Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.
—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
62historic places
—earliest paper
1867formed
100,512pop. 2020
22cemeteries
—CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 62 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 6 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Cheyenne, Chugwater, Horse Creek.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.
County formation
Newberry AHCB
Laramie was formed in 1867 (1867-01-09) from unknown / original county.
LARAMIE created by Dakota Territory from non-county area; included all of present Wyoming that was then part of Dakota Territory, plus a small area of present Montana.
Laramie County population from 1870 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1870
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
2,957
6,409
20,181
20,699
33,651
47,662
60,149
68,649
81,607
100,512
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.
Cemeteries & historical places
USGS GNIS
22 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Albin Cemetery
41.41906
-104.05294
Beth El Cemetery
41.14774
-104.81414
Burns Cemetery
41.17166
-104.35792
Burns Lutheran Cemetery
41.17755
-104.34883
Carpenter Cemetery
41.04311
-104.36948
Cheyenne Memorial Gardens
41.16195
-104.712
Dorothy Lavalleur Burial Site
41.30348
-104.41455
Frances E Warren Air Base Cemetery
41.15723
-104.85741
Gethsemane Gardens Cemetery
41.21361
-104.45972
Hillsdale Cemetery
41.20926
-104.48334
Lakeview Cemetery
41.14434
-104.81153
Little Bear Cemetery
41.56788
-104.94096
Meriden Cemetery
41.54668
-104.31664
Mount Sinai Jewish Cemetery
41.14558
-104.81307
Mountain View Memorial Park
41.2161
-104.82606
Odd Fellows Cemetery
41.14661
-104.81327
Olivet Cemetery
41.14697
-104.81104
Pine Bluffs Cemetery
41.17299
-104.06186
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church Columbarium
41.13594
-104.8164
Saint Mary's Catholic Church Columbarium
41.13757
-104.81804
Salem Cemetery
41.31585
-104.11815
Serenity Gardens
41.14622
-104.81246
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Historical markers
HMdb link
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