Profile for Cheyenne, Wyoming, WY

Cheyenne is near the Colorado border.

Cheyenne began as a construction camp on the Union Pacific line. It grew as a shipping point for western ranchers.

Public transportation: Cheyenne Transit (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Crime: The number of violent crimes recorded by the FBI in 2003 was 110. The number of murders and homicides was 0. The violent crime rate was 2 per 1,000 people.

Ranked No. 1 in the state, June 2001, in the ePodunk Historic Small Towns Index

Rated No. 7 on Healthy Cities list, by Organic Style magazine, September/October 2003

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

Local festivals include:

• Frontier Days - July 20-29, 2007
• Laramie County Fair - Aug. 4-11, 2007
• Happy Jack Music Festival - Aug. 11-13, 2007
• Glass Art Celebration - Feb. 9-18, 2007
• Depot Days - June 7-10, 2007
• Celtic Festival - June 29-30, 2007
• Greek Festival - Sept. 15-16, 2007
• Wyoming Book Festival - Sept. 14-15, 2007

Performing arts: Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra

Nearby parks & recreation: Curt Gowdy State Park

Historic sites and museums: Historic Governors' Mansion, Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, Wyoming State Museum, Nelson Museum of the West

Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was below the national average. (See library links below.)

Gays & lesbians
National index: 100
Local index: 47

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Airports (1)

Archives (2)

Cemeteries (5)

Colleges (1)

Communities (1)

Hotels (15)

Libraries (2)

Military bases (1)

Museums (4)

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Sections below provide additional information and links about Cheyenne demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Laramie County economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Cheyenne area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 82007 ZIP code.

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22% of Cheyenne residents report German ancestry, and 13% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Cheyenne ancestry & family history guide.

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Post a query on a message board:

• Laramie County Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - WY data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
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• Cemetery record compendium
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• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Wyoming
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Cheyenne was $19,809, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Wage estimates
• Laramie County economic census
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• Wyoming economic data

25% of Cheyenne residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Cheyenne festival dates:

• Frontier Days - July 20-29, 2007
• Laramie County Fair - Aug. 4-11, 2007
• Happy Jack Music Festival - Aug. 11-13, 2007
• Glass Art Celebration - Feb. 9-18, 2007
• Depot Days - June 7-10, 2007
• Celtic Festival - June 29-30, 2007
• Greek Festival - Sept. 15-16, 2007
• Wyoming Book Festival - Sept. 14-15, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

Cheyenne festival web sites:

• Frontier Days
• Happy Jack Music Festival
• Laramie County Fair
• Wyoming Book Festival

• ePodunk festival listings
• Wyoming county fairs
• Wyoming festivals (Wyoming tourism department)
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Historic districts in Cheyenne include Capitol North Historic District, Downtown Cheyenne Historic District, Lakeview Historic District, Rainsford Historic District ... View historic districts

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• Post history questions in Laramie County genealogy forum

Median rent in Cheyenne, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $421.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $878.

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Libraries in Cheyenne include Laramie County Library System, Wyoming State Library ... View libraries

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Newspapers in Cheyenne include Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

TV stations in Cheyenne include KDEV, KGWN, KLWY.

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Laramie County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Cheyenne political report.

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The average commute time for Cheyenne workers is 15 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

A total of 13 fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred in Cheyenne between 2001 and 2003, according to reports gathered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

This is a rate of 2.5 fatal crashes per 10,000 population, which was lower than the national norm.

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