Cokeville was once a trading post for trappers and Indians. The first white settler was John Bourns who came in 1874. Originally called "Smith's Fork", the name was changed to Cokeville because of the large deposits of coking coal nearby. (WPA) "Cokeville ..., Uintah county, Wyoming, is a small railway town and farming settlement where coke is being burned." (Jenson)
Other Names:
Smiths Fork, Smith's Fork
County:
Lincoln
Feature Category:
Manmade Features
More Reading:
Cokeville : biographies of her citizens, 1900-1930. Clark, Eva N. Logan, Utah : Watkins Printing, c2012.; Cokeville : biographies of her colonizers, 1870-1900. Clark, Eva N. [s.l.], WY : [s.l.] c2010.; The history of Cokeville, Wyoming. Lloyd, Errol Jack. 1970.; The history of Cokeville, Wyoming. Noblitt, Jack. 1955.
