Winton, Wyoming
Encyclopedia
Winton is a ghost town
in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
, United States
. Winton was 5 miles (8 km) north-northeast of Reliance
. Megeath Wyoming and Winton Wyoming are the same place. Megaeth Coal Company owned a Post Office named Winton. Union Pacific bought out Meagaeth and changed the name to Winton.
, the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane
, was born in Winton.
Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Winton was 5 miles (8 km) north-northeast of Reliance
Reliance, Wyoming
Reliance is a census-designated place in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 665 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Reliance is located at ....
. Megeath Wyoming and Winton Wyoming are the same place. Megaeth Coal Company owned a Post Office named Winton. Union Pacific bought out Meagaeth and changed the name to Winton.
Notable people
Lawrence Harold WelshLawrence Harold Welsh
Lawrence Harold Welsh was the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane from 1978-1989.-Life:Born in Winton, Wyoming, Welsh was ordained a priest on March 26, 1962...
, the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane
Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane
The Diocese of Spokane is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. state of Washington. Headquartered in Spokane, the diocese encompasses Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams, Whitman, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties...
, was born in Winton.