Fort Laramie
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town in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wyoming
- County
- Goshen
- Total
- 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km )
- Land
- 0.25 sq mi (0.65 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 4,239 ft (1,292 m)
- Density
- 821/sq mi (316.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 (MDT)
- Fips code
- 56-28230
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Fort Laramie
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Goshen County
- Population
- 206
- Area
- 0.687441
- Elevation
- 1292
- Image
- Fort Laramie Wyoming MainStreet.jpg
- Households
- 100
- Dialing code
- 307
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- Commons category
- Fort Laramie, Wyoming
- postal code
- 82212
- different from
- Fort Laramie
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 31715
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Laramie is a town in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 206 at the 2020 census. The town is named after historic Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails, as well as a staging point for various military excursions and treaty signings. The old fort was located south of town across the North Platte River, at the mouth of the Laramie River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Laramie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.