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  1. Cheyenne ( / ʃaɪˈæn / shy-AN or / ʃaɪˈɛn / shy-EN) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming, as well as the county seat of Laramie County, with 65,132 residents, per the 2020 census. [6] It is the principal city of the Cheyenne metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Laramie County and had ...

  2. Oct 30, 2017 · The building was finished in 1890, the year Wyoming became a state, and expanded further in 1915. Wyoming State Archives. Growing rapidly, Cheyenne soon gained another name, “The Magic City of the Plains.”. The Cheyenne Leader reported 200 businesses in town by November 1867. By July 1868, just a year after the first settlers arrived, the ...

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    Wyoming ( / waɪˈoʊmɪŋ / ⓘ wye-OH-ming) [8] is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in 2020, [9] Wyoming is the ...

    • 97,914 sq mi (253,600 km²)
  4. Cheyenne, Wyoming. Cheyenne is the capital and largest city of Wyoming, a state of the United States of America. At the time of the 2020 census, there were 65,132 living in Cheyenne. It is the county seat of Laramie County. Cheyenne was founded in 1867. The current mayor of Cheyenne is Patrick Collins. [1]

  5. www.cheyenne.org › plan-your-visit › about-cheyenneVisit Cheyenne, Wyoming

    Cheyenne Facts & History. On July 4, 1867 the first tents were pitched on the site now known as Cheyenne. Cheyenne means "aliens" or "people of foreign language." The Sioux Indians gave this name to the Indian tribe "Dzitsistes," who roamed the open plains. Their spelling was Shyenne. The first residents were men who moved west to work on the ...

  6. A City of the First Class. 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 ...

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