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Hulett’s post office opened in 1886

Most of Hulett was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

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How Hulett began

When was Hulett founded?

1886

The Hulett post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 309140 years
Founding year: the first Hulett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Hulett’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Hulett are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Hulett, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Hulett yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Hulett is a town in Crook County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 309 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1886. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 383 to 309 (-19%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Hulett, decade by decade

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Questions about Hulett’s history

What year was Hulett founded?

The Hulett post office opened in 1886, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.