Name: Laramie County

 

County: Laramie

 

Authority Name: Laramie County (Wyo.) 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1044002W

Latitude: 412100N 

 

Elevation: 5994/1827

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: County

 

Origin of Name:

Named for Jacques La Ramie, French Canadian trapper, who reached a point on the river which bears his name, as early as 1820. Laramie County, with an organized government, is older than Wyoming as state and territory. It was created, in 1867, by the legislature of the Dakota Territory, and together with Carter County, occupied the area within the present boundaries of the state. County seat is in Cheyenne.

Source: WPA

 

The city, as well as the river, the mountain range, and the county, derives its name from Fort Laramie, which stands at the mouth of Laramie River. The most famous fort on the old Overland Trail was named directly or indirectly for Jacques La Ramie, a French fur trader of the early days. The old maps show the river as La Ramies Fork.

Source: Guidebook of the Western United States 

 

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