Mayoworth, Wyoming

Mayoworth is an unincorporated place in the southwestern part of Johnson County in north-central Wyoming, United States.[1] It lies in the eastern valleys of the Bighorn Mountains. Mayoworth is at the western terminus of Wyoming Highway 191, approximately 12 miles west of the Kaycee exit off Interstate 25 (with U.S. Route 87).[2]

Mayoworth, Wyoming
Mayoworth Junction
Place
Mayoworth is located in Wyoming
Mayoworth
Mayoworth
Location of Mayoworth in Wyoming
Coordinates: 43°49′55″N 106°47′31″W
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
CountyJohnson
Elevation
[1]
5,230 ft (1,590 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
82639
GNIS feature ID1597396[1]

Mayoworth is on the North Fork of the Powder River, which experienced severe flooding in 1992.[3]

The Mayoworth Number Ten clay mine is just to the northwest of town.[4]

Barnum is several miles south of Mayoworth, and Big Trails is the nearest place over the Bighorn range.

History

Nearby Dull Knife Battlefield is the site of an 1876 battle between the U.S. Army and Cheyenne.

From the late 1860s to about 1910, the Hole-in-the-Wall mountain pass was used by outlaws such as Butch Cassidy. Several gangs kept a cabin nearby.

Mayoworth is named after Mae Marie Jones and William Worthington Morgareidge. It’s a combination of their two names.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mayoworth, Wyoming
  2. Official State Highway Map of Wyoming (Map). Wyoming Department of Transportation. 2014.
  3. Vigil, Jeff C. (1993). "Water-Supply Paper 2499. Summary of Floods of 1992 June 14-15, 1992, Along the North Fork Powder River Below Pass Creek, Near Mayoworth, Wyoming". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mayoworth Number Ten Mine

Further reading
  • Richardson, Albert L. (1950). Geology of the Mayoworth Region, Johnson County, Wyoming (M.A., Geology). University of Wyoming.


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