Hiland, Wyoming

Hiland, Wyoming
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°6′55″N 107°20′56″W
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
County	Natrona
Elevation	6,004 ft (1,830 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	82638
GNIS feature ID	1609103[1]

Hiland (also Poison Creek Station, Woolton, or Wolton) is an unincorporated community in western Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 20 and 26, west of the city of Casper, the county seat of Natrona County.[2] Its elevation is 6,004 feet (1,830 m).[1] Although the Hiland post office closed in 2014, it retains a ZIP code of 82638.[3] Hiland is so named because it formed the highest elevation point within the Wyoming portion of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad:[4] it was originally named Woolton at its founding, with the spelling later changed to Wolton until 1914, when most of Wolton's population moved to Arminto, the new, nearby railhead, and the remaining citizens renamed the town Hiland. As of 2014, the town consisted only of a bar catering to bikers, and an adjacent house.

References

1. "Hiland, Wyoming". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 116.
3. "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population". www.zipinfo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
4. "Wyoming Tourism: Hiland". Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2009.