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Bucknum is a place and former community in
Rail Road News Notes
''Natrona County Tribune''(6 January 1906)
Northwest Notes
''The Wyoming Press'' The "Seminole" name, however, started causing confusion with another Seminole located on the Union Pacific rail line in Wyoming.(28 December 1907)
Change Seminole to Bucknum
''Riverton Republican''(8 January 1908)
It is Bucknum Now
''Natrona County Tribune'' 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.Chas. K. Bucknum
''Casper Press'' (October 9, 1908)(10 January 1908)
Other Counties Heard From
''Wyoming State Journal and Lander Clipper''(27 April 1924)
Place Names of Natrona County and Their Derivation As Told By Historian
''Casper Daily Tribune'' A post office was established in Bucknum in 1908, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924.Wyoming Place Names
''Annals of Wyoming'', Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 86 (January 1943) Bucknum's reported population was 18 in 1917 and 25 in 1924. A school was reportedly established there by 1922.National Register of Historic Places; Chicago and Northwestern Raiload Depot, Powder Mill.
(1987) As the
''Annals of Wyoming'', p. 158 (October 1957) Rail continues to serve the area, however. A Spanish company bought the
Spanish company restarts Natrona County bentonite operations
''Casper Star-Tribune''(30 September 2015)
''Billings Gazette''Dixon, Tom (21 December 2013)
''Casper Star Tribune'' The Bucknum area now falls under the Casper zip code 82604.
Bucknum is a place and former community in Natrona County
Natrona County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 79,955, making it the second-most populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Casper. Natrona County comprises the Casper, WY ...
, in the U.S. state
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of Wyoming
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. It is located about 24 miles west by road from Casper.
History
As theChicago and North Western
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 befor ...
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.(28 December 1905Rail Road News Notes
''Natrona County Tribune''(6 January 1906)
Northwest Notes
''The Wyoming Press'' The "Seminole" name, however, started causing confusion with another Seminole located on the Union Pacific rail line in Wyoming.(28 December 1907)
Change Seminole to Bucknum
''Riverton Republican''(8 January 1908)
It is Bucknum Now
''Natrona County Tribune'' 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.Chas. K. Bucknum
''Casper Press'' (October 9, 1908)(10 January 1908)
Other Counties Heard From
''Wyoming State Journal and Lander Clipper''(27 April 1924)
Place Names of Natrona County and Their Derivation As Told By Historian
''Casper Daily Tribune'' A post office was established in Bucknum in 1908, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1924.Wyoming Place Names
''Annals of Wyoming'', Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 86 (January 1943) Bucknum's reported population was 18 in 1917 and 25 in 1924. A school was reportedly established there by 1922.National Register of Historic Places; Chicago and Northwestern Raiload Depot, Powder Mill.
(1987) As the
Chicago and North Western
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 befor ...
abandoned its line, the communities in this area including Bucknum declined.Old Wyoming Postoffices''Annals of Wyoming'', p. 158 (October 1957) Rail continues to serve the area, however. A Spanish company bought the
bentonite
Bentonite ( ) is an Absorption (chemistry), absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite. Na-montmorillonite has a considerably greater swelli ...
mine in the area formerly owned by U.S. Bentonite (off Bucknum Road) in 2015.(30 September 2015)Spanish company restarts Natrona County bentonite operations
''Casper Star-Tribune''(30 September 2015)
''Billings Gazette''Dixon, Tom (21 December 2013)
''Casper Star Tribune'' The Bucknum area now falls under the Casper zip code 82604.
References
{{Natrona County, Wyoming Unincorporated communities in Natrona County, Wyoming