RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Wyoming >> Platte County >> CurtisIndex...

Welcome to Curtis ...

Curtis is located in Platte County<1>.

Curtis is 4,630 feet [1,411 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Curtis is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Curtis lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Curtis (for example, toward Henry (NE)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Curtis: 307

Communities Also Named Curtis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 39 communities that are also named Curtis - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Colorado (3), Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas (3), Utah (2), Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Curtis.

Communities near Curtis ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Curtis.

  • Guernsey
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Hartville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Y-O Ranch
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Y-O Ranch is located in Platte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Y-O Ranch
  • Westview Circle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Westview Circle is located in Platte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westview Circle
  • Slater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Slater is located in Platte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slater
  • Wendover ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Wendover is located in Platte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wendover
  • Sunrise ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunrise is located in Platte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Chugwater
    (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
  • Fort Laramie
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • Binford
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Binford is located in Albany County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Binford

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 Curtis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Curtis.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Curtis. 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 Curtis.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Curtis. See our Newspapers Page for Curtis.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Curtis ...

Looking for more information about Curtis? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Curtis, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Curtis.

Adding Curtis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Curtis 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 (so far) for Curtis was in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Curtis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Platte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Curtis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.