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.

References

  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%2001.pdf [bare URL PDF]


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsdale,_Wyoming
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