List of counties in Kansas
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This is a listing of counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional information.
Kansas has 105 counties, the sixth-highest total of any state. Every license plate issued by the state contains the abbreviation for the county in which its vehicle is registered. No Kansas county has two words in its name. Wyandotte County and the city of Kansas City operate as a unified government, and Greeley County and the city of Tribune are in the process of converting to a similar system.
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FIPS Code [1] |
County seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin |
Etymology |
County Code |
Population [2] |
Area [2] |
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| Allen County | 001 | Iola | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | William Allen | AL | 14,385 | 503 sq mi (1,303 km2) |
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| Anderson County | 003 | Garnett | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Joseph C. Anderson | AN | 8,110 | 583 sq mi (1,510 km2) |
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| Atchison County | 005 | Atchison | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | David Rice Atchison | AT | 16,774 | 432 sq mi (1,119 km2) |
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| Barber County | 007 | Medicine Lodge | 1867 | From unorganized area | Thomas W. Barber | BA | 5,307 | 1,134 sq mi (2,937 km2) |
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| Barton County | 009 | Great Bend | 1867 | From unorganized area | Clara Barton | BT | 28,205 | 894 sq mi (2,315 km2) |
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| Bourbon County | 011 | Fort Scott | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Bourbon County Ky. | BB | 15,379 | 637 sq mi (1,650 km2) |
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| Brown County | 013 | Hiawatha | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Browne County) | Albert Gallatin Brown | BR | 10,724 | 571 sq mi (1,479 km2) |
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| Butler County | 015 | El Dorado | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Andrew Pickens Butler | BU | 59,482 | 1,428 sq mi (3,699 km2) |
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| Chase County | 017 | Cottonwood Falls | 1859 | Formed from Butler and Wise counties | Salmon Portland Chase | CS | 3,030 | 776 sq mi (2,010 km2) |
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| Chautauqua County | 019 | Sedan | 1875 | Formed from Howard County | Chautauqua County NY | CQ | 4,359 | 642 sq mi (1,663 km2) |
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| Cherokee County | 021 | Columbus | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly McGee County) | Cherokee Native Americans | CK | 22,605 | 587 sq mi (1,520 km2) |
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| Cheyenne County | 023 | Saint Francis | 1873 | From unorganized area | Cheyenee Native Americans | CN | 3,165 | 1,020 sq mi (2,642 km2) |
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| Clark County | 025 | Ashland | 1885 | Formed from Ford County | Charles F. Clarke[3] | CA | 2,390 | 975 sq mi (2,525 km2) |
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| Clay County | 027 | Clay Center | 1857 | From unorganized area | Henry Clay | CY | 8,822 | 644 sq mi (1,668 km2) |
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| Cloud County | 029 | Concordia | 1866 | Formed from Washington (Formerly Shirley County) | William F. Cloud | CD | 10,268 | 716 sq mi (1,854 km2) |
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| Coffey County | 031 | Burlington | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | A.M. Coffey | CF | 8,865 | 630 sq mi (1,632 km2) |
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| Comanche County | 033 | Coldwater | 1867 | From unorganized area | Comache Native Americans | CM | 1,967 | 788 sq mi (2,041 km2) |
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| Cowley County | 035 | Winfield | 1867 | Formed from Butler County | Matthew Cowley | CL | 36,291 | 1,126 sq mi (2,916 km2) |
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| Crawford County | 037 | Girard | 1867 | Bourbon and Cherokee Counties | Samuel J. Crawford | CR | 38,242 | 593 sq mi (1,536 km2) |
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| Decatur County | 039 | Oberlin | 1873 | From unorganized area | Stephen Decatur | DC | 3,472 | 894 sq mi (2,315 km2) |
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| Dickinson County | 041 | Abilene | 1857 | From unorganized area | Daniel Stevens Dickinson | DK | 19,344 | 848 sq mi (2,196 km2) |
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| Doniphan County | 043 | Troy | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | A.W. Doniphan | DP | 8,249 | 392 sq mi (1,015 km2) |
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| Douglas County | 045 | Lawrence | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Stephen Arnold Douglas | DG | 99,962 | 457 sq mi (1,184 km2) |
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| Edwards County | 047 | Kinsley | 1874 | Formed from Kiowa County | John H. Edwards | ED | 3,449 | 622 sq mi (1,611 km2) |
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| Elk County | 049 | Howard | 1875 | Formed from Howard County | Elk River | EK | 3,261 | 648 sq mi (1,678 km2) |
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| Ellis County | 051 | Hays | 1867 | From unorganized area | George Ellis | EL | 27,507 | 900 sq mi (2,331 km2) |
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| Ellsworth County | 053 | Ellsworth | 1867 | From unorganized area | Fort Ellsworth | EW | 6,525 | 716 sq mi (1,854 km2) |
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| Finney County | 055 | Garden City | 1883 | Formed from Arapahoe, Grant, Kearney and Sequoyah Counties | David Wesley Finney | FI | 40,523 | 1,300 sq mi (3,367 km2) |
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| Ford County | 057 | Dodge City | 1867 | From unorganized area | James H. Ford | FO | 32,458 | 1,099 sq mi (2,846 km2) |
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| Franklin County | 059 | Ottawa | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Benjamin Franklin | FR | 24,784 | 574 sq mi (1,487 km2) |
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| Geary County | 061 | Junction City | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Davis County) | John White Geary | GE | 27,947 | 384 sq mi (995 km2) |
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| Gove County | 063 | Gove | 1868 | From unorganized area | Grenville L. Gove | GO | 3,068 | 1,072 sq mi (2,776 km2) |
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| Graham County | 065 | Hill City | 1867 | From unorganized area | John L. Graham | GH | 2,946 | 898 sq mi (2,326 km2) |
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| Grant County | 067 | Ulysses | 1888 | Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties | Ulysses Simpson Grant | GT | 7,909 | 575 sq mi (1,489 km2) |
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| Gray County | 069 | Cimarron | 1887 | Formed from Finney and Ford Counties | Alfred Gray | GY | 5,904 | 869 sq mi (2,251 km2) |
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| Greeley County | 071 | Tribune | 1873 | From unorganized area | Horace Greeley | GL | 1,534 | 778 sq mi (2,015 km2) |
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| Greenwood County | 073 | Eureka | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Alfred B. Greenwood | GW | 7,673 | 1,140 sq mi (2,953 km2) |
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| Hamilton County | 075 | Syracuse | 1873 | From unorganized area | Alexander Hamilton | HM | 2,670 | 996 sq mi (2,580 km2) |
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| Harper County | 077 | Anthony | 1867 | From unorganized area | Marion Harper | HP | 6,536 | 802 sq mi (2,077 km2) |
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| Harvey County | 079 | Newton | 1872 | Formed from McPherson, Sedgwick and Reno Counties | James M. Harvey | HV | 32,869 | 539 sq mi (1,396 km2) |
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| Haskell County | 081 | Sublette | 1887 | Formed from Finney and Ford Counties | Dudley Chase Haskell | HS | 4,307 | 577 sq mi (1,494 km2) |
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| Hodgeman County | 083 | Jetmore | 1867 | From unorganized area (Formerly Hageman County) | Amos Hodgeman | HG | 2,085 | 860 sq mi (2,227 km2) |
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| Jackson County | 085 | Holton | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Calhoun County) | Andrew Jackson | JA | 12,657 | 657 sq mi (1,702 km2) |
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| Jefferson County | 087 | Oskaloosa | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Thomas Jefferson | JF | 18,426 | 536 sq mi (1,388 km2) |
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| Jewell County | 089 | Mankato | 1867 | From unorganized area | Lewis R. Jewell | JW | 3,791 | 909 sq mi (2,354 km2) |
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| Johnson County | 091 | Olathe | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Thomas Johnson | JO | 451,086 | 477 sq mi (1,235 km2) |
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| Kearny County | 093 | Lakin | 1887 | Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties | Philip Kearny | KE | 4,531 | 870 sq mi (2,253 km2) |
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| Kingman County | 095 | Kingman | 1872 | Harper and Reno Counties | Samuel A. Kingman | KM | 8,673 | 864 sq mi (2,238 km2) |
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| Kiowa County | 097 | Greensburg | 1886 | Formed from Comanche and Edwards Counties | Kiowa Native Americans | KW | 3,278 | 722 sq mi (1,870 km2) |
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| Labette County | 099 | Oswego | 1867 | Formed from Neosho County | Pierre La Bette | LB | 22,835 | 649 sq mi (1,681 km2) |
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| Lane County | 101 | Dighton | 1873 | From unorganized area | James H. Lane | LE | 2,155 | 717 sq mi (1,857 km2) |
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| Leavenworth County | 103 | Leavenworth | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Henry Leavenworth | LV | 68,691 | 463 sq mi (1,199 km2) |
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| Lincoln County | 105 | Lincoln | 1867 | From unorganized area | Abraham Lincoln | LC | 3,578 | 719 sq mi (1,862 km2) |
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| Linn County | 107 | Mound City | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Lewis Fields Linn | LN | 9,570 | 599 sq mi (1,551 km2) |
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| Logan County | 109 | Oakley | 1888 | Formed form Wallace County (Formerly named St. John County) | John Alexander Logan | LG | 3,046 | 1,073 sq mi (2,779 km2) |
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| Lyon County | 111 | Emporia | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Breckenridge County) | Nathaniel Lyon | LY | 35,935 | 851 sq mi (2,204 km2) |
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| Marion County | 113 | Marion | 1860 | From unorganized area | Francis Marion | MN | 13,361 | 943 sq mi (2,442 km2) |
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| Marshall County | 115 | Marysville | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Frank J. Marshall | MS | 10,965 | 903 sq mi (2,339 km2) |
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| McPherson County | 117 | McPherson | 1867 | From unorganized area | James Birdseye McPherson | MP | 29,554 | 900 sq mi (2,331 km2) |
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| Meade County | 119 | Meade | 1885 | Formed from Finney, Ford and Seward Counties | George Gordon Meade | ME | 4,631 | 978 sq mi (2,533 km2) |
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| Miami County | 121 | Paola | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Lykins) | Miami Native Americans | MI | 28,351 | 577 sq mi (1,494 km2) |
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| Mitchell County | 123 | Beloit | 1867 | From unorganized area | William D. Mitchell | MC | 6,932 | 700 sq mi (1,813 km2) |
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| Montgomery County | 125 | Independence | 1867 | Formed from Wilson County | Richard Montgomery | MG | 36,252 | 645 sq mi (1,671 km2) |
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| Morris County | 127 | Council Grove | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Wise County) | Thomas Morris | MR | 6,104 | 697 sq mi (1,805 km2) |
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| Morton County | 129 | Elkhart | 1886 | Formed from Seward County | Oliver P. Morton | MT | 3,496 | 730 sq mi (1,891 km2) |
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| Nemaha County | 131 | Seneca | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Dorn County) | Nemaha River | NM | 10,717 | 719 sq mi (1,862 km2) |
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| Neosho County | 133 | Erie | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Dorn County) | Neosho River | NO | 16,997 | 572 sq mi (1,481 km2) |
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| Ness County | 135 | Ness City | 1867 | From unorganized area | Noah V. Ness | NS | 3,454 | 1,075 sq mi (2,784 km2) |
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| Norton County | 137 | Norton | 1867 | From unorganized area (Formerly Billings (1873-9) | Orloff Norton | NT | 5,953 | 878 sq mi (2,274 km2) |
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| Osage County | 139 | Lyndon | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Weller County) | Osage River | OS | 16,712 | 704 sq mi (1,823 km2) |
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| Osborne County | 141 | Osborne | 1867 | From unorganized area | Vincent B. Osborne | OB | 4,452 | 893 sq mi (2,313 km2) |
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| Ottawa County | 143 | Minneapolis | 1860 | From unorganized area | Ottawa Native Americans | OT | 6,163 | 721 sq mi (1,867 km2) |
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| Pawnee County | 145 | Larned | 1867 | From unorganized area | Pawnee Native Americans | PN | 7,233 | 754 sq mi (1,953 km2) |
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| Phillips County | 147 | Phillipsburg | 1867 | From unorganized area | William Phillips | PL | 6,001 | 886 sq mi (2,295 km2) |
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| Pottawatomie County | 149 | Westmoreland | 1857 | Formed from Calhoun and Riley | Pottawatomie Native Americans | PT | 18,209 | 844 sq mi (2,186 km2) |
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| Pratt County | 151 | Pratt | 1867 | From unorganized area | Caleb Pratt | PR | 9,647 | 735 sq mi (1,904 km2) |
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| Rawlins County | 153 | Atwood | 1873 | From unorganized area | John Aaron Rawlins | RA | 2,966 | 1,070 sq mi (2,771 km2) |
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| Reno County | 155 | Hutchinson | 1867 | From unorganized area | Jesse L. Reno | RN | 64,790 | 1,254 sq mi (3,248 km2) |
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| Republic County | 157 | Belleville | 1868 | Formed from Washington County | Republican River | RP | 5,835 | 716 sq mi (1,854 km2) |
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| Rice County | 159 | Lyons | 1867 | From unorganized area | Samuel A. Rice | RC | 10,761 | 727 sq mi (1,883 km2) |
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| Riley County | 161 | Manhattan | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Bennett C. Riley | RL | 62,843 | 610 sq mi (1,580 km2) |
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| Rooks County | 163 | Stockton | 1867 | From unorganized area | John C. Rooks | RO | 5,685 | 888 sq mi (2,300 km2) |
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| Rush County | 165 | La Crosse | 1867 | From unorganized area | Alexander Rush | RH | 3,551 | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
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| Russell County | 167 | Russell | 1867 | From unorganized area | Alva P. Russell | RS | 7,370 | 885 sq mi (2,292 km2) |
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| Saline County | 169 | Salina | 1860 | From unorganized area | Saline River | SA | 53,597 | 720 sq mi (1,865 km2) |
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| Scott County | 171 | Scott City | 1873 | From unorganized area | Winfield Scott | SC | 5,120 | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
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| Sedgwick County | 173 | Wichita | 1867 | Formed from Butler County | John Sedgwick | SG | 452,869 | 1,000 sq mi (2,590 km2) |
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| Seward County | 175 | Liberal | 1873 | From unorganized area | William Henry Seward | SW | 22,510 | 640 sq mi (1,658 km2) |
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| Shawnee County | 177 | Topeka | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Shawnee Native Americans | SN | 169,871 | 550 sq mi (1,424 km2) |
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| Sheridan County | 179 | Hoxie | 1873 | From unorganized area | Philip Henry Sheridan | SD | 2,813 | 896 sq mi (2,321 km2) |
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| Sherman County | 181 | Goodland | 1873 | From unorganized area | William Tecumseh Sherman | SH | 6,760 | 1,056 sq mi (2,735 km2) |
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| Smith County | 183 | Smith Center | 1867 | From unorganized area | Nathan Smith | SM | 4,536 | 896 sq mi (2,321 km2) |
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| Stafford County | 185 | Saint John | 1867 | From unorganized area | Lewis Stafford | SF | 4,789 | 792 sq mi (2,051 km2) |
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| Stanton County | 187 | Johnson City | 1887 | Formed from Hamilton County | Edwin McMasters Stanton | ST | 2,406 | 680 sq mi (1,761 km2) |
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| Stevens County | 189 | Hugoton | 1886 | Formed from Seward County | Thaddeus Stevens | SV | 5,463 | 728 sq mi (1,886 km2) |
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| Sumner County | 191 | Wellington | 1867 | Formed from Butler County | Charles Sumner | SU | 25,946 | 1,182 sq mi (3,061 km2) |
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| Thomas County | 193 | Colby | 1873 | From unorganized area | George Henry Thomas | TH | 8,180 | 1,075 sq mi (2,784 km2) |
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| Trego County | 195 | WaKeeney | 1867 | From unorganized area | Edward P. Trego | TR | 3,319 | 888 sq mi (2,300 km2) |
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| Wabaunsee County | 197 | Alma | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Richardson County) | Chief Wabaunsee | WB | 6,885 | 798 sq mi (2,067 km2) |
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| Wallace County | 199 | Sharon Springs | 1868 | From unorganized area | W.H.L. Wallace | WA | 1,749 | 914 sq mi (2,367 km2) |
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| Washington County | 201 | Washington | 1857 | From unorganized area | George Washington | WS | 6,483 | 898 sq mi (2,326 km2) |
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| Wichita County | 203 | Leoti | 1873 | From unorganized area | Wichita Native Americans | WH | 2,531 | 719 sq mi (1,862 km2) |
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| Wilson County | 205 | Fredonia | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Hiero T. Wilson | WL | 10,332 | 574 sq mi (1,487 km2) |
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| Woodson County | 207 | Yates Center | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Daniel Woodson | WO | 3,788 | 501 sq mi (1,298 km2) |
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| Wyandotte County | 209 | Kansas City | 1859 | Formed from Leavenworth and Johnson Counties | Wyandotte Native Americans | WY | 157,882 | 151 sq mi (391 km2) |
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Former counties of Kansas:
Marion (1855-1857) One of 36 Original Counties.
Washington (1855-1857) One of 36 Original Counties.
Seward (1855-67) One of the Original 36 Counties (Formerly named Godfroy). Dissolved into Greenwood and Howard Counties.
Hunter (1855-64) One of the Original 36 Counties. Dissolved into Butler County.
Irving (1860-4) Formed from Hunter County. Dissolved into Butler County.
Otoe (1860-4) Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved into Butler County.
Shirley (1860-5) Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved into Washington County.
Republic (1860-5) Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved to Washington County.
Peketon (1860-5) Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved back into Unorganized Area.
Madison (1855-61) One of the Original 36 Counties. Dissolved into Breckenridge and Greenwood.
Howard (1867-75) Formed from Seward and Butler Counties. Dissolved into Chautauqua and Elk Counties.
Araphoe (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County.
Buffalo (1873-81) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Gray County.
Gray (1873-81) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Gray County.
Grant (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County.
Kansas (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Seward County.
Kearney (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County.
Meade (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Ford County.
Sequoyah (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County.
Stanton (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Hamilton County.
Stevens (1873-83) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Seward County.
Kiowa (1867-75) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Comanche and Edwards Counties.
Clark (1867-81) Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Ford County.
Garfield (1887-93) Formed from Finney and Hodgeman Counties and merged into Finney County.
Gray (1881-3) Formed from merge of Buffalo and Foote Counties and dissolved into Ford County.
[edit] See also
- Kansas counties ranked by per capita income
- List of county seats in Kansas
- Kansas license plate county codes
- Kansas census statistical areas
[edit] References
- ^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/ks.html. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ a b c d National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=KS. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ Kansas Place-Names,John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, p. 400 ISBN 0-8061-0994-7
[edit] External links
- The Establishment of Counties in Kansas—Maps and text transcribed from Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1903-1904.
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