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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countys_in_Kansas" title="Countys in Kansas – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Countys in Kansas" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhestr_o_Siroedd_Kansas" title="Rhestr o Siroedd Kansas – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rhestr o Siroedd Kansas" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Countys_in_Kansas" title="Liste der Countys in Kansas – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Countys in Kansas" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Condados_de_Kansas" title="Anexo:Condados de Kansas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Condados de Kansas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="فهرست شهرستان‌های کانزاس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست شهرستان‌های کانزاس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9s_de_l%27%C3%89tat_du_Kansas" title="Comtés de l'État du Kansas – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comtés de l'État du Kansas" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaetha_in_Kansas" title="Contaetha in Kansas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contaetha in Kansas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condados_de_Kansas" title="Condados de Kansas – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condados de Kansas" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%94%EC%9E%90%EC%8A%A4%EC%A3%BC%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%B0_%EB%AA%A9%EB%A1%9D" title="캔자스주의 군 목록 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캔자스주의 군 목록" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BDslur_%C3%AD_Kansas" title="Sýslur í Kansas – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Sýslur í Kansas" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contee_del_Kansas" title="Contee del Kansas – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contee del Kansas" 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href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%E3%82%B9%E5%B7%9E%E3%81%AE%E9%83%A1%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7" title="カンザス州の郡一覧 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カンザス州の郡一覧" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Counties" title="Kansas Counties – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Kansas Counties" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_fylker_i_Kansas" title="Liste over fylker i Kansas – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liste over fylker i Kansas" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_hrabstw_w_stanie_Kansas" title="Lista hrabstw w stanie Kansas – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lista hrabstw w stanie Kansas" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_condados_do_Kansas" title="Lista de condados do Kansas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de condados do Kansas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%C4%83_de_comitate_din_statul_Kansas" title="Listă de comitate din statul Kansas – 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vertical-align: middle">Counties of Kansas</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 426px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kansas_Locator_Map.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Kansas_Locator_Map.PNG" decoding="async" width="426" height="224" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="224" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; left:372px; top:146px"><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Kansas" title="Allen County, Kansas">AL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:372px; top:123px"><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kansas" title="Anderson County, Kansas">AN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:369px; top:30px"><a href="/wiki/Atchison_County,_Kansas" title="Atchison County, Kansas">AT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:185px; top:192px"><a href="/wiki/Barber_County,_Kansas" title="Barber County, Kansas">BA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:180px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Barton_County,_Kansas" title="Barton County, Kansas">BT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:357px; top:9px"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Kansas" title="Brown County, Kansas">BR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:397px; top:148px"><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kansas" title="Bourbon County, Kansas">BB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:286px; top:153px"><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kansas" title="Butler County, Kansas">BU</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:300px; top:116px"><a href="/wiki/Chase_County,_Kansas" title="Chase County, Kansas">CS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:319px; top:197px"><a href="/wiki/Chautauqua_County,_Kansas" title="Chautauqua County, Kansas">CQ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:397px; top:196px"><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Kansas" title="Cherokee County, Kansas">CK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:15px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Kansas" title="Cheyenne County, Kansas">CN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:121px; top:192px"><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kansas" title="Clark County, Kansas">CA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:268px; top:44px"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kansas" title="Clay County, Kansas">CY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:241px; top:34px"><a href="/wiki/Cloud_County,_Kansas" title="Cloud County, Kansas">CD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:347px; top:121px"><a href="/wiki/Coffey_County,_Kansas" title="Coffey County, Kansas">CF</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:151px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Kansas" title="Comanche County, Kansas">CM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:287px; top:191px"><a href="/wiki/Cowley_County,_Kansas" title="Cowley County, Kansas">CL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:396px; top:173px"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Kansas" title="Crawford County, Kansas">CR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:85px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Kansas" title="Decatur County, Kansas">DC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:269px; top:77px"><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Kansas" title="Dickinson County, Kansas">DK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:381px; top:14px"><a href="/wiki/Doniphan_County,_Kansas" title="Doniphan County, Kansas">DP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:372px; top:78px"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Kansas" title="Douglas County, Kansas">DG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:150px; top:147px"><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Kansas" title="Edwards County, Kansas">ED</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:319px; top:176px"><a href="/wiki/Elk_County,_Kansas" title="Elk County, Kansas">EK</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:150px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Kansas" title="Ellis County, Kansas">EL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:209px; top:89px"><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_County,_Kansas" title="Ellsworth County, Kansas">EW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:68px; top:132px"><a href="/wiki/Finney_County,_Kansas" title="Finney County, Kansas">FI</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:117px; top:159px"><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Kansas" title="Ford County, Kansas">FO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:372px; top:99px"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kansas" title="Franklin County, Kansas">FR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:292px; top:69px"><a href="/wiki/Geary_County,_Kansas" title="Geary County, Kansas">GE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:83px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Gove_County,_Kansas" title="Gove County, Kansas">GO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:117px; top:42px"><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_Kansas" title="Graham County, Kansas">GH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:38px; top:168px"><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Kansas" title="Grant County, Kansas">GT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:86px; top:157px"><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Kansas" title="Gray County, Kansas">GY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:11px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">GL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:317px; top:147px"><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_County,_Kansas" title="Greenwood County, Kansas">GW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:11px; top:138px"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Kansas" title="Hamilton County, Kansas">HM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:218px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/Harper_County,_Kansas" title="Harper County, Kansas">HP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:253px; top:135px"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_County,_Kansas" title="Harvey County, Kansas">HV</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:63px; top:168px"><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Kansas" title="Haskell County, Kansas">HS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:117px; top:132px"><a href="/wiki/Hodgeman_County,_Kansas" title="Hodgeman County, Kansas">HG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:344px; top:39px"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Kansas" title="Jackson County, Kansas">JA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:368px; top:50px"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kansas" title="Jefferson County, Kansas">JF</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:209px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Jewell_County,_Kansas" title="Jewell County, Kansas">JW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:399px; top:80px"><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kansas" title="Johnson County, Kansas">JO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:37px; top:138px"><a href="/wiki/Kearny_County,_Kansas" title="Kearny County, Kansas">KE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:215px; top:169px"><a href="/wiki/Kingman_County,_Kansas" title="Kingman County, Kansas">KM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:149px; top:169px"><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Kansas" title="Kiowa County, Kansas">KW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:373px; top:195px"><a href="/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas" title="Labette County, Kansas">LB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:86px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Lane_County,_Kansas" title="Lane County, Kansas">LE</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:388px; top:47px"><a href="/wiki/Leavenworth_County,_Kansas" title="Leavenworth County, Kansas">LV</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:211px; top:64px"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Kansas" title="Lincoln County, Kansas">LC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:398px; top:123px"><a href="/wiki/Linn_County,_Kansas" title="Linn County, Kansas">LN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:47px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Kansas" title="Logan County, Kansas">LG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:325px; top:106px"><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Kansas" title="Lyon County, Kansas">LY</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:271px; top:112px"><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Kansas" title="Marion County, Kansas">MN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:304px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Kansas" title="Marshall County, Kansas">MS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:242px; top:110px"><a href="/wiki/McPherson_County,_Kansas" title="McPherson County, Kansas">MP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:90px; top:192px"><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_Kansas" title="Meade County, Kansas">ME</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:399px; top:99px"><a href="/wiki/Miami_County,_Kansas" title="Miami County, Kansas">MI</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:209px; top:40px"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Kansas" title="Mitchell County, Kansas">MC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:346px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kansas" title="Montgomery County, Kansas">MG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:296px; top:90px"><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Kansas" title="Morris County, Kansas">MR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:11px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/Morton_County,_Kansas" title="Morton County, Kansas">MT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:331px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Nemaha_County,_Kansas" title="Nemaha County, Kansas">NM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:371px; top:169px"><a href="/wiki/Neosho_County,_Kansas" title="Neosho County, Kansas">NO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:116px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Ness_County,_Kansas" title="Ness County, Kansas">NS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:117px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Norton_County,_Kansas" title="Norton County, Kansas">NT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:347px; top:92px"><a href="/wiki/Osage_County,_Kansas" title="Osage County, Kansas">OS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:179px; top:42px"><a href="/wiki/Osborne_County,_Kansas" title="Osborne County, Kansas">OB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:241px; top:59px"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Kansas" title="Ottawa County, Kansas">OT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:151px; top:123px"><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_County,_Kansas" title="Pawnee County, Kansas">PN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:148px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Phillips_County,_Kansas" title="Phillips County, Kansas">PL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:317px; top:41px"><a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie_County,_Kansas" title="Pottawatomie County, Kansas">PT</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:181px; top:163px"><a href="/wiki/Pratt_County,_Kansas" title="Pratt County, Kansas">PR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:51px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Rawlins_County,_Kansas" title="Rawlins County, Kansas">RA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:216px; top:141px"><a href="/wiki/Reno_County,_Kansas" title="Reno County, Kansas">RN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:241px; top:10px"><a href="/wiki/Republic_County,_Kansas" title="Republic County, Kansas">RP</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:211px; top:113px"><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Kansas" title="Rice County, Kansas">RC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:290px; top:46px"><a href="/wiki/Riley_County,_Kansas" title="Riley County, Kansas">RL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:148px; top:42px"><a href="/wiki/Rooks_County,_Kansas" title="Rooks County, Kansas">RO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:149px; top:101px"><a href="/wiki/Rush_County,_Kansas" title="Rush County, Kansas">RH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:180px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Kansas" title="Russell County, Kansas">RS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:242px; top:83px"><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Kansas" title="Saline County, Kansas">SA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:60px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Kansas" title="Scott County, Kansas">SC</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:253px; top:160px"><a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Kansas" title="Sedgwick County, Kansas">SG</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:62px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/Seward_County,_Kansas" title="Seward County, Kansas">SW</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:346px; top:65px"><a href="/wiki/Shawnee_County,_Kansas" title="Shawnee County, Kansas">SN</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:86px; top:42px"><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_County,_Kansas" title="Sheridan County, Kansas">SD</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:15px; top:42px"><a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Kansas" title="Sherman County, Kansas">SH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:177px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Kansas" title="Smith County, Kansas">SM</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:184px; top:135px"><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County,_Kansas" title="Stafford County, Kansas">SF</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:12px; top:168px"><a href="/wiki/Stanton_County,_Kansas" title="Stanton County, Kansas">ST</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:38px; top:194px"><a href="/wiki/Stevens_County,_Kansas" title="Stevens County, Kansas">SV</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:251px; top:191px"><a href="/wiki/Sumner_County,_Kansas" title="Sumner County, Kansas">SU</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:52px; top:42px"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_County,_Kansas" title="Thomas County, Kansas">TH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:118px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Trego_County,_Kansas" title="Trego County, Kansas">TR</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:271px; top:13px"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Kansas" title="Washington County, Kansas">WS</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:321px; top:72px"><a href="/wiki/Wabaunsee_County,_Kansas" title="Wabaunsee County, Kansas">WB</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:12px; top:74px"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_County,_Kansas" title="Wallace County, Kansas">WA</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:34px; top:104px"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_County,_Kansas" title="Wichita County, Kansas">WH</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:347px; top:168px"><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_Kansas" title="Wilson County, Kansas">WL</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:345px; top:146px"><a href="/wiki/Woodson_County,_Kansas" title="Woodson County, Kansas">WO</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; left:397px; top:63px"><a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">WY</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/State_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Kansas">State of Kansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Number</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">105</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Populations</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1,181 (<a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">Greeley</a>) – 622,237 (<a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kansas" title="Johnson County, Kansas">Johnson</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Areas</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">151 square miles (390 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">Wyandotte</a>) – 1,428 square miles (3,700 km<sup>2</sup>) (<a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kansas" title="Butler County, Kansas">Butler</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Government</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/County_government" class="mw-redirect" title="County government">County government</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>cities, towns, townships, unincorporated communities, Indian reservations, <a href="/wiki/Census_designated_place" class="mw-redirect" title="Census designated place">census designated place</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This is a list of <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a>. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional information. Every <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Kansas" title="Vehicle registration plates of Kansas">license plate</a> issued by the state contains the same two-letter abbreviation for the county in which its vehicle is registered. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Kansas&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kansas has 105 counties, the <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)#Statistics" title="County (United States)">fifth-highest total</a> of any state. The first counties were established while <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Territory" title="Kansas Territory">Kansas was a Territory</a> from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when <a href="/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named for figures in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. Several counties throughout the state bear names of Native American origin. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">Wyandotte County</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">Greeley County</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Tribune,_Kansas" title="Tribune, Kansas">Tribune</a>, operate as <a href="/wiki/Unified_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Unified government">unified governments</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UGGC1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UGGC1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/FIPS_state_code" class="mw-redirect" title="FIPS state code">FIPS state code</a> for Kansas is <b>20</b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alphabetical_list">Alphabetical list</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Kansas&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alphabetical list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">County<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width:75px;"><abbr title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS</abbr> code<sup id="cite_ref-FIPS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;">County seat<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: ;"><abbr title="Established">Est.</abbr><sup id="cite_ref-NACO_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;">Origin
 </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top;" class="unsortable">Etymology<sup id="cite_ref-KSHS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSHS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th style="vertical-align: top;">County Code<br /> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 90px;">Population<br />(2023 Estimate)<sup id="cite_ref-2023CensusEstimate_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2023CensusEstimate-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 75px;">Area<sup id="cite_ref-NACO_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th scope="col" style="vertical-align: top; width: 80px;" class="unsortable">Map </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Kansas" title="Allen County, Kansas">Allen County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20001,00">001</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iola,_Kansas" title="Iola, Kansas">Iola</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Allen_(governor)" title="William Allen (governor)">William Allen</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> and prominent supporter of westward expansion</td> <td>AL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004124120000000000♠">12,412</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002503000000000000♠">503</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003130300000000000♠">1,303</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Allen County"><img alt="State map highlighting Allen County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Allen_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Anderson_County,_Kansas" title="Anderson County, Kansas">Anderson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20003,00">003</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garnett,_Kansas" title="Garnett, Kansas">Garnett</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Anderson" title="Joseph C. Anderson">Joseph C. Anderson</a>, Kansas territorial legislator and <a href="/wiki/Border_Ruffian" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Ruffian">Border Ruffian</a> during "<a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Kansas" title="Bleeding Kansas">Bleeding Kansas</a>"</td> <td>AN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003783800000000000♠">7,838</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002583000000000000♠">583</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003151000000000000♠">1,510</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Anderson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Anderson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Anderson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Atchison_County,_Kansas" title="Atchison County, Kansas">Atchison County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20005,00">005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atchison,_Kansas" title="Atchison, Kansas">Atchison</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison" title="David Rice Atchison">David Rice Atchison</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> and Border Ruffian during "Bleeding Kansas"</td> <td>AT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004160160000000000♠">16,016</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002432000000000000♠">432</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003111900000000000♠">1,119</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Atchison County"><img alt="State map highlighting Atchison County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Atchison_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Barber_County,_Kansas" title="Barber County, Kansas">Barber County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20007,00">007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medicine_Lodge,_Kansas" title="Medicine Lodge, Kansas">Medicine Lodge</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Thomas W. Barber, prominent <a href="/wiki/Free-Stater_(Kansas)" title="Free-Stater (Kansas)">Free-Stater</a> killed in the <a href="/wiki/Wakarusa_War" title="Wakarusa War">Wakarusa War</a></td> <td>BA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003407100000000000♠">4,071</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003113400000000000♠">1,134</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003293700000000000♠">2,937</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Barber County"><img alt="State map highlighting Barber County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barber_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Barton_County,_Kansas" title="Barton County, Kansas">Barton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20009,00">009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_Bend,_Kansas" title="Great Bend, Kansas">Great Bend</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clara_Barton" title="Clara Barton">Clara Barton</a>, founder of the <a href="/wiki/American_Red_Cross" title="American Red Cross">American Red Cross</a></td> <td>BT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004248990000000000♠">24,899</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002894000000000000♠">894</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003231500000000000♠">2,315</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Barton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Barton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Barton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kansas" title="Bourbon County, Kansas">Bourbon County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20011,00">011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Scott,_Kansas" title="Fort Scott, Kansas">Fort Scott</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bourbon_County,_Kentucky" title="Bourbon County, Kentucky">Bourbon County, Kentucky</a>, from which many original settlers hailed</td> <td>BB </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004144080000000000♠">14,408</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002637000000000000♠">637</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003165000000000000♠">1,650</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Bourbon County"><img alt="State map highlighting Bourbon County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Bourbon_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Kansas" title="Brown County, Kansas">Brown County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20013,00">013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiawatha,_Kansas" title="Hiawatha, Kansas">Hiawatha</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Browne County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Gallatin_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Gallatin Brown">Albert Gallatin Brown</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and Kansas statehood advocate</td> <td>BR </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003925000000000000♠">9,250</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002571000000000000♠">571</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003147900000000000♠">1,479</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Brown County"><img alt="State map highlighting Brown County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Brown_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kansas" title="Butler County, Kansas">Butler County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20015,00">015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Dorado,_Kansas" title="El Dorado, Kansas">El Dorado</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Pickens_Butler" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Pickens Butler">Andrew Pickens Butler</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> and Kansas statehood advocate</td> <td>BU </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004686320000000000♠">68,632</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003142800000000000♠">1,428</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003369900000000000♠">3,699</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Butler County"><img alt="State map highlighting Butler County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Butler_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chase_County,_Kansas" title="Chase County, Kansas">Chase County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20017,00">017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cottonwood_Falls,_Kansas" title="Cottonwood Falls, Kansas">Cottonwood Falls</a></td> <td>1859</td> <td>Formed from Butler and Wise counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salmon_Portland_Chase" class="mw-redirect" title="Salmon Portland Chase">Salmon Portland Chase</a>, U.S. Senator from Ohio and Kansas statehood advocate</td> <td>CS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003257900000000000♠">2,579</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002776000000000000♠">776</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003201000000000000♠">2,010</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Chase County"><img alt="State map highlighting Chase County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chase_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Chautauqua_County,_Kansas" title="Chautauqua County, Kansas">Chautauqua County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20019,00">019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sedan,_Kansas" title="Sedan, Kansas">Sedan</a></td> <td>1875</td> <td>Formed from Howard County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chautauqua_County,_New_York" title="Chautauqua County, New York">Chautauqua County, New York</a>, from which many early settlers hailed</td> <td>CQ </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003334700000000000♠">3,347</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002642000000000000♠">642</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003166300000000000♠">1,663</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Chautauqua County"><img alt="State map highlighting Chautauqua County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Chautauqua_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Kansas" title="Cherokee County, Kansas">Cherokee County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20021,00">021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Kansas" title="Columbus, Kansas">Columbus</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly McGee County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee Native Americans</a>, whose lands borders the county in nearby <a href="/wiki/Indian_Territory" title="Indian Territory">Indian Territory</a></td> <td>CK </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004190540000000000♠">19,054</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002587000000000000♠">587</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003152000000000000♠">1,520</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cherokee County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cherokee County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cherokee_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Kansas" title="Cheyenne County, Kansas">Cheyenne County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20023,00">023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis,_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Francis, Kansas">Saint Francis</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne" title="Cheyenne">Cheyenne Native Americans</a>, who inhabited the area</td> <td>CN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003263600000000000♠">2,636</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003102000000000000♠">1,020</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003264200000000000♠">2,642</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cheyenne County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cheyenne County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cheyenne_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kansas" title="Clark County, Kansas">Clark County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20025,00">025</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashland,_Kansas" title="Ashland, Kansas">Ashland</a></td> <td>1885</td> <td>Formed from Ford County</td> <td>Charles F. Clarke, Captain in <a href="/wiki/6th_Regiment_Kansas_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry">6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry</a> during <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>CA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003184700000000000♠">1,847</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002975000000000000♠">975</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003252500000000000♠">2,525</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clark County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clark County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clark_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kansas" title="Clay County, Kansas">Clay County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20027,00">027</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clay_Center,_Kansas" title="Clay Center, Kansas">Clay Center</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Clay" title="Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a>, influential U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a></td> <td>CY </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003800700000000000♠">8,007</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002644000000000000♠">644</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003166800000000000♠">1,668</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Clay County"><img alt="State map highlighting Clay County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Clay_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cloud_County,_Kansas" title="Cloud County, Kansas">Cloud County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20029,00">029</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Concordia,_Kansas" title="Concordia, Kansas">Concordia</a></td> <td>1866</td> <td>Formed from Washington (Formerly Shirley County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_F._Cloud" title="William F. Cloud">William F. Cloud</a>, Union general in the American Civil War who chiefly fought in Kansas and Missouri</td> <td>CD </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003885400000000000♠">8,854</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002716000000000000♠">716</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185400000000000♠">1,854</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cloud County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cloud County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cloud_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Coffey_County,_Kansas" title="Coffey County, Kansas">Coffey County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20031,00">031</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_Kansas" title="Burlington, Kansas">Burlington</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td>A.M. Coffey, territorial legislator and Free-Stater during Bleeding Kansas</td> <td>CF </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003825100000000000♠">8,251</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002630000000000000♠">630</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003163200000000000♠">1,632</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Coffey County"><img alt="State map highlighting Coffey County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Coffey_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Kansas" title="Comanche County, Kansas">Comanche County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20033,00">033</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coldwater,_Kansas" title="Coldwater, Kansas">Coldwater</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Comanche" title="Comanche">Comanche Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>CM </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003165500000000000♠">1,655</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002788000000000000♠">788</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003204100000000000♠">2,041</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Comanche County"><img alt="State map highlighting Comanche County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Comanche_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Cowley_County,_Kansas" title="Cowley County, Kansas">Cowley County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20035,00">035</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winfield,_Kansas" title="Winfield, Kansas">Winfield</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>Formed from Butler County</td> <td>Matthew R. Cowley, Union lieutenant and distinguished Civil War hero</td> <td>CL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004341570000000000♠">34,157</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003112600000000000♠">1,126</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003291600000000000♠">2,916</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Cowley County"><img alt="State map highlighting Cowley County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Cowley_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Kansas" title="Crawford County, Kansas">Crawford County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20037,00">037</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Girard,_Kansas" title="Girard, Kansas">Girard</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>Bourbon and Cherokee Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_J._Crawford" title="Samuel J. Crawford">Samuel J. Crawford</a>, third <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kansas">Governor of Kansas</a></td> <td>CR </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004387640000000000♠">38,764</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002593000000000000♠">593</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003153600000000000♠">1,536</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Crawford County"><img alt="State map highlighting Crawford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Crawford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Kansas" title="Decatur County, Kansas">Decatur County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20039,00">039</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oberlin,_Kansas" title="Oberlin, Kansas">Oberlin</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Decatur" title="Stephen Decatur">Stephen Decatur</a>, naval commodore and <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> hero</td> <td>DC </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003271200000000000♠">2,712</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002894000000000000♠">894</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003231500000000000♠">2,315</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Decatur County"><img alt="State map highlighting Decatur County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Decatur_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Kansas" title="Dickinson County, Kansas">Dickinson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20041,00">041</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abilene,_Kansas" title="Abilene, Kansas">Abilene</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Stevens_Dickinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniel Stevens Dickinson">Daniel Stevens Dickinson</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> and Kansas statehood advocate</td> <td>DK </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004184450000000000♠">18,445</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002848000000000000♠">848</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003219600000000000♠">2,196</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Dickinson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Dickinson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Dickinson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Doniphan_County,_Kansas" title="Doniphan County, Kansas">Doniphan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20043,00">043</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Troy,_Kansas" title="Troy, Kansas">Troy</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_William_Doniphan" title="Alexander William Doniphan">Alexander William Doniphan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War" title="Mexican–American War">Mexican–American War</a> hero and pro-slavery sympathizer in "Bleeding Kansas"</td> <td>DP </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003749300000000000♠">7,493</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002392000000000000♠">392</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003101500000000000♠">1,015</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Doniphan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Doniphan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Doniphan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Kansas" title="Douglas County, Kansas">Douglas County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20045,00">045</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Kansas" title="Lawrence, Kansas">Lawrence</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Arnold_Douglas" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Arnold Douglas">Stephen Arnold Douglas</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> and advocate for the moderate <a href="/wiki/Popular_sovereignty_in_the_United_States" title="Popular sovereignty in the United States">popular sovereignty</a> choice in the Kansas slavery debate</td> <td>DG </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005120553000000000♠">120,553</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002457000000000000♠">457</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003118400000000000♠">1,184</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Douglas County"><img alt="State map highlighting Douglas County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Douglas_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Kansas" title="Edwards County, Kansas">Edwards County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20047,00">047</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kinsley,_Kansas" title="Kinsley, Kansas">Kinsley</a></td> <td>1874</td> <td>Formed from Kiowa County</td> <td>John H. Edwards, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas State Senate">state senator</a> who pushed for creation of the county</td> <td>ED </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003273300000000000♠">2,733</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002622000000000000♠">622</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003161100000000000♠">1,611</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Edwards County"><img alt="State map highlighting Edwards County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Edwards_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Elk_County,_Kansas" title="Elk County, Kansas">Elk County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20049,00">049</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Howard,_Kansas" title="Howard, Kansas">Howard</a></td> <td>1875</td> <td>Formed from Howard County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elk_River_(Kansas)" title="Elk River (Kansas)">Elk River</a>, which originates in the county</td> <td>EK </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003246700000000000♠">2,467</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002648000000000000♠">648</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003167800000000000♠">1,678</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Elk County"><img alt="State map highlighting Elk County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Elk_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Kansas" title="Ellis County, Kansas">Ellis County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20051,00">051</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hays,_Kansas" title="Hays, Kansas">Hays</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>George Ellis, Union lieutenant and distinguished Civil War hero</td> <td>EL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004288100000000000♠">28,810</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002900000000000000♠">900</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003233100000000000♠">2,331</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ellis County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ellis County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellis_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_County,_Kansas" title="Ellsworth County, Kansas">Ellsworth County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20053,00">053</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth,_Kansas" title="Ellsworth, Kansas">Ellsworth</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ellsworth" title="Fort Ellsworth">Fort Ellsworth</a>, a Union Civil War outpost in the area</td> <td>EW </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003635700000000000♠">6,357</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002716000000000000♠">716</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185400000000000♠">1,854</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ellsworth County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ellsworth County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ellsworth_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Finney_County,_Kansas" title="Finney County, Kansas">Finney County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20055,00">055</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_Kansas" title="Garden City, Kansas">Garden City</a></td> <td>1883</td> <td>Formed from Arapahoe, Grant, Kearney and Sequoyah Counties</td> <td>David W. Finney, tenth lieutenant governor of Kansas</td> <td>FI </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004374660000000000♠">37,466</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003130000000000000♠">1,300</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003336700000000000♠">3,367</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Finney County"><img alt="State map highlighting Finney County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Finney_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Kansas" title="Ford County, Kansas">Ford County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20057,00">057</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dodge_City,_Kansas" title="Dodge City, Kansas">Dodge City</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_H._Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="James H. Ford">James H. Ford</a>, Union general in the Civil War who mainly fought in Kansas and Missouri</td> <td>FO </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004339800000000000♠">33,980</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003109900000000000♠">1,099</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003284600000000000♠">2,846</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ford County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kansas" title="Franklin County, Kansas">Franklin County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20059,00">059</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa,_Kansas" title="Ottawa, Kansas">Ottawa</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, orator, writer, scholar, and founding father of the U.S.</td> <td>FR </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004261250000000000♠">26,125</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002574000000000000♠">574</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148700000000000♠">1,487</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Franklin County"><img alt="State map highlighting Franklin County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Franklin_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Geary_County,_Kansas" title="Geary County, Kansas">Geary County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20061,00">061</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Junction_City,_Kansas" title="Junction City, Kansas">Junction City</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Davis County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_White_Geary" class="mw-redirect" title="John White Geary">John White Geary</a>, Union general in the Civil War who mainly fought in Kansas and Missouri, and who later became Kansas territorial governor</td> <td>GE </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004350470000000000♠">35,047</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002384000000000000♠">384</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002995000000000000♠">995</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Geary County"><img alt="State map highlighting Geary County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Geary_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gove_County,_Kansas" title="Gove County, Kansas">Gove County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20063,00">063</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gove_City,_Kansas" title="Gove City, Kansas">Gove City</a></td> <td>1868</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Grenville L. Gove, Captain in the <a href="/wiki/11th_Regiment_Kansas_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry">11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry</a> during the Civil War<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>GO </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003273500000000000♠">2,735</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107200000000000♠">1,072</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003277600000000000♠">2,776</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Gove County"><img alt="State map highlighting Gove County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gove_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_Kansas" title="Graham County, Kansas">Graham County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20065,00">065</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hill_City,_Kansas" title="Hill City, Kansas">Hill City</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>John L. Graham, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>GH </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003237600000000000♠">2,376</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002898000000000000♠">898</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003232600000000000♠">2,326</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Graham County"><img alt="State map highlighting Graham County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Graham_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Kansas" title="Grant County, Kansas">Grant County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20067,00">067</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulysses,_Kansas" title="Ulysses, Kansas">Ulysses</a></td> <td>1888</td> <td>Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_Simpson_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulysses Simpson Grant">Ulysses Simpson Grant</a>, commander of Union forces during the Civil War and <a href="/wiki/U.S._President" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. President">U.S. President</a></td> <td>GT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003714700000000000♠">7,147</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠">575</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148900000000000♠">1,489</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Grant County"><img alt="State map highlighting Grant County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Grant_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Kansas" title="Gray County, Kansas">Gray County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20069,00">069</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cimarron,_Kansas" title="Cimarron, Kansas">Cimarron</a></td> <td>1887</td> <td>Formed from Finney and Ford Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Gray_(Kansas_politician)" title="Alfred Gray (Kansas politician)">Alfred Gray</a>, Kansas Secretary of Agriculture</td> <td>GY </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003574300000000000♠">5,743</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002869000000000000♠">869</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003225100000000000♠">2,251</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Gray County"><img alt="State map highlighting Gray County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Gray_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">Greeley County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20071,00">071</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tribune,_Kansas" title="Tribune, Kansas">Tribune</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Horace_Greeley" title="Horace Greeley">Horace Greeley</a>, publisher of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Tribune" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Tribune">New York Tribune</a> and anti-slavery advocate</td> <td>GL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003118100000000000♠">1,181</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002778000000000000♠">778</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003201500000000000♠">2,015</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Greeley County"><img alt="State map highlighting Greeley County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greeley_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_County,_Kansas" title="Greenwood County, Kansas">Greenwood County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20073,00">073</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Kansas" title="Eureka, Kansas">Eureka</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfred_B._Greenwood" title="Alfred B. Greenwood">Alfred B. Greenwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a> and Kansas statehood advocate</td> <td>GW </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003587000000000000♠">5,870</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003114000000000000♠">1,140</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003295300000000000♠">2,953</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Greenwood County"><img alt="State map highlighting Greenwood County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Greenwood_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Kansas" title="Hamilton County, Kansas">Hamilton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20075,00">075</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Kansas" title="Syracuse, Kansas">Syracuse</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a>, first <a href="/wiki/U.S._Treasury_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Treasury Secretary">U.S. Treasury Secretary</a> and founding father</td> <td>HM </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003243700000000000♠">2,437</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002996000000000000♠">996</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003258000000000000♠">2,580</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hamilton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hamilton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hamilton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Harper_County,_Kansas" title="Harper County, Kansas">Harper County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20077,00">077</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony,_Kansas" title="Anthony, Kansas">Anthony</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Marion Harper, Union sergeant and Civil War hero</td> <td>HP </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003543500000000000♠">5,435</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002802000000000000♠">802</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003207700000000000♠">2,077</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Harper County"><img alt="State map highlighting Harper County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harper_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_County,_Kansas" title="Harvey County, Kansas">Harvey County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20079,00">079</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Kansas" title="Newton, Kansas">Newton</a></td> <td>1872</td> <td>Formed from McPherson, Sedgwick and Reno Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_M._Harvey_(politician)" title="James M. Harvey (politician)">James M. Harvey</a>, fifth governor of Kansas</td> <td>HV </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004335040000000000♠">33,504</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002539000000000000♠">539</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003139600000000000♠">1,396</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Harvey County"><img alt="State map highlighting Harvey County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Harvey_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Haskell_County,_Kansas" title="Haskell County, Kansas">Haskell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20081,00">081</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sublette,_Kansas" title="Sublette, Kansas">Sublette</a></td> <td>1887</td> <td>Formed from Finney and Ford Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Chase_Haskell" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley Chase Haskell">Dudley Chase Haskell</a>, U.S. Representative from Kansas</td> <td>HS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003363000000000000♠">3,630</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠">577</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003149400000000000♠">1,494</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Haskell County"><img alt="State map highlighting Haskell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Haskell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hodgeman_County,_Kansas" title="Hodgeman County, Kansas">Hodgeman County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20083,00">083</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jetmore,_Kansas" title="Jetmore, Kansas">Jetmore</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area (Formerly Hageman County)</td> <td>Amos Hodgman, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>HG </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003165500000000000♠">1,655</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002860000000000000♠">860</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003222700000000000♠">2,227</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Hodgeman County"><img alt="State map highlighting Hodgeman County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Hodgeman_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Kansas" title="Jackson County, Kansas">Jackson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20085,00">085</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holton,_Kansas" title="Holton, Kansas">Holton</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Calhoun County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, seventh U.S. President</td> <td>JA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004133680000000000♠">13,368</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002657000000000000♠">657</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003170200000000000♠">1,702</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jackson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jackson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jackson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Kansas" title="Jefferson County, Kansas">Jefferson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20087,00">087</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oskaloosa,_Kansas" title="Oskaloosa, Kansas">Oskaloosa</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, third U.S. President and founding father</td> <td>JF </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004183270000000000♠">18,327</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002536000000000000♠">536</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003138800000000000♠">1,388</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jefferson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jefferson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Jewell_County,_Kansas" title="Jewell County, Kansas">Jewell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20089,00">089</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mankato,_Kansas" title="Mankato, Kansas">Mankato</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Lewis R. Jewell, Union colonel and Civil War hero</td> <td>JW </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003284700000000000♠">2,847</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002909000000000000♠">909</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003235400000000000♠">2,354</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Jewell County"><img alt="State map highlighting Jewell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jewell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Kansas" title="Johnson County, Kansas">Johnson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20091,00">091</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Olathe,_Kansas" title="Olathe, Kansas">Olathe</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Johnson_(Kansas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Johnson (Kansas)">Thomas Johnson</a>, Methodist <a href="/wiki/Missionary" title="Missionary">missionary</a> who was one of the state's first settlers</td> <td>JO </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005622237000000000♠">622,237</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002477000000000000♠">477</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003123500000000000♠">1,235</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Johnson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Johnson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Johnson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kearny_County,_Kansas" title="Kearny County, Kansas">Kearny County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20093,00">093</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lakin,_Kansas" title="Lakin, Kansas">Lakin</a></td> <td>1887</td> <td>Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Kearny" title="Philip Kearny">Philip Kearny</a>, American general in the Mexican–American and Civil Wars</td> <td>KE </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003382300000000000♠">3,823</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002870000000000000♠">870</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003225300000000000♠">2,253</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kearny County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kearny County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kearny_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kingman_County,_Kansas" title="Kingman County, Kansas">Kingman County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20095,00">095</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingman,_Kansas" title="Kingman, Kansas">Kingman</a></td> <td>1872</td> <td>Harper and Reno Counties</td> <td>Samuel A. Kingman, Chief Justice of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Supreme_Court" title="Kansas Supreme Court">Kansas Supreme Court</a></td> <td>KM </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003706600000000000♠">7,066</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002864000000000000♠">864</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003223800000000000♠">2,238</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kingman County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kingman County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kingman_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kiowa_County,_Kansas" title="Kiowa County, Kansas">Kiowa County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20097,00">097</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greensburg,_Kansas" title="Greensburg, Kansas">Greensburg</a></td> <td>1886</td> <td>Formed from Comanche and Edwards Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kiowa" title="Kiowa">Kiowa Native Americans</a>, who inhabited the area</td> <td>KW </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003237400000000000♠">2,374</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002722000000000000♠">722</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003187000000000000♠">1,870</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Kiowa County"><img alt="State map highlighting Kiowa County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Kiowa_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas" title="Labette County, Kansas">Labette County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20099,00">099</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oswego,_Kansas" title="Oswego, Kansas">Oswego</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>Formed from Neosho County</td> <td>Pierre La Bette, French fur trapper who formed a peaceful relationship with area natives</td> <td>LB </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004197280000000000♠">19,728</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002649000000000000♠">649</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003168100000000000♠">1,681</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Labette County"><img alt="State map highlighting Labette County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Labette_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lane_County,_Kansas" title="Lane County, Kansas">Lane County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20101,00">101</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dighton,_Kansas" title="Dighton, Kansas">Dighton</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_H._Lane_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="James H. Lane (politician)">James H. Lane</a>, U.S. Senator from Kansas and Free-Stater during "Bleeding Kansas"</td> <td>LE </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003152900000000000♠">1,529</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002717000000000000♠">717</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185700000000000♠">1,857</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lane County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lane County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lane_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Leavenworth_County,_Kansas" title="Leavenworth County, Kansas">Leavenworth County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20103,00">103</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leavenworth,_Kansas" title="Leavenworth, Kansas">Leavenworth</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Leavenworth" title="Henry Leavenworth">Henry Leavenworth</a>, general in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Wars">Indian Wars</a> who established a fort in the area</td> <td>LV </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004835180000000000♠">83,518</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002463000000000000♠">463</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003119900000000000♠">1,199</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Leavenworth County"><img alt="State map highlighting Leavenworth County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Leavenworth_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County,_Kansas" title="Lincoln County, Kansas">Lincoln County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20105,00">105</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln, Kansas">Lincoln</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a>, sixteenth U.S. President</td> <td>LC </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003292000000000000♠">2,920</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002719000000000000♠">719</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186200000000000♠">1,862</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lincoln County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lincoln County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lincoln_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Linn_County,_Kansas" title="Linn County, Kansas">Linn County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20107,00">107</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mound_City,_Kansas" title="Mound City, Kansas">Mound City</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Fields_Linn" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis Fields Linn">Lewis Fields Linn</a>, U.S. Senator from Kentucky whose family was later involved in the settlement of Kansas</td> <td>LN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003986000000000000♠">9,860</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002599000000000000♠">599</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003155100000000000♠">1,551</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Linn County"><img alt="State map highlighting Linn County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Linn_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Logan_County,_Kansas" title="Logan County, Kansas">Logan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20109,00">109</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakley,_Kansas" title="Oakley, Kansas">Oakley</a></td> <td>1888</td> <td>Formed from Wallace County (formerly named St. John County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_A._Logan" title="John A. Logan">John Alexander Logan</a>, prominent Union Civil War general and U.S. Senator from Illinois</td> <td>LG </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003266500000000000♠">2,665</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107300000000000♠">1,073</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003277900000000000♠">2,779</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Logan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Logan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Logan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lyon_County,_Kansas" title="Lyon County, Kansas">Lyon County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20111,00">111</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Kansas" title="Emporia, Kansas">Emporia</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Breckenridge County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Lyon" title="Nathaniel Lyon">Nathaniel Lyon</a>, first Union general to be killed in the Civil War</td> <td>LY </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004321720000000000♠">32,172</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002851000000000000♠">851</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003220400000000000♠">2,204</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Lyon County"><img alt="State map highlighting Lyon County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Lyon_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Kansas" title="Marion County, Kansas">Marion County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20115,00">115</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Kansas" title="Marion, Kansas">Marion</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion" title="Francis Marion">Francis Marion</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> hero</td> <td>MN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004116900000000000♠">11,690</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002943000000000000♠">943</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003244200000000000♠">2,442</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marion County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marion County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marion_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Kansas" title="Marshall County, Kansas">Marshall County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20117,00">117</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marysville,_Kansas" title="Marysville, Kansas">Marysville</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td>Frank J. Marshall, state representative who became locally known for operating the first ferry over the <a href="/wiki/Big_Blue_River_(Kansas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Blue River (Kansas)">Big Blue River</a></td> <td>MS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003993300000000000♠">9,933</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002903000000000000♠">903</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003233900000000000♠">2,339</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Marshall County"><img alt="State map highlighting Marshall County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Marshall_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/McPherson_County,_Kansas" title="McPherson County, Kansas">McPherson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20113,00">113</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McPherson,_Kansas" title="McPherson, Kansas">McPherson</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Birdseye_McPherson" class="mw-redirect" title="James Birdseye McPherson">James Birdseye McPherson</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>MP </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004300910000000000♠">30,091</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002900000000000000♠">900</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003233100000000000♠">2,331</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting McPherson County"><img alt="State map highlighting McPherson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_McPherson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Meade_County,_Kansas" title="Meade County, Kansas">Meade County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20119,00">119</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meade,_Kansas" title="Meade, Kansas">Meade</a></td> <td>1885</td> <td>Formed from Finney, Ford and Seward Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Gordon_Meade" class="mw-redirect" title="George Gordon Meade">George Gordon Meade</a>, Union Civil War general best known for his victory at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gettysburg" title="Battle of Gettysburg">Battle of Gettysburg</a></td> <td>ME </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003391100000000000♠">3,911</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002978000000000000♠">978</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003253300000000000♠">2,533</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Meade County"><img alt="State map highlighting Meade County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Meade_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Miami_County,_Kansas" title="Miami County, Kansas">Miami County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20121,00">121</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paola,_Kansas" title="Paola, Kansas">Paola</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Lykins)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami tribe">Miami Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>MI </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004353200000000000♠">35,320</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠">577</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003149400000000000♠">1,494</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Miami County"><img alt="State map highlighting Miami County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Miami_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Kansas" title="Mitchell County, Kansas">Mitchell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20123,00">123</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Beloit,_Kansas" title="Beloit, Kansas">Beloit</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>William D. Mitchell, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>MC </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003571900000000000♠">5,719</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002700000000000000♠">700</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003181300000000000♠">1,813</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Mitchell County"><img alt="State map highlighting Mitchell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Mitchell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kansas" title="Montgomery County, Kansas">Montgomery County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20125,00">125</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Kansas" title="Independence, Kansas">Independence</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>Formed from Wilson County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Montgomery" title="Richard Montgomery">Richard Montgomery</a>, Revolutionary War hero</td> <td>MG </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004305680000000000♠">30,568</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002645000000000000♠">645</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003167100000000000♠">1,671</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Montgomery County"><img alt="State map highlighting Montgomery County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Montgomery_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Kansas" title="Morris County, Kansas">Morris County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20127,00">127</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Council_Grove,_Kansas" title="Council Grove, Kansas">Council Grove</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Wise County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Morris_(Ohio_politician)" title="Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)">Thomas Morris</a>, U.S. Senator from Ohio and anti-slavery advocate</td> <td>MR </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003533400000000000♠">5,334</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002697000000000000♠">697</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003180500000000000♠">1,805</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Morris County"><img alt="State map highlighting Morris County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morris_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Morton_County,_Kansas" title="Morton County, Kansas">Morton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20129,00">129</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elkhart,_Kansas" title="Elkhart, Kansas">Elkhart</a></td> <td>1886</td> <td>Formed from Seward County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_P._Morton" title="Oliver P. Morton">Oliver P. Morton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">Governor of Indiana</a> and prominent anti-slavery advocate</td> <td>MT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003258000000000000♠">2,580</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002730000000000000♠">730</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003189100000000000♠">1,891</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Morton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Morton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Morton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Nemaha_County,_Kansas" title="Nemaha County, Kansas">Nemaha County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20131,00">131</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seneca,_Kansas" title="Seneca, Kansas">Seneca</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Dorn County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nemaha_River_basin" title="Nemaha River basin">Nemaha River</a>, which passes through the county</td> <td>NM </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004101140000000000♠">10,114</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002719000000000000♠">719</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186200000000000♠">1,862</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Nemaha County"><img alt="State map highlighting Nemaha County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Nemaha_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Neosho_County,_Kansas" title="Neosho County, Kansas">Neosho County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20133,00">133</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erie,_Kansas" title="Erie, Kansas">Erie</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Dorn County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neosho_River" title="Neosho River">Neosho River</a>, which passes through the county</td> <td>NO </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004154200000000000♠">15,420</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002572000000000000♠">572</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148100000000000♠">1,481</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Neosho County"><img alt="State map highlighting Neosho County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Neosho_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ness_County,_Kansas" title="Ness County, Kansas">Ness County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20135,00">135</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ness_City,_Kansas" title="Ness City, Kansas">Ness City</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Noah V. Ness, Corporal in <a href="/wiki/7th_Regiment_Kansas_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry">7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry</a> during Civil War<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>NS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003261800000000000♠">2,618</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107500000000000♠">1,075</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003278400000000000♠">2,784</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ness County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ness County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ness_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Norton_County,_Kansas" title="Norton County, Kansas">Norton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20137,00">137</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Kansas" title="Norton, Kansas">Norton</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area (Formerly Billings (1873–79)</td> <td>Orloff Norton, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>NT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003533000000000000♠">5,330</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002878000000000000♠">878</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003227400000000000♠">2,274</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Norton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Norton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Norton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Osage_County,_Kansas" title="Osage County, Kansas">Osage County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20139,00">139</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyndon,_Kansas" title="Lyndon, Kansas">Lyndon</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Weller County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osage_River" title="Osage River">Osage River</a>, which flows through the county</td> <td>OS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004158240000000000♠">15,824</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠">704</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003182300000000000♠">1,823</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Osage County"><img alt="State map highlighting Osage County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osage_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Osborne_County,_Kansas" title="Osborne County, Kansas">Osborne County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20141,00">141</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osborne,_Kansas" title="Osborne, Kansas">Osborne</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Vincent B. Osborne, Union soldier and Civil War hero</td> <td>OB </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003342700000000000♠">3,427</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002893000000000000♠">893</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003231300000000000♠">2,313</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Osborne County"><img alt="State map highlighting Osborne County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Osborne_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Kansas" title="Ottawa County, Kansas">Ottawa County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20143,00">143</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis,_Kansas" title="Minneapolis, Kansas">Minneapolis</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottawa tribe">Ottawa Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>OT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003581800000000000♠">5,818</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002721000000000000♠">721</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186700000000000♠">1,867</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Ottawa County"><img alt="State map highlighting Ottawa County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Ottawa_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_County,_Kansas" title="Pawnee County, Kansas">Pawnee County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20145,00">145</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Larned,_Kansas" title="Larned, Kansas">Larned</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_people" title="Pawnee people">Pawnee Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>PN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003612600000000000♠">6,126</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002754000000000000♠">754</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003195300000000000♠">1,953</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pawnee County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pawnee County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pawnee_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Phillips_County,_Kansas" title="Phillips County, Kansas">Phillips County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20147,00">147</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phillipsburg,_Kansas" title="Phillipsburg, Kansas">Phillipsburg</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_A._Phillips" title="William A. Phillips">William Phillips</a>, state legislator who pushed for creation of the county, and later U.S. Representative</td> <td>PL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003476100000000000♠">4,761</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002886000000000000♠">886</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003229500000000000♠">2,295</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Phillips County"><img alt="State map highlighting Phillips County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Phillips_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie_County,_Kansas" title="Pottawatomie County, Kansas">Pottawatomie County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20149,00">149</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland,_Kansas" title="Westmoreland, Kansas">Westmoreland</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td>Formed from Calhoun and Riley</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie" class="mw-redirect" title="Pottawatomie">Pottawatomie Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>PT </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004263820000000000♠">26,382</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002844000000000000♠">844</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003218600000000000♠">2,186</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pottawatomie County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pottawatomie County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pottawatomie_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Pratt_County,_Kansas" title="Pratt County, Kansas">Pratt County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20151,00">151</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pratt,_Kansas" title="Pratt, Kansas">Pratt</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Caleb Pratt, Union lieutenant and Civil War hero</td> <td>PR </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003908200000000000♠">9,082</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002735000000000000♠">735</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003190400000000000♠">1,904</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Pratt County"><img alt="State map highlighting Pratt County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Pratt_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rawlins_County,_Kansas" title="Rawlins County, Kansas">Rawlins County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20153,00">153</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atwood,_Kansas" title="Atwood, Kansas">Atwood</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Aaron_Rawlins" title="John Aaron Rawlins">John Aaron Rawlins</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>RA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003246300000000000♠">2,463</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107000000000000♠">1,070</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003277100000000000♠">2,771</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rawlins County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rawlins County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rawlins_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Reno_County,_Kansas" title="Reno County, Kansas">Reno County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20155,00">155</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hutchinson,_Kansas" title="Hutchinson, Kansas">Hutchinson</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jesse_L._Reno" title="Jesse L. Reno">Jesse L. Reno</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>RN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004614970000000000♠">61,497</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003125400000000000♠">1,254</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003324800000000000♠">3,248</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Reno County"><img alt="State map highlighting Reno County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Reno_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Republic_County,_Kansas" title="Republic County, Kansas">Republic County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20157,00">157</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belleville,_Kansas" title="Belleville, Kansas">Belleville</a></td> <td>1868</td> <td>Formed from Washington County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_River" title="Republican River">Republican River</a>, which flows through the county</td> <td>RP </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003462700000000000♠">4,627</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002716000000000000♠">716</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003185400000000000♠">1,854</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Republic County"><img alt="State map highlighting Republic County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Republic_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Kansas" title="Rice County, Kansas">Rice County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20159,00">159</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyons,_Kansas" title="Lyons, Kansas">Lyons</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Rice" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel A. Rice">Samuel A. Rice</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>RC </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003926000000000000♠">9,260</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002727000000000000♠">727</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003188300000000000♠">1,883</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rice County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rice County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rice_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Riley_County,_Kansas" title="Riley County, Kansas">Riley County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20161,00">161</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_Kansas" title="Manhattan, Kansas">Manhattan</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bennett_C._Riley" class="mw-redirect" title="Bennett C. Riley">Bennett C. Riley</a>, Mexican–American War hero</td> <td>RL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004714020000000000♠">71,402</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002610000000000000♠">610</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003158000000000000♠">1,580</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Riley County"><img alt="State map highlighting Riley County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Riley_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rooks_County,_Kansas" title="Rooks County, Kansas">Rooks County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20163,00">163</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stockton,_Kansas" title="Stockton, Kansas">Stockton</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>John C. Rooks, Private in <a href="/wiki/11th_Regiment_Kansas_Volunteer_Cavalry" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry">11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry</a> during Civil War<sup id="cite_ref-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>RO </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003477800000000000♠">4,778</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002888000000000000♠">888</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003230000000000000♠">2,300</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rooks County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rooks County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rooks_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Rush_County,_Kansas" title="Rush County, Kansas">Rush County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20165,00">165</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Crosse,_Kansas" title="La Crosse, Kansas">La Crosse</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Alexander Rush, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>RH </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003283000000000000♠">2,830</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002718000000000000♠">718</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186000000000000♠">1,860</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Rush County"><img alt="State map highlighting Rush County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Rush_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Kansas" title="Russell County, Kansas">Russell County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20167,00">167</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell,_Kansas" title="Russell, Kansas">Russell</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Avra P. Russell, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>RS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003672300000000000♠">6,723</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002885000000000000♠">885</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003229200000000000♠">2,292</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Russell County"><img alt="State map highlighting Russell County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Russell_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Saline_County,_Kansas" title="Saline County, Kansas">Saline County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20169,00">169</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salina,_Kansas" title="Salina, Kansas">Salina</a></td> <td>1860</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saline_River_(Kansas)" title="Saline River (Kansas)">Saline River</a>, which flows through the county</td> <td>SA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004530980000000000♠">53,098</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002720000000000000♠">720</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186500000000000♠">1,865</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Saline County"><img alt="State map highlighting Saline County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Saline_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Kansas" title="Scott County, Kansas">Scott County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20171,00">171</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_City,_Kansas" title="Scott City, Kansas">Scott City</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winfield_Scott" title="Winfield Scott">Winfield Scott</a>, Mexican–American War hero and unsuccessful presidential candidate</td> <td>SC </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003492200000000000♠">4,922</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002718000000000000♠">718</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186000000000000♠">1,860</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Scott County"><img alt="State map highlighting Scott County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Scott_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sedgwick_County,_Kansas" title="Sedgwick County, Kansas">Sedgwick County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20173,00">173</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>Formed from Butler County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sedgwick" title="John Sedgwick">John Sedgwick</a>, highest ranking Union general killed in the Civil War</td> <td>SG </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005528469000000000♠">528,469</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003100000000000000♠">1,000</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003259000000000000♠">2,590</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sedgwick County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sedgwick County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sedgwick_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Seward_County,_Kansas" title="Seward County, Kansas">Seward County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20175,00">175</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal,_Kansas" title="Liberal, Kansas">Liberal</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Seward" class="mw-redirect" title="William Henry Seward">William Henry Seward</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a></td> <td>SW </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004210670000000000♠">21,067</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002640000000000000♠">640</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003165800000000000♠">1,658</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Seward County"><img alt="State map highlighting Seward County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Seward_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shawnee_County,_Kansas" title="Shawnee County, Kansas">Shawnee County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20177,00">177</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Topeka,_Kansas" title="Topeka, Kansas">Topeka</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shawnee" title="Shawnee">Shawnee Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>SN </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005177746000000000♠">177,746</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002550000000000000♠">550</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003142400000000000♠">1,424</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Shawnee County"><img alt="State map highlighting Shawnee County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Shawnee_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sheridan_County,_Kansas" title="Sheridan County, Kansas">Sheridan County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20179,00">179</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoxie,_Kansas" title="Hoxie, Kansas">Hoxie</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Philip_Henry_Sheridan" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Henry Sheridan">Philip Henry Sheridan</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>SD </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003242300000000000♠">2,423</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠">896</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003232100000000000♠">2,321</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sheridan County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sheridan County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sheridan_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sherman_County,_Kansas" title="Sherman County, Kansas">Sherman County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20181,00">181</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goodland,_Kansas" title="Goodland, Kansas">Goodland</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>, prominent Civil War general</td> <td>SH </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003584400000000000♠">5,844</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003105600000000000♠">1,056</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003273500000000000♠">2,735</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sherman County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sherman County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sherman_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Smith_County,_Kansas" title="Smith County, Kansas">Smith County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20183,00">183</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Smith_Center,_Kansas" title="Smith Center, Kansas">Smith Center</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>J. Nelson Smith, Union major and Civil War hero</td> <td>SM </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003359000000000000♠">3,590</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠">896</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003232100000000000♠">2,321</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Smith County"><img alt="State map highlighting Smith County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Smith_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County,_Kansas" title="Stafford County, Kansas">Stafford County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20185,00">185</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint John, Kansas">Saint John</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Lewis Stafford, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>SF </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003390900000000000♠">3,909</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002792000000000000♠">792</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003205100000000000♠">2,051</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stafford County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stafford County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stafford_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stanton_County,_Kansas" title="Stanton County, Kansas">Stanton County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20187,00">187</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnson_City,_Kansas" title="Johnson City, Kansas">Johnson City</a></td> <td>1887</td> <td>Formed from Hamilton County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_McMasters_Stanton" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin McMasters Stanton">Edwin McMasters Stanton</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Secretary_of_War" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Secretary of War">U.S. Secretary of War</a> during the Civil War</td> <td>ST </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003190100000000000♠">1,901</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002680000000000000♠">680</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003176100000000000♠">1,761</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stanton County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stanton County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stanton_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Stevens_County,_Kansas" title="Stevens County, Kansas">Stevens County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20189,00">189</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugoton,_Kansas" title="Hugoton, Kansas">Hugoton</a></td> <td>1886</td> <td>Formed from Seward County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thaddeus_Stevens" title="Thaddeus Stevens">Thaddeus Stevens</a>, U.S. Representative from <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> who was a leader of <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a> politics</td> <td>SV </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003507700000000000♠">5,077</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002728000000000000♠">728</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003188600000000000♠">1,886</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Stevens County"><img alt="State map highlighting Stevens County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Stevens_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sumner_County,_Kansas" title="Sumner County, Kansas">Sumner County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20191,00">191</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wellington,_Kansas" title="Wellington, Kansas">Wellington</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>Formed from Butler County</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Sumner" title="Charles Sumner">Charles Sumner</a>, U.S. Senator from <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> who was a leader of <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a> politics</td> <td>SU </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7004223340000000000♠">22,334</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003118200000000000♠">1,182</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003306100000000000♠">3,061</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Sumner County"><img alt="State map highlighting Sumner County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Sumner_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_County,_Kansas" title="Thomas County, Kansas">Thomas County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20193,00">193</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colby,_Kansas" title="Colby, Kansas">Colby</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas" title="George Henry Thomas">George Henry Thomas</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>TH </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003786500000000000♠">7,865</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003107500000000000♠">1,075</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003278400000000000♠">2,784</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Thomas County"><img alt="State map highlighting Thomas County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Thomas_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Trego_County,_Kansas" title="Trego County, Kansas">Trego County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20195,00">195</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WaKeeney,_Kansas" title="WaKeeney, Kansas">WaKeeney</a></td> <td>1867</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td>Edgar P. Trego, Union captain and Civil War hero</td> <td>TR </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003273100000000000♠">2,731</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002888000000000000♠">888</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003230000000000000♠">2,300</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Trego County"><img alt="State map highlighting Trego County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Trego_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wabaunsee_County,_Kansas" title="Wabaunsee County, Kansas">Wabaunsee County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20197,00">197</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alma,_Kansas" title="Alma, Kansas">Alma</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Richardson County)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chief_Wabaunsee" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Wabaunsee">Chief Wabaunsee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potawatomi" title="Potawatomi">Potawatomi</a> leader</td> <td>WB </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003705700000000000♠">7,057</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002798000000000000♠">798</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003206700000000000♠">2,067</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wabaunsee County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wabaunsee County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wabaunsee_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_County,_Kansas" title="Wallace County, Kansas">Wallace County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20199,00">199</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Springs,_Kansas" title="Sharon Springs, Kansas">Sharon Springs</a></td> <td>1868</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/W.H.L._Wallace" class="mw-redirect" title="W.H.L. Wallace">W.H.L. Wallace</a>, prominent Union Civil War general</td> <td>WA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003150900000000000♠">1,509</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002914000000000000♠">914</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003236700000000000♠">2,367</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wallace County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wallace County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wallace_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Kansas" title="Washington County, Kansas">Washington County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20201,00">201</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Kansas" title="Washington, Kansas">Washington</a></td> <td>1857</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, first U.S. President and founding father</td> <td>WS </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003550400000000000♠">5,504</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002898000000000000♠">898</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003232600000000000♠">2,326</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Washington County"><img alt="State map highlighting Washington County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Washington_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wichita_County,_Kansas" title="Wichita County, Kansas">Wichita County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20203,00">203</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leoti,_Kansas" title="Leoti, Kansas">Leoti</a></td> <td>1873</td> <td>From unorganized area</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wichita_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wichita (tribe)">Wichita Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>WH </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003208200000000000♠">2,082</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002719000000000000♠">719</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003186200000000000♠">1,862</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wichita County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wichita County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wichita_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wilson_County,_Kansas" title="Wilson County, Kansas">Wilson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20205,00">205</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fredonia,_Kansas" title="Fredonia, Kansas">Fredonia</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td>Hiero T. Wilson, Union colonel and Civil War hero</td> <td>WL </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003838200000000000♠">8,382</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002574000000000000♠">574</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003148700000000000♠">1,487</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wilson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wilson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wilson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Woodson_County,_Kansas" title="Woodson County, Kansas">Woodson County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20207,00">207</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yates_Center,_Kansas" title="Yates Center, Kansas">Yates Center</a></td> <td>1855</td> <td>One of the original 36 counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Woodson" title="Daniel Woodson">Daniel Woodson</a>, five time acting governor of Kansas Territory</td> <td>WO </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7003311500000000000♠">3,115</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002501000000000000♠">501</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7003129800000000000♠">1,298</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Woodson County"><img alt="State map highlighting Woodson County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Woodson_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wyandotte_County,_Kansas" title="Wyandotte County, Kansas">Wyandotte County</a> </th> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/20209,00">209</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Kansas" title="Kansas City, Kansas">Kansas City</a></td> <td>1859</td> <td>Formed from Leavenworth and Johnson Counties</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wyandot_people" title="Wyandot people">Wyandotte Native Americans</a>, who lived in the area</td> <td>WY </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7005165281000000000♠">165,281</span> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7002151000000000000♠">151</span> sq mi<br />(<span data-sort-value="7002391000000000000♠">391</span> km<sup>2</sup>)</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="State map highlighting Wyandotte County"><img alt="State map highlighting Wyandotte County" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg/150px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg/225px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg/300px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Wyandotte_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2202" data-file-height="1129" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_counties_of_Kansas">Former counties of Kansas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Kansas&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Former counties of Kansas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EB9_Kansas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/EB9_Kansas.jpg/300px-EB9_Kansas.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/EB9_Kansas.jpg/450px-EB9_Kansas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/EB9_Kansas.jpg/600px-EB9_Kansas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3689" data-file-height="2689" /></a><figcaption>1881 map of Kansas, showing Arrapahoe, Buffalo, Kansas, Kearney, Sequoyah, St. John counties</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif/lossy-page1-300px-Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif/lossy-page1-450px-Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif/lossy-page1-600px-Base_map_of_Kansas._LOC_2005625111.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8335" data-file-height="4824" /></a><figcaption>1893 map of Kansas, showing Garfield and Kearney Counties</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable sortable" border="1"> <caption>Sortable table </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>County</th> <th>Dates</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes</th> <th class="unsortable">Source </th></tr> <tr> <td>Washington</td> <td>1855–57</td> <td>One of 36 Original Counties.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Seward</td> <td>1861–67</td> <td>Formerly part of Godfrey. Dissolved into Greenwood and Howard Counties.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Godfrey</td> <td>1855–61</td> <td>One of the Original 36 Counties. Name changed to Seward around 1861.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hunter</td> <td>1855–64</td> <td>One of the Original 36 Counties. Dissolved into Butler County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Irving</td> <td>1860–64</td> <td>Formed from Hunter County. Dissolved into Butler County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Otoe</td> <td>1860–64</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved into Butler County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shirley</td> <td>1860–67</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area and renamed Cloud County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peketon_County,_Kansas_Territory" title="Peketon County, Kansas Territory">Peketon</a></td> <td>1860–65</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved back into Unorganized Area.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Madison</td> <td>1855–61</td> <td>One of the Original 36 Counties. Dissolved into Breckenridge and Greenwood.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Howard</td> <td>1867–75</td> <td>Formed from Seward and Butler Counties. Dissolved into Chautauqua and Elk Counties.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arapahoe_County,_Kansas_Territory" title="Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory">Arapahoe</a></td> <td>1873–83</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Buffalo</td> <td>1873–81</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Gray County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Foote</td> <td>1873–81</td> <td>Dissolved into Ford and Finney Counties.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kansas</td> <td>1873–83</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Seward County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sequoyah</td> <td>1873–83</td> <td>Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Garfield_County,_Kansas" class="mw-redirect" title="Garfield County, Kansas">Garfield</a></td> <td>1887–93</td> <td>Formed from Finney and Hodgeman Counties and merged into Finney County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Billings</td> <td>1873–74</td> <td>Created from Norton County and returned to Norton County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Davis</td> <td>1855–89</td> <td>One of 36 Original Counties, now part of Geary County.</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Breckinridge</td> <td>1855–62</td> <td>Now Lyon County.</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>St. John County</b> was established in 1871, and formed from the area to the east of range 38 in what was then part of <a href="/wiki/Wallace_County,_Kansas" title="Wallace County, Kansas">Wallace County</a>. In 1885, the name was changed to <b>Logan County</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blackmar_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blackmar-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Kearney County</b> was established on March 6, 1873, and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between <a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Kansas" title="Hamilton County, Kansas">Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Finney_County,_Kansas" title="Finney County, Kansas">Finney</a> counties. It was reestablished with its original borders in 1887, and organized on March 27, 1888. In 1889, the name was corrected to <b>Kearny County</b> (without an extra "e") to match the last name of <a href="/wiki/Philip_Kearny" title="Philip Kearny">Philip Kearny</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_counties_in_Kansas&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townships_in_Kansas" title="List of townships in Kansas">List of townships in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Kansas" title="List of cities in Kansas">List of cities in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_unincorporated_communities_in_Kansas" title="List of unincorporated communities in Kansas">List of unincorporated communities in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_census-designated_places_in_Kansas" title="List of census-designated places in Kansas">List of census-designated places in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ghost_towns_in_Kansas" title="List of ghost towns in Kansas">List of ghost towns in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_places_in_Kansas" title="Lists of places in Kansas">Lists of places in Kansas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_locations_by_per_capita_income" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas locations by per capita income">Kansas locations by per capita income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_census_statistical_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas census statistical areas">Kansas census statistical areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_license_plate_county_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas license plate county codes">Kansas license plate county codes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 30,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=EPA.gov&rft.atitle=EPA+County+FIPS+Code+Listing&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epa.gov%2Fenviro%2Fhtml%2Fcodes%2Fks.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NACO-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NACO_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNational_Association_of_Counties" class="citation web cs1">National Association of Counties. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071025113420/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=KS">"NACo – Find a county"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=KS">the original</a> on October 25, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 30,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=NACo+%E2%80%93+Find+a+county&rft.au=National+Association+of+Counties&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naco.org%2FTemplate.cfm%3FSection%3DFind_a_County%26Template%3D%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fstate.cfm%26state.cfm%26statecode%3DKS&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KSHS-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-KSHS_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society2009" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society (December 17, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.htm">"Kansas Counties"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 21,</span> 2010</span>. Individual county pages are sources used.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Kansas+Counties&rft.date=2009-12-17&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgenealogists%2Fplaces%2Fcounties.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: postscript (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_postscript" title="Category:CS1 maint: postscript">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2023CensusEstimate-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2023CensusEstimate_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFU.S._Census_Bureau" class="citation web cs1">U.S. Census Bureau. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/KS/PST045219">"U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Kansas"</a>. U.S. Census Bureau<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 21,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=U.S.+Census+Bureau+QuickFacts%3A+Kansas&rft.pub=U.S.+Census+Bureau&rft.au=U.S.+Census+Bureau&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Fquickfacts%2Ffact%2Ftable%2FKS%2FPST045219&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kansas_Place-Names_1972,_p._400_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kansas Place-Names, John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, p. 400 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-0994-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-0994-7">0-8061-0994-7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kansas Place-Names, John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, p. 403 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-0994-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-0994-7">0-8061-0994-7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kansas Place-Names, John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, p. 407 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-0994-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-8061-0994-7">0-8061-0994-7</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:WG">"Washington County, Kansas (old) (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Washington+County%2C+Kansas+%28old%29+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AWG&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:SE">"Seward County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Seward+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3ASE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:GR">"Godfrey County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 3,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Godfrey+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AGR&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:HU">"Hunter County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Hunter+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AHU&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:IR">"Irving County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Irving+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AIR&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:OE">"Otoe County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Otoe+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AOE&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:SL">"Shirley County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 17,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Shirley+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3ASL&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:PK">"Peketon County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Peketon+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3APK&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:MD">"Madison County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Madison+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AMD&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:HO">"Howard County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Howard+County%2C+Kansas+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AHO&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:AA">"Arapahoe County, Kansas (2nd) (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 27,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Kansas+County+Factsheets&rft.atitle=Arapahoe+County%2C+Kansas+%282nd%29+%28defunct%29&rft.au=Kansas+State+Historical+Society&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshs.org%2Fgeog%2Fgeog_counties%2Fview%2Fcounty%3AAA&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+counties+in+Kansas" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKansas_State_Historical_Society" class="citation web cs1">Kansas State Historical Society. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:BF">"Buffalo County, Kansas (defunct)"</a>. <i>Kansas County Factsheets</i>. Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Kansas State Historical Society<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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County, Kansas">Bourbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Kansas" title="Brown County, Kansas">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butler_County,_Kansas" title="Butler County, Kansas">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_County,_Kansas" title="Chase County, Kansas">Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chautauqua_County,_Kansas" title="Chautauqua County, Kansas">Chautauqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Kansas" title="Cherokee County, Kansas">Cherokee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne_County,_Kansas" title="Cheyenne County, Kansas">Cheyenne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clark_County,_Kansas" title="Clark County, Kansas">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_Kansas" title="Clay County, Kansas">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_County,_Kansas" title="Cloud County, Kansas">Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffey_County,_Kansas" title="Coffey County, Kansas">Coffey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comanche_County,_Kansas" title="Comanche County, Kansas">Comanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowley_County,_Kansas" title="Cowley County, Kansas">Cowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawford_County,_Kansas" title="Crawford County, Kansas">Crawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decatur_County,_Kansas" title="Decatur County, Kansas">Decatur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_County,_Kansas" title="Dickinson County, Kansas">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doniphan_County,_Kansas" title="Doniphan County, Kansas">Doniphan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_County,_Kansas" title="Douglas County, Kansas">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwards_County,_Kansas" title="Edwards County, Kansas">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elk_County,_Kansas" title="Elk County, Kansas">Elk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellis_County,_Kansas" title="Ellis County, Kansas">Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_County,_Kansas" title="Ellsworth County, Kansas">Ellsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finney_County,_Kansas" title="Finney County, Kansas">Finney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_County,_Kansas" title="Ford County, Kansas">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Kansas" title="Franklin County, Kansas">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geary_County,_Kansas" title="Geary County, Kansas">Geary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gove_County,_Kansas" title="Gove County, Kansas">Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_Kansas" title="Graham County, Kansas">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Kansas" title="Grant County, Kansas">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray_County,_Kansas" title="Gray County, Kansas">Gray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greeley_County,_Kansas" title="Greeley County, Kansas">Greeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood_County,_Kansas" title="Greenwood County, Kansas">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Kansas" title="Hamilton County, Kansas">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harper_County,_Kansas" title="Harper County, Kansas">Harper</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Mitchell_County,_Kansas" title="Mitchell County, Kansas">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Kansas" title="Montgomery County, Kansas">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_County,_Kansas" title="Morris County, Kansas">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morton_County,_Kansas" title="Morton County, Kansas">Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemaha_County,_Kansas" title="Nemaha County, Kansas">Nemaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neosho_County,_Kansas" title="Neosho County, Kansas">Neosho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ness_County,_Kansas" title="Ness County, Kansas">Ness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_County,_Kansas" title="Norton County, Kansas">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osage_County,_Kansas" title="Osage County, Kansas">Osage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osborne_County,_Kansas" title="Osborne County, Kansas">Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottawa_County,_Kansas" title="Ottawa County, Kansas">Ottawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pawnee_County,_Kansas" title="Pawnee County, Kansas">Pawnee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillips_County,_Kansas" title="Phillips County, Kansas">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pottawatomie_County,_Kansas" title="Pottawatomie County, Kansas">Pottawatomie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pratt_County,_Kansas" title="Pratt County, Kansas">Pratt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawlins_County,_Kansas" title="Rawlins County, Kansas">Rawlins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reno_County,_Kansas" title="Reno County, Kansas">Reno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_County,_Kansas" title="Republic County, Kansas">Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_County,_Kansas" title="Rice County, Kansas">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riley_County,_Kansas" title="Riley County, Kansas">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooks_County,_Kansas" title="Rooks County, Kansas">Rooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_County,_Kansas" title="Rush County, Kansas">Rush</a></li> <li><a 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