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Moneta, Wyoming
Moneta, Wyoming is located in Wyoming
Moneta, Wyoming
Moneta, Wyoming
Location in Wyoming
Moneta, Wyoming is located in the United States
Moneta, Wyoming
Moneta, Wyoming
Location in the United States
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(s) 307
GNIS feature ID 1609126

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.

History

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), and was laid out in 1906. It was named after Moneta, Iowa. A post office was established in Moneta in 1906, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.

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. 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.

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