Place:Cheyenne, Colorado, United States

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NameCheyenne
Alt namesCheyennesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.833°N 102.6°W
Located inColorado, United States     (1889 - )
See alsoBent, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Elbert, Colorado, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Arapahoe
Aroya
Cheyenne Wells
Fort Big Spring
Kit Carson
Mount Pearl
Old Wells
Seibert
Sorrento
Wild Horse
Unincorporated area
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Cheyenne County is the fourth-least densely populated of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. The county population was 1,748 at 2020 census.[1] The county seat is Cheyenne Wells.

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History

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Cheyenne County was created with its present borders by the Colorado State Legislature on March 25, 1889, out of portions of northeastern Bent County and southeastern Elbert County. It was named after the Cheyenne Indians who occupied eastern Colorado.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1889 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1889 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1890 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1893 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1890 534
1900 501
1910 3,687
1920 3,746
1930 3,723
1940 2,964
1950 3,453
1960 2,789
1970 2,396
1980 2,153
1990 2,397
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States

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