Meriden is an unincorporated crossroads in

Laramie County Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the U.S. state, state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the List of counties in Wy ...

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

, United States. It is part of the

Cheyenne, Wyoming Cheyenne ( or ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Wyoming, most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is the county seat of Laramie County, Wyoming, Laramie County, with 65,132 reside ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is located about northeast of

Cheyenne The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the (also spelled Tsitsistas, The term for th ...

, and south of Torrington. It has a post office, zip code 82081.MapQuest - Post Office Finder
Retrieved 2015-07-06 The community was named after Meriden,

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

. Public education in the community of Meriden is provided by Laramie County School District #2.

Geography

Meriden is located at an elevation of , at the junction of U.S. Highway 85 (Torrington Rd) and Laramie County Road 238 just south of the Goshen County line, and about from the

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

state line. Horse Creek runs through Meriden.

Highways

* U.S. Highway 85 - north to Torrington, south to

Notable people

* C.B. Irwin (1875–1934) - rancher, rodeo champion, rodeo producer, hall of fame inductee, had the Y6 ranch on Horse Creek * "Suicide" Ted Elder (1891–1981) - rancher, rodeo cowboy, Roman racer, World Champion rodeo trick rider, Hollywood actor and stuntman, inventor, hall of fame inductee, worked on C.B. Irwin's ranch

References

Unincorporated communities in Wyoming Unincorporated communities in Laramie County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-geo-stub