Banner, Wyoming Explained

Banner, Wyoming
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:USA Wyoming#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Wyoming
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Wyoming
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Sheridan
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Mountain (MST)
Utc Offset:-7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:-6
Elevation Ft:4580
Coordinates:44.6014°N -106.8653°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:82832
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1597211[1]

Banner is an unincorporated community in southern Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. It lies near Interstate 90, south of the city of Sheridan, the county seat of Sheridan County.[2] Its elevation is 4580feet. Although Banner is unincorporated, it had a post office, with the ZIP code of 82832, which closed in 2004.[3] Public education in the community of Banner is provided by Sheridan County School District #2.

Story lies three miles to the southwest, and the Bighorn Mountains (and Bighorn National Forest) are to Banner's west. The town is accessible via U.S. Route 87 (cosigned with Wyoming Highway 193).

History

The Bozeman Trail passed by town in the mid-1860s. Two important battles of the war between the United States and the Plains Indians happened nearby. The 1866 Fetterman Fight was a victory of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians over soldiers of the United States army, and the 1867 Wagon Box Fight involved Lakota Sioux and soldiers from nearby Fort Phil Kearny.[4]

There was an oil spill of the Conoco Seminoe Pipeline near Banner on June 27, 1997.

Notes and References

  1. 1597211. Banner, Wyoming.
  2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
  3. Web site: Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS.
  4. Official State Highway Map of Wyoming . Wyoming Department of Transportation . 2014 .