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Laramie County
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county in the southeastern corner of Wyoming, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wyoming
- Founded
- January 9, 1867
- Named after
- Jacques La Ramee
- Seat
- Cheyenne
- Largest city
- Cheyenne
- Total
- 2,688 sq mi (6,960 km )
- Land
- 2,686 sq mi (6,960 km )
- Water
- 1.6 sq mi (4.1 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 102,938
- Density
- 37.42/sq mi (14.45/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- laramiecounty .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the most populous county in Wyoming, but the least populous county in the United States to be the most populous in its state. The county seat is Cheyenne, the state capital. The county lies west of the Nebraska state line and north of the Colorado state line. Laramie County comprises the Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Laramie, Wyoming, is in neighboring Albany County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Laramie County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.