Goose Egg is an unincorporated community located in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is 5,344 feet above sea level.[1] It appears to have been named for a natural feature,[2] namely, a nest of goose eggs laid by a Canada goose.[3]
Goose Egg | |
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  Goose Egg Location within the state of Wyoming  Goose Egg Goose Egg (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 42°45′45″N 106°29′12″W / 42.76250°N 106.48667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| County | Natrona |
| Elevation | 4,026 ft (1,227 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MST) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1597334[1] |
Goose Egg lies within Natrona County School District Number 1. It once had a post office, which has closed as of 2016. The United States Geological Survey had a water station at Coal Creek near Goose Egg, from the 1960s through the 1980s.[4]
Goose Egg was the residence of songwriter Albert Norton, composer of Our boys are marching again, a patriotic ditty composed in 1943 during World War II.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Goose Egg, Wyoming
- ^ Thompson, George E. (2009). You Live Where?. iUniverse. ISBN 9781440134210. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ Bonander, Rick. "A close call on the C.Y. cattle trail". Road Trip (blog). Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ United States Geological Survey Water-supply Paper. United States Geological Survey. 2001. p. 576. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright entries. United States Copyright Office. 1943. p. 959. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
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