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Laramie County created January 9, 1867 by Dakota Laws was also organized in January of that year. The County seat is Cheyenne. Laramieie County was named for Jacques La Ramie, a French-Canadian trapper who was killed by the Indians near what was later known as Fort Laramie. ( which is in Goshen County now).
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 1859-10-24. 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 1868-07-25, the Territory of Wyoming was organized. Laramie County was organized in 1867.
Populated places
City
•Cheyenne
Towns
•Albin
•Burns
•Pine Bluffs
Census-designated places
•Fox Farm-College
•Ranchettes
•South Greeley
•FE Warren AFB
Other place
•Meriden
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STORY OF CHEYENNE
The City of Cheyenne had its beginning in 1867, when the Union Pacific Railroad came through on its way to the west coast. The town site was first surveyed by General Grenville Dodge and was named for an Indian tribe that roamed the area (originally called ‘Shey’ an’ nah’, belonging to the tribe of Alogonquian, the largest family of Indians on the North American Continent). Settlement came so fast that the nickname "Magic City of the Plains" was adopted.
On August 8, 1867, the first charter for the government of the City of Cheyenne was established. On August 10, 1867, H. M. Hook was elected mayor. At the time, Cheyenne was situated in the Dakota Territory and had a population of approximately 600 people. The following December a permanent city charter was granted by the Dakota Territory legislature. On January 5, 1914, the commissioner form of government was formally adopted by the City of Cheyenne. Cheyenne was proclaimed to be "a City of the First Class" organized under the provisions of the State of Wyoming with all the powers and obligations thereto on July 9, 1945. A special election was held on June 22, 1971, to determine if the commissioner form of government should be replaced with the mayor-council form. As a result of that election, in the fall of 1971, a mayor and nine councilmen were elected to take office on January 3, 1972, under the new form of government. 
Presently, the mayor is elected at-large every four years. Three council members are elected from each of three wards on a staggered basis.
City of Cheyenne, Wyoming
2101 O'Neil Ave.
(307) 637-6200
Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm
Adjacent 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)
•Major Highways
• Interstate 80
• Interstate 25
• Interstate 180
• U.S. Route 30
• U.S. Route 85
• U.S. Route 87
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