Winton, Wyoming
Ghost town
Winton, Wyoming is located in Wyoming
Winton, Wyoming
Winton, Wyoming
Coordinates: 41°44′50″N 109°10′02″W / 41.74722°N 109.16722°W / 41.74722; -109.16722
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
CountySweetwater
Elevation
[1]
6,966 ft (2,123 m)
GNIS feature ID1597546[1]

Winton is a ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. Winton was 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of Rock Springs. Winton is sometimes referred to as Megeath. Megeath Coal Company owned a Post Office named Winton. Union Pacific bought out Megeath and changed the name to Winton.

Notable people

Lawrence Welsh, the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, was born in Winton.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Winton, Wyoming
  2. ^ "Bishop Lawrence Harold Welsh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 12, 2018.


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