Laramie County, Wyoming
Laramie County | |
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![]() City/County Building at Cheyenne in 1981 | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Wyoming | |
![]() Wyoming's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 41°19′N 104°41′W / 41.32°N 104.69°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
Founded | January 9, 1867 |
Named for | Jacques La Ramee |
Seat | Cheyenne |
Largest city | Cheyenne |
Area | |
• Total | 2,688 sq mi (6,960 km2) |
• Land | 2,686 sq mi (6,960 km2) |
• Water | 1.6 sq mi (4 km2) 0.06%% |
Population | |
• Estimate (2016) | 98,136 |
• Density | 36/sq mi (14/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | At-large |
Website | webgate |
Laramie County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2010 United States Census, 91,738 people lived there. The county seat is Cheyenne, the state capital.[1] The county lies west of the Nebraska state line and north of the Colorado state line.
The city of Laramie, Wyoming, is in neighboring Albany County.
History[change | change source]
Laramie County was created on January 9, 1867.[2]
Geography[change | change source]
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,688 square miles (6,960 km2), of which 2,686 square miles (6,960 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (0.06%) is water.[3]
Bordering counties[change | change source]
- Goshen County – north
- Banner County, Nebraska – northeast
- Kimball County, Nebraska – east
- Weld County, Colorado – south
- Larimer County, Colorado – southwest
- Albany County – west
- Platte County – northwest
Communities[change | change source]
City[change | change source]
- Cheyenne (county seat)
Towns[change | change source]
Census-designated places[change | change source]
Unincorporated communities[change | change source]
- Altvan
- Egbert
- Granite
- Horse Creek
- Meriden
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ↑ Long, John H. (2006). "Wyoming: Individual County Chronologies". Wyoming Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". US Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
Other websites[change | change source]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laramie County, Wyoming.
- Laramie County official website Archived 2010-03-25 at the Wayback Machine