Hillsdale, Wyoming: Difference between revisions

'''Hillsdale''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] in southeastern [[Laramie County, Wyoming|Laramie County]], [[Wyoming]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], it had a population of 47.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=httphttps://factfinder2www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Hillsdale CDP, Wyoming| publisher=U.S.[[United States Census Bureau, American Factfinder]]| accessdate=April 3, 2012}}</ref> It lies along local roads east of the city of [[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]], the [[county seat]] of Laramie County.<ref>Rand McNally. ''The Road Atlas '08.'' [[Chicago]]: [[Rand McNally]], 2008, p. 116.</ref> Its elevation is {{convert|5640|ft}} above sea level.<ref name="gnis" /> Although Hillsdale is unincorporated, it has a [[post office]], with the [[ZIP code]] of 82060.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=82060 Zip Code Lookup]</ref> Public education in the community of Hillsdale is provided by [[Laramie County School District Number 2|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.<ref>State of Wyoming Historical Marker located in Hillsdale, Wyoming.</ref>

Hillsdale was platted[[plat]]ted as a [[townsite]] in April 2013. <ref>https://maps.laramiecounty.com/Plats/HLS%2001.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

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