Fort Laramie, Wyoming

About Fort Laramie

Fort Laramie is a tiny community in eastern Wyoming counting 222 people who proudly call it home.

Fort Laramie holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.25 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 888 residents per square mile.

📰 Fort Laramie News Today

• Lantern tour leads Fort Laramie visitors through an 1866 fort brought back to life WyomingNews.com · Aug 16
• “Champagne & Beaver Pelts: The Birth of Fort Laramie’s Fur Trade Era” National Park Service (.gov) · Jul 29
• Fort Laramie: America’s Road West – An Oasis, a Bastion, and a Battlefield History Hit · Apr 30
• Summer Events at Fort Laramie GoCoNow · May 19
• 158-year-old Fort Laramie image sparks quest for a nameless girl’s identity WyoFile · Jun 26

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Fort Laramie Unique

• The only place in America named Fort Laramie — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.25 sq mi.
• Positioned in eastern Wyoming, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 14 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Commissary Store House Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fort Laramie

• Fort Laramie National Historic Site · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Fort Laramie

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