Cheyenne, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming
State capital and city
Left to right from top: Downtown Cheyenne, Cheyenne Depot Museum, Union Pacific Big Boy 4004 and the Wyoming State Capitol
Flag Seal
Nickname:  "Magic City of the Plains" (historic)
Location in Laramie County in Wyoming
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Coordinates: 41°8′24″N 104°49′13″W / 41.14000°N 104.82028°W / 41.14000; -104.82028
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
County	Laramie
Founded	1867
Named for	Cheyenne people
Government
• Mayor	Patrick Collins[1]
Area [2]
• City	32.37 sq mi (83.84 km2)
• Land	32.26 sq mi (83.55 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)  0.45%
Elevation [3]	6,086 ft (1,855 m)
Population  (2020)[4]
• City	65,132
• Density	1,991.23/sq mi (768.82/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (Mountain)
ZIP Code	82001–82003, 82006–82010
Area code	307
FIPS code	56-13900[5]
GNIS feature ID	1609077[3]
Website	cheyennecity.org

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 100,512 residents as of the 2020 census. Local residents named the town for the Cheyenne Native American people in 1867 when it was founded in the Dakota Territory. Along with Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Topeka, Kansas, Cheyenne is one of three state capitals with an indigenous name in a state with an indigenous name.

Cheyenne is the northern terminus of the extensive Southern Rocky Mountain Front, which extends southward to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and includes the fast-growing Front Range Urban Corridor.^[4][7] Cheyenne is situated on Crow Creek and Dry Creek.