Name: Wyopo

 

County: Fremont

 

Authority Name:

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1084121W

Latitude: 425120N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 5259/1603

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Populated Place

 

Origin of Name:

"A new town is started in the county of Fremont, a few miles north of Lander where the pipe line from Dallas will strike the railroad ... . Colonel Powers who is superintendent of that line ... is back of this movement for the establishing of this new town. The name is composed of the first three letters of our state 'Wyo' and the first three letters of the Col. name, 'Pow' making the name of Wyopow which one would consider to be a fair representation of an Indian name.

Source: Riverton News, May 23, 1909

 

Other Names: 

 

Alternative Spellings: Wyopow

 

History:

Wyopo, the railroad terminus of the Powers Oil Pipe line, is on the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, near the junction of the Big Popo Agie and North Fork Rivers. Located there are machine shops, a lime kiln and a plaster plant.

Source: Jamison, Geology and Mineral Resources

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Lander

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

The city of Wyopow is now placed on the Map

Wind River Mountaineer, July 15, 1909

 

Pipe Line is Completed

Wyoming State Journal, July 16, 1909

 

Development at Wyopo

Wyoming State Journal, July 23, 1909

 

Pictures:

 

 

In May, 1909, the town of  Wyopow was created. It was located near Lander. On July 15, the pipe line around which the town was built, was completed and a celebration held. The town became known as Wyopo shortly after this event.