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Welcome to Spotted Horse ...

Spotted Horse is located in Campbell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spotted Horse, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1921.

Spotted Horse is 4,020 feet [1,225 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Spotted Horse is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Spotted Horse lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Spotted Horse: 307

Communities Also Named Spotted Horse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spotted Horse - it's located in Montana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spotted Horse.

Communities near Spotted Horse ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Spotted Horse.

  • Recluse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Arvada
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Leiter
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Clearmont
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spotted Horse ...

Looking for more information about Spotted Horse? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Spotted Horse, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spotted Horse.

Adding Spotted Horse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spotted Horse in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Spotted Horse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Spotted Horse post office opened in 1921.

We also found Spotted Horse on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spotted Horse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wyoming's counties, including Campbell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spotted Horse - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/