Cheyenne County is named for the Cheyenne Indian tribe, buffalo-hunters who roamed the plains of western Kansas and Nebraska south to the Arkansas River.
Surrounding County Courthouses:
N – Dundy County, Nebraska
E – Rawlins County
S – Sherman County
W – Yuma County, Colorado
Created: March 20, 1873 
County Seat:
Bird City 1886 – 1889
St. Francis 1889 – present
County Courthouse – St. Francis
Location: 212 East Washington Street / North Benton Street
Built: 1924 – 1925
Style: Classical Revival
Architect: Thomas W Williamson & Company of Topeka
Contractor: Thomas D Howard
Description: The building faces south and is a three story buff colored brick, limestone and concrete structure. The building is located on landscaped grounds in the center of St. Francis. The building has a raised basement on the first story and has nine bays on the north and south facades and five bays on the east and west facades. The south front has stone steps rising to the entrance on the second story which has six large Tuscan columns rising to a header with brick parapet balustrade above and a clock. The roof line is flat. In the interior, there are mosaic floor tiles, plaster walls and ceilings, oak doors and trim, marble stair treads and risers and decorative iron balustrades at the staircases. At the center of the second story is the main lobby. The grand staircase is located at the south side and a small staircase is located on the west side. Each floor has a main east-west corridor. The large County District Court courtroom is located on the north side of the third story. The building houses the County District Court of the 15th Judicial District.
See: The architect, Thomas W Williamson & Company of Topeka, also designed courthouses in Jackson County, Sheridan County and Smith County.
See: National Register of Historic Places – Cheyenne County Courthouse
See: The 15th Judicial District includes Logan County, Rawlins County, Sheridan County, Sherman County, Thomas County and Wallace County.
History: The county was created in 1873 and Bird City was selected as the county seat in 1886 when the county was organized. The county seat was moved to St. Francis in 1889. The first courthouse was a two story structure designed by Kincaid & Eaton and built n St. Francis in 1889. The second and present courthouse was constructed in 1924 to 1925 at a cost of $163,921.
County Courthouse – St. Francis
County District Court courtroom
Photos taken 2007 and 2022