Name: Waltman

 

County: Natrona

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1071145W

Latitude: 430348N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5991/1826

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

 

Named after Waltman Walters who was a son of a former general manager [Frank William Walters] of the Chicago & North Western Railroad.

Source: WPA

 

Named for W. D. Waltman. [Note: William D. Waltman was the manager of the Wyoming Oil Fields and Natrona Pipe Line companies]

Source: Annals 15(1)

 

Mokoma to Waltman  The name of the station on the Wyoming & Northwestern railroad about fifty miles west of Casper, heretofore called Mokoma has been changed to Waltman. 

Reported in the Riverton Republican, October 10, 1908

 

Other Names: Keg Springs, Mokoma

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Waltman Post Office was established as Mokoma Post Office in March, 1907 and its name changed to Waltman in August, 1908. It was discontinued in May, 1943 and its mail then handled by the Powder River Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Postoffice and small town in Natrona County on the Wyoming and North Western Railway, in the center of a great sheepraising section.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11  

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Waltman

 

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More Information: 

Waltman Walters Family 

 

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