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Platte County
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county in Wyoming, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wyoming
- Founded
- February 21, 1911 (authorized), 1913 (organized)
- Named after
- North Platte River
- Seat
- Wheatland
- Largest town
- Wheatland
- Total
- 2,111 sq mi (5,470 km )
- Land
- 2,084 sq mi (5,400 km )
- Water
- 27 sq mi (70 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,634
- Density
- 4.129/sq mi (1.594/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- plattecountywyoming .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 8,605. Its county seat is Wheatland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platte County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.