Moneta is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Fremont County,

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, United States. Moneta is located on

U.S. Route 26 U.S. Route 26 (US 26) is an east–west United States highway that runs from Seaside, Oregon to Ogallala, Nebraska. When the U.S. highway system was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it continued into Idaho and ...

, east-southeast of

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. It is also located close to the geographic center of the state.

History

As the

Chicago and North Western Transportation Company The Chicago and North Western was a Class I railroad in the Midwestern United States. It was also known as the "North Western". The railroad operated more than of track at the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states befo ...

built a line west from

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in 1905-06, Moneta was made a stop (about 82.6 miles west of Casper),(28 December 1905
Rail Road News Notes
''Natrona County Tribune'' and was laid out in 1906.(9 June 1906
Opened to Moneta
''Big Horn County News'' It was named after

Moneta, Iowa Moneta is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States. History Moneta was platted in 1901. The name Moneta is supposed to be a poetic form for the island of Anglesey Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the ...

. A post office was established in Moneta in 1906, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972. In 2002, the vehicle in the " Lil' Miss murder" was uncovered in Moneta after DNA evidence linked the landowner, Dale Wayne Eaton, to the murder of Lisa Kimmell. Following a civil suit in which Eaton's land was given to Kimmell's parents, the buildings on the property were burned to the ground.

References

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