Name: Uva

 

County: Platte

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1045511W

Latitude: 420755N

 

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Elevation: 4475/1364

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Named for an early brand.

Source: Annals 15(1)

 

The name Uva, meaning wild grapes or grape vine in Spanish, is said to have been used for the little settlement at the mouth of the North Laramie River because of the wild grapes that grow profusely along the Laramie River. Another theory attributes the name to an old brand. Whatever the origin of the name, Uva did not exist as a town until it became a railroad terminal in 1887. Wheatland was a vast prairie at that time, and it was generally believed that Uva would be headquarters.  

Source: Trenholm, Footprints     

 

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History:

Uva Post Office was established on June 30, 1880 in Laramie County prior to the formation of Platte County. John H. Gordon was the first postmaster. It was discontinued on July 9, 1883 and re-established on June 17, 1886. It was discontinued again on April 30, 1951 and its mail then handled by the Wheatland Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Station on the Colorado and Southern Railroad in Laramie County, 6 miles north of Wheatland. Located on the Laramie River. Stockraising and farming the leading industries.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Uva is "where Colonel W. G. Bullock, sutler's agent at Fort Laramie, started a ranch in the spring of 1871. Indians were so annoying that he moved to the Chugwater; later his holdings became part of the Duck Bar Ranch. The hamlet seems to have been named for an early brand."

Source: Wyoming Guide  

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Dwyer 

 

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