Welcome to Miners Delight ...
So far, we found very little information about Miners Delight. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Miners Delight to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Miners Delight, please Contact Us.
Miners Delight would have been located within present day Fremont County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Miners Delight, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Miners Delight, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Miners Delight is 8,240 feet [2,512 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Miners Delight is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Miners Delight was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Miners Delight still existed, it would have been in the (307) area code.
Communities near Miners Delight ...
We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Miners Delight.
- South Pass City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pass City
- South Pass City is located in Fremont County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Pass City <5>
- Lander
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
- Lander is located in Fremont County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,467 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lander <5>
- Boulder Flats
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boulder Flats have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boulder Flats
- Boulder Flats is located in Fremont County
- Hudson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hudson
- Hudson is located in Fremont County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hudson <5>
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 Miners Delight. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Miners Delight.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Miners Delight. 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 Miners Delight.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Miners Delight. See our Newspapers Page for Miners Delight.
Adding Miners Delight to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Miners Delight 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 Miners Delight was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Miners Delight post office opened in 1870.
We also found Miners Delight in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Miners Delight.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Fremont County: www.fremontcounty.org/
The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Miners Delight, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Fremont, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Miners Delight - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |