Arminto is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northwestern

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, United States. It lies along local roads west of the city of Casper, the

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of Natrona County. Its elevation is 6,053 feet (1,845 m).

History

Arminto was built as a stop on the

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Midwest, Midwestern United States. Commonly referred to as the Burlington Route, the Burlington, CB&Q, or as the Q, it operated extensive trackage in the states of ...

, and was named for Manuel Armenta who started the nearby Jack Pot Ranch.Wyoming Place Names
p. 160, ''Annals of Wyoming'' (1942) Arminto voted to incorporate in 1915; unincorporated towns could not sell liquor in Wyoming at the time.(9 March 1915)
Incorporate to Get Saloons
''Cheyenne State Leader'' Although Arminto is now unincorporated, it had a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

, that closed in 1964. The Big Horn Hotel was moved from Wolton to Arminto in 1913 when the railroad arrived there. It was entered on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1978, and was destroyed by a fire in 1985.Nomination Form
(1978)

Climate

According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

system, Arminto has a

semi-arid climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of se ...

, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

References

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