Welcome to Myersville ...
So far, we found very little information about Myersville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Myersville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Myersville, please Contact Us.
Myersville would have been located within present day Fremont County<2>.
The location of Myersville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Myersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Myersville is 6,510 feet [1,984 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Myersville is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Myersville was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Myersville would have been located in the (307) area code.
Communities Also Named Myersville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Myersville - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio and South Dakota.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Myersville.
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 Myersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Myersville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Myersville. 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 Myersville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Myersville. See our Newspapers Page for Myersville.
Adding Myersville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Myersville 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 Myersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Myersville post office opened in 1886.
We also found Myersville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Myersville.
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 Myersville, 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> | 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. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Myersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |