Welcome to West Lance Creek ...

So far, we found very little information about West Lance Creek. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added West Lance Creek to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with West Lance Creek, please Contact Us.

West Lance Creek would have been located within present day Niobrara County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of West Lance Creek, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Lance Creek, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

A typical abbreviation for West Lance Creek: W. Lance Crk. (or less commonly used: W. Lance Ck. or W. Lance Cr.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for West Lance Creek is 4,380 feet [1,335 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of West Lance Creek is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where West Lance Creek was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where West Lance Creek once stood is in the (307) area code.

Communities near West Lance Creek ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near West Lance Creek.

• Manville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
  • Manville is located in Niobrara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manville <5>
• Keeline
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keeline
  • Keeline is located in Niobrara County
• Lost Springs
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Springs
  • Lost Springs is located in Converse County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lost Springs <5>
• Lusk
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lusk
  • Lusk is located in Niobrara County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,474 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lusk <5>
• Shawnee
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
  • Shawnee is located in Converse County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <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 West Lance Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Lance Creek.

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

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

Adding West Lance Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Lance Creek 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 for West Lance Creek was on a map titled Road Map for Wyoming (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Lance Creek.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/