Place:Platte, Wyoming, United States

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NamePlatte
Alt namesPlattesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates42.133°N 104.967°W
Located inWyoming, United States     (1911 - )
See alsoLaramie, Wyoming, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Census-designated place
Chugcreek
Lakeview North
Slater
Westview Circle
Y-O Ranch
Inhabited place
Brinton
Chugwater
Crane
Devils Washtub
Diamond
Dwyer Junction
Dwyer
Elkhorn Creek
Emigrant Hill
Flattop
Gibson
Glendo
Guernsey
Hartville
Hightower
Meadowdale
Muthart Place
Sibylee
Sunrise Hill
Sunrise
Uva
Wheatland
Whiting
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2010, the population was 8,667. Its county seat is Wheatland.

Three important Republican politicians came from Platte County: former Governor Jim Geringer, who served from 1995–2003; former State Representative Harold Hellbaum, who served from 1963–1977 and was Speaker of the House at the end of his tenure, and Robert Mills Grant, a rancher and former rodeo performer who was a specialist on laws relating to the branding of livestock, represented the county in the Wyoming House from 1983 to 1992.

Platte County was also the birthplace of Larry Birleffi (1918–2008), the "Voice of the University of Wyoming Cowboys" from 1947-1986.

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History

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Platte County was created February 21, 1911 with land detached from Laramie County.

The county was named for the North Platte River, which flows through the northeastern part of the county.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1873 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1911 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1913 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1920 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1920 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1920 7,421
1930 9,695
1940 8,013
1950 7,925
1960 7,195
1970 6,486
1980 11,975
1990 8,145
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