Hillsdale, Wyoming

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
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
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 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.