Do you know of Hells Half Acre ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Hells Half Acre. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Hells Half Acre.

We found mention of Hells Half Acre as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Natrona County, Wyoming.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1940 and closed  in 1959.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Hells Half Acre ...

We found one communities that share the name Hells Half Acre.

Within Wyoming, the name Hells Half Acre is unique.

Beyond Wyoming, there is another community also named Hells Half Acre in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • South Carolina
    • Barnwell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Hells Half Acre [Barnwell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hells Half Acre ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Hells Half Acre:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)
Published by Greyhound Bus Lines

The FIPS database contains an entry for Hells Half Acre.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 56/36640   (Place Name: Hells Half Acre)

County: Natrona     (FIPS State/County: 56/025)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Hells Half Acre) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Natrona County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Natrona County.