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Platte County
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county in Wyoming, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Wyoming
- Founded
- February 21, 1911 (authorized), 1913 (organized)
- Named after
- North Platte River
- Seat
- Wheatland
- Largest town
- Wheatland
- Total
- 2,111 sq mi (5,470 km )
- Land
- 2,084 sq mi (5,400 km )
- Water
- 27 sq mi (70 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,634
- Density
- 4.129/sq mi (1.594/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
- Website
- plattecountywyoming .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- North Platte River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wyoming
- Contains
- Wheatland
- Capital
- Wheatland
- Population
- 8605
- Area
- 5467
- Shares border with
- Converse County
- Official website
- plattecountywyoming.com
- Image
- Platte County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3846
Show 8 more facts
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Platte County
- Commons category
- Platte County, Wyoming
- topic's main category
- Category:Platte County, Wyoming
- different from
- Platte County
- inception
- 1913-00-00
- per capita income
- 36793
- topic has template
- Template:Platte County, Wyoming
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Encyclopedic overview
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 8,605. Its county seat is Wheatland.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Platte County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.