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Welcome to Egbert ...

Egbert is located in Laramie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Egbert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Egbert is 5,290 feet [1,612 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Egbert is 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

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

Area Code for Egbert: 307

Communities Also Named Egbert ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Egbert - they are located in Arkansas, Missouri and Ontario.

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

Communities near Egbert ...

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

  • Pine Bluffs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Burns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Albin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Bushnell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Carpenter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hillsdale
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Hereford
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Grover
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Meriden
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • Sligo ‑ Historic
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Sligo is located in Weld County (CO)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sligo

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Egbert ...

Looking for more information about Egbert? 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 Egbert, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Egbert.

Adding Egbert to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Egbert 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 Egbert was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Egbert post office opened in 1875. The Egbert post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Egbert.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Laramie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Egbert - 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.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/