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Welcome to Copperton ...So far, we found very little information about Copperton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Copperton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Copperton, please Contact Us. Copperton would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>. The location of Copperton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Copperton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. While the community is gone, the present day location for Copperton is 8,370 feet [2,551 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Copperton is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Copperton was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Copperton still existed, it would have been in the (307) area code. Communities Also Named Copperton ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Copperton - they are located in New Mexico and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Copperton. Communities near Copperton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Copperton.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Copperton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Copperton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Copperton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Copperton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Copperton. See our Newspapers Page for Copperton. Adding Copperton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Copperton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Copperton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Copperton on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Wyoming (1937). For more details, see References and Mentions for Copperton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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