. Farming the principal industry. Population 150. altitude 4,300 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Thornton

 

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