Welcome to Little Medicine ...
Little Medicine is located in Albany County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Medicine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Little Medicine is 7,290 feet [2,222 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Little Medicine is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: Little Medicine lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Little Medicine: 307
Communities near Little Medicine ...
We have created a list of 3 communities that are near Little Medicine.
- Boxelder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Boxelder. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxelder
- Boxelder is located in Converse County
- Toltec
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Toltec is located in Albany County
- Casper Mountain
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Casper Mountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casper Mountain
- Casper Mountain is located in Natrona County
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Little Medicine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Medicine.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Medicine. 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 Little Medicine.
Adding Little Medicine to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Little Medicine in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Little Medicine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Little Medicine post office opened in 1893.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Medicine.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Albany, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Medicine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |