Moneta, Wyoming

Unincorporated community in Wyoming, United States

43°09′42″N 107°43′29″W / 43.16167°N 107.72472°W / 43.16167; -107.72472CountryUnited StatesStateWyomingCountyFremontElevation

5,440 ft (1,660 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)Area code307GNIS feature ID1609126^[1]

Moneta is an unincorporated community in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Moneta is located on U.S. Route 26, 20.1 miles (32.3 km) east-southeast of Shoshoni. It is also located close to the geographic center of the state.

History

As the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company built a line west from Casper in 1905-06, Moneta was made a stop (about 82.6 miles west of Casper),^[2] and was laid out in 1906.^[3]^[4] It was named after Moneta, Iowa.^[3] A post office was established in Moneta in 1906, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.^[5]

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.^[6] 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.^[7]

References

^ "Moneta". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ (28 December 1905) Rail Road News Notes, Natrona County Tribune
^ ^a ^b 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. 104.
^ (9 June 1906).Opened to Moneta, Big Horn County News
^ "Fremont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
^ TARA WESTREICHER, Caspar Star-Tribune. "Murder charge filed in 'Lil Miss' killing". Retrieved October 12, 2018.
^ ANTHONY LANE, Casper Star-Tribune. "Murder victim's parents watch killer's house burn". Retrieved October 12, 2018.