Platte County, Wyoming Genealogy

Guide to Platte County Wyoming genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States Wyoming  Platte County

Historical Facts

 * Parent County: created 9 February 1911 from Laramie
 * County seat: Wheatland 
 * Neighboring Counties: Albany | Converse | Goshen | Laramie | Niobrara

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Wyoming County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Wyoming County Boundary Maps" (1848-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Platte River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Newspapers

 * Wyoming Newspaper Project

Repositories
See also a List of Wyoming Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Courthouse
County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1890; Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records

Family History Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Wheatland Wyoming Family History Center

Websites

 * Platte County, WY History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Wyoming Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.