Hillsdale, Wyoming

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

41°12′46″N 104°28′39″W / 41.21278°N 104.47750°W / 41.21278; -104.47750CountryUnited StatesStateWyomingCountyLaramieArea

• Total0.8 sq mi (2.2 km²) • Land0.8 sq mi (2.2 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

5,640 ft (1,720 m)Population

(2010)

• Total47 • Density55/sq mi (21/km²)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)ZIP codes

82060

GNIS feature ID1589581^[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

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. [[Wm. Gillespie & family in 1972-74 owned the defunct hotel,bank, and gas station. Charlotte, his wife, mother of 6, conducted a business of hare meat products. William,an US Air Force fire marshall retired then sold all, relocating to Alabama. He then sold a lot of cars.]]

References

^ ^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]}