Hiland is an unincorporated community

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 in western Natrona County, Wyoming

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, United States

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. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 20

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 and 26

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, west of the city of Casper

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, the county seat

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 of Natrona County. Its elevation is 6,004 feet (1,830 m). Although Hiland is unincorporated, it has a post office

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, with the ZIP code

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of 82638. Hiland is so named because it formed the highest elevation point within the Wyoming portion of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.