Bucknum, Wyoming

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Bucknum
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Bucknum
Bucknum (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°01′15″N106°37′34″W / 43.02083°N 106.62611°W / 43.02083; -106.62611
Country United States
State Wyoming
County Natrona
Elevation
5,440 ft (1,660 m)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes
82604 (Casper, WY)
GNIS feature ID1597236 [1]
1909 advertisement for Seminole Mercantile Co. store in Bucknum 1909 07 30 Seminole Mercantile Co Bucknum Wy Casper Press.png
1909 advertisement for Seminole Mercantile Co. store in Bucknum

Bucknum is a place and former community in Natrona County, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [2] It is located about 24 miles west by road from Casper.

History

As the Chicago and North Western built a rail line through the area west from Casper to Lander, it opened a station called Seminole by late December 1905, about 22.4 miles west of Casper by rail. [3] [4] The "Seminole" name, however, started causing confusion with another Seminole located on the Union Pacific rail line in Wyoming. [5] [6] Therefore, the station was renamed Bucknum in December 1907 by the railroad for Charles K. Bucknum, a Wyoming legislator and former mayor of Capser who owned land near the site. [7] [8] [9] [10]

A post office was established in Bucknum in 1908, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924. [11] [12]

Bucknum's reported population was 18 in 1917 and 25 in 1924. A school was reportedly established there by 1922. [13]

As the Chicago and North Western abandoned its line, the communities in this area including Bucknum declined. [14] Rail continues to serve the area, however. A Spanish company bought the bentonite mine in the area formerly owned by U.S. Bentonite (off Bucknum Road) in 2015. [15] [16] [17] The Bucknum area now falls under the Casper zip code 82604.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bucknum, Wyoming". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bucknum, Wyoming
  3. ↑ (28 December 1905) Rail Road News Notes, Natrona County Tribune
  4. ↑ (6 January 1906). Northwest Notes, The Wyoming Press
  5. ↑ (28 December 1907). Change Seminole to Bucknum, Riverton Republican
  6. ↑ (8 January 1908). It is Bucknum Now, Natrona County Tribune
  7. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
  8. ↑ Chas. K. Bucknum, Casper Press (October 9, 1908)
  9. ↑ (10 January 1908). Other Counties Heard From, Wyoming State Journal and Lander Clipper
  10. ↑ (27 April 1924). Place Names of Natrona County and Their Derivation As Told By Historian, Casper Daily Tribune
  11. ↑ "Natrona County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Wyoming Place Names, Annals of Wyoming, Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 86 (January 1943)
  13. ↑ National Register of Historic Places; Chicago and Northwestern Raiload Depot, Powder Mill. (1987)
  14. ↑ Old Wyoming Postoffices, Annals of Wyoming, p. 158 (October 1957)
  15. ↑ (30 September 2015). Spanish company restarts Natrona County bentonite operations, Casper Star-Tribune
  16. ↑ (30 September 2015). Spanish company restarts Wyoming county bentonite operations, Billings Gazette
  17. ↑ Dixon, Tom (21 December 2013). Casper bentonite company tries to rebound from bankruptcy, layoffs, Casper Star Tribune
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