Moneta, Wyoming | |
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Coordinates: 43°09′42″N 107°43′29″W / 43.16167°N 107.72472°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Wyoming |
County | Fremont |
Elevation | 5,440 ft (1,660 m) |
Time zone | UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Area code | 307 |
GNIS feature ID | 1609126 [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.
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]