Platte County, Wyoming Genealogy

United States Wyoming  Platte County

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

Historical Facts

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

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

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

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.