Hillsdale, Wyoming

Unincorporated community & census-designated place in Wyoming, United States

Hillsdale

Unincorporated community & census-designated place

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 / 41.21278; -104.47750
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

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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

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1. ^ a b "Hillsdale, Wyoming". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Hillsdale CDP, Wyoming". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
3. ^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
4. ^ Zip Code Lookup
5. ^ State of Wyoming Historical Marker located in Hillsdale, Wyoming.
6. ^ https://maps.laramiecounty.com/Plats/HLS 01.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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