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Winton, Wyoming

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; -109.16722Coordinates: 41°44′50″N 109°10′02″W / 41.74722°N 109.16722°W / 41.74722; -109.16722
Country United States
State Wyoming
County Sweetwater
Elevation 6,965 ft (2,123 m)
GNIS feature ID 1597546

Winton is a ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. Winton was 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of Reliance. 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.

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


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