Badger

Early railroad station 1890s - named after Gen. George Badger

Bellewood

1887 - 1892 stage station, post office and railroad station later relocated and renamed Glendo

Bordeaux

1877 second post office (now discontinued) Wyoming Territory. also a stage relay station.

Cassa

Early post office and railroad station named after a railroad worker from Spain

Chugwater

Believed to be named after Chugwater Creek. Chugwater Stage Station - first used in 1834, later used as a stage station.

Curtis

Early railroad station named for Curtis Templin, early pioneer rancher

Diamond

1882 post office (now discontinued) and railroad siding, after Diamond Ranch of George R. Rainsford.

Dwyer

Also known as Buckhorn and Buckhorn Flats - renamed after J.E. Dwyer, a superintendent for the Colorado and Southern Railroad.

Elkhorn

Early Pony Express station

Fairbanks

Late 1880s. Named after N.K. Fairbanks who helped build the smelter town along with G.N. Pullman.

Flattop

Post office, now discontinued, named after a butte

Foxton

Railroad station named for trapper named Fox (Fox Creek was also named after him)

Gilchrist

See Wheatland

Glendo

1887 - one of the first of five telegraph stations on the Overland Stage Express at the Horseshoe Stage Station. The town was established at its present location when the railroad came through. Former site of the horseshoe stage station.

Grant

Discontinued post office, named after a postmaster

Greyrocks

Discontinued post office, named for nearby rocks

Guernsey

Incorporated 1902 named after Charles A. Guernsey legislator and rancher

Hartville

1880s Mining town named after Colonel Verling K. Hart.

Hauf

Named for C. Hauf and family in 1925

Horseshoe Stage Station

Established 1861 - stage, mail and telegraph station; later Glendo

Hubert

1887 discontinued po named for Hubert Teschemacher, an area rancher.

Iowa Flats

Area homestead by Iowans from 1909-1910

Kelly's Park

Dance hall and recreation area along the Platte River on/near site of Fairbanks; no longer in existance

Macfarlane

Discontinued post office and railroad station named for either John or William Macfarlane.

Meadowdale

Discontinued post office

Millersburg

1888, early copper mine and town, established by Taylor Miller

Moore

1884 - discontinued post office ran by James and Michael Moore

Owen

Post office in 1887, named for Billy Owen, a surveyor

Pepperville

Crossroads store named for Fred Pepper, owner of the store

Sand Point

1840s - the trading post established by Seth E. Ward near Register Rock. Later was a stage and Pony Express station on the Oregon Trail. Register Rock was first called Sand Point.

Discontinued post office and railroad station, named after an early rancher named Sybil.

Sibley Peak

High peak in Platte County, site of a stagecoach robbery. Near Horseshoe stage stage station.

Slater

Named after homesteader Ellis Slater; also Salter Flats.

Sunrise

Original town in 1881 established by the post trader Landon from Fort Laramie. Modern town was established in 1903.

Swan

Early railroad station named for the Swan Cattle Company.

Two Bar

1891 - located at Grant ranch, named for its brand

Uva

1871 - ranch, later post office (now discontinued)

Wendover

Early stage station on the Cheyenne-Deadwood trail; discontinued post office and railroad station

Wheatfield/Wheatfield Flats

1885 - site of early settlement later re-named Wheatland when Gilchrist was moved there.

Wheatland

Founded 1894, incorporated 1905; county seat of Platte County when formed in 1911; originally named Gilchrist after a local rancher.

Whiting Spring

Settlement named for an early school teacher