Name: Wheatland

 

County: Platte

 

Authority Name: Wheatland (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1045710W

Latitude: 420316

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4764/1452

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

The country surrounding the town is well adapted to the growing of wheat. The vicinity was once known as the Wheatland Flats, 50,000 acres of irrigated land in the Laramie valley.  

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Wheatland Flats 

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Wheatland Post Office was established in September, 1887.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Wheatland is situated in Laramie County, 90 miles north of Cheyenne on the line of the Colorado and Southern Railroad. It is the supply and distributing point for the irrigated lands of the Wyoming Development Company, comprising 74,000 acres. The principal products are grain, hay and live stock. The town is also tributary to one of the best small-ranch districts of the state, the stock growing industry being confined principally to cattle. Wheatland was started in 1895 and has maintained a steady and healthful growth. It has a population of 1,000 and all lines of business are well represented. The altitude of the district is 4,700 feet, and the climate mild and healthful. The town is 20 miles east of the Laramie mountains, where promising copper mines are being developed.   

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11 

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Wheatland 

 

Newspapers

 

More Information:

Trenholm, Virginia Cole. Footprints on the Frontier  Saga of the La Ramie Region of Wyoming. Douglas, Wyo.: Douglas Enterprise Co., 1945.

 

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