| The town of Marbleton, incorporated
in 1914, was the dream of Charles P. Budd, the eldest son of Dan Budd
who founded Big Piney. Located only a mile from Big Piney, Marbleton
started out as its rival, each vying to be the major town site in this
area. Amazingly
through the years both towns have grown and prospered. Marbleton has
thrived in the last several decades because of the oil and gas industry.
In the
1980's Marbleton received its own post office, using the same zip code
as Big Piney, because of the number of people moving to the area. In
2007 the contract post
office in Marbleton was closed by the U.S. Postal Service after they
installed cluster mailboxes to service the rural area. (Click
here for a story on public reaction to the closing of the Marbleton postal
substation.)
Marbleton maintains its own Town Hall and Town Government. |
