Official Name: | Winton, Wyoming |
Settlement Type: | Ghost town |
Pushpin Map: | Wyoming |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Wyoming |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sweetwater |
Elevation Ft: | 6966 |
Coordinates: | 41.7472°N -109.1672°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1597546 |
Winton is a ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. Winton was 5miles 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.
Lawrence Welsh, the fourth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, was born in Winton.[1]