Hillsdale, Wyoming
Hillsdale | |
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 Location in Laramie County and the state of Wyoming. | |
  Hillsdale Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°12′46″N 104°28′39″W / 41.21278°N 104.47750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| County | Laramie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| • Land | 0.8 sq mi (2.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,640 ft (1,720 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 47 |
| • Density | 55/sq mi (21/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 82060 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1589581[1] |
Hillsdale is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in southeastern Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 47.[2] It lies along local roads east of the city of Cheyenne, the county seat of Laramie County.[3] Its elevation is 5,640 feet (1,720 m) above sea level.[1] Although Hillsdale is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 82060.[4] Public education in the community of Hillsdale is provided by Laramie County School District #2.
Hillsdale was named for Lathrop Hills, a Surveyor for the Union Pacific Railroad who was killed nearby along Lodgepole Creek on June 11, 1867, while leading a party surveying a route of the Transcontinental Railroad.[5]
Hillsdale was platted as a townsite in April 2013.[6]
Notable person
[edit]Kenny Sailors, American college and professional basketball player active in the 1940s and early 1950s notable for popularizing the jump shot as an alternative to the two-handed, flat-footed set shot.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hillsdale, Wyoming". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Hillsdale CDP, Wyoming". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup
- ^ State of Wyoming Historical Marker located in Hillsdale, Wyoming.
- ^ https://maps.laramiecounty.com/Plats/HLS%2001.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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