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Laramie County, Wyoming
Laramie County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Cheyenne
Year Organized: 1867
Square Miles: 2,688
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Court House: 310 West 19th Street, Room 400
County Courthouse
Cheyenne, WY 82001-4452
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Named: Named for Jacques La Ramie, French-Canadian trapper, who was killed by the Indians near what was later Fort Laramie.
State & County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
In July 1858, gold was discovered along the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory. This discovery precipitated the Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Many residents of the mining region felt disconnected from the remote territorial governments of
Kansas and Nebraska, so they voted to form their own Territory of Jefferson on October 24, 1859. The following month, the Jefferson Territorial Legislature organized 12 counties for the new territory including Cheyenne County. Cheyenne County was named for the Cheyenne Nation of Native Americans
that lived in the area. Cheyenne County encompassed most of present day Laramie County. The Jefferson Territory never received federal sanction.
On July 25, 1868, the Territory of Wyoming was organized. Laramie County was organized in 1867.
Neighboring Counties:
- Goshen County (north-northeast)
- Banner County, Nebraska (northeast)
- Kimball County, Nebraska (east)
- Weld County, Colorado (south)
- Larimer County, Colorado (southwest)
- Albany County (west)
- Platte County (north-northwest)
Cities:
| - Albin |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Burns |
town |
Incorporated Area |
| - Cheyenne (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Pine Bluffs |
town |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally."
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