Tie Siding is a tiny
unincorporated community
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in far southeastern
Albany County, in southeastern
Wyoming
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, United States, approximately eighteen miles south of
Laramie, and eight miles north of the
Colorado
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border. It is located at
latitude
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41.080N and
longitude
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-105.506W, at an elevation of 7,694 ft. The population is very small, and Tie Siding was not counted as a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the
2010 Census.
History
Tie Siding was strategically located at the site by the early western
railroad companies to service the expansion of rail systems in the West from the late 1860s until the early 1900s. The small community interacted with nearby
Colorado
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railroad towns, such as
Virginia Dale,
LaPorte and
Pingree Park.
[Wyoming Tales & Trails]
"The Founding of Laramie". Retrieved 2015-07-06
In 1886,
Edward Ivinson, a wealthy
Laramie investment banker and dry goods merchant, got off a train when it made a stop in Tie Siding to take on water, and decided he wanted to build a house and a hospital here. Instead, he later returned to Laramie, a few miles to the north, and built the
Ivinson Mansion for himself in 1892 on what later would be named Ivinson Street.
["Saving the Mansion", Laramie Plains Museum Asso]
Retrieved 2015-07-06
, the Tie Siding site consists of only a combination
flea market
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and
post office
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.
Highways
* - north–south route through Tie Siding, running north to Laramie, and south to the Colorado border.
* County Road 31 - Cherokee Park Rd., runs southwest from Tie Siding to the Colorado border.
* County Road 222 - Hermosa Rd., runs northeast from Tie Siding to
Interstate 80
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.
* County Road 231 - Dale Creek Rd., runs east from Tie Siding to
Buford.
* County Road 316 - Sportsman Lake Rd., runs west from Tie Siding to
Sand Creek Rd.
See also
References
External links
Unincorporated communities in Albany County, Wyoming
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