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Allen County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
May 07, 1856 |
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Location: |
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Boundaries: |
In July of 1855, the Territorial Legislature fixed the boundaries
as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of Anderson
County, then south thirty miles, west twenty-four miles, north
thirty miles, and east to the place of beginning. |
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County Seat: |
Iola |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for William Allen (1803-1879), an Ohio senator and
governor. |
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History: |
The county seat was located at Cofachique from 1855 to 1857. Due
to the decline in population of Cofachique, the county seat was
moved to Humboldt in 1858. Humboldt was again the victor in
1860, but another county-seat election in 1865 resulted in the
re-location of the county seat to Iola. The town company of Iola
donated 100 lots to the county to aid in the construction of
public buildings. The courthouse was purchased in 1877 for $1800
and the old courthouse was sold to the school district for $500.
The first railroads were built in Allen County in 1870--the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas R.R. across the southwestern part and
the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston across the county from
north to south on the east side of the Neosho River. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Humboldt (city) |
1,999 |
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Iola (city) |
6,302 |
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La Harpe (city) |
706 |
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Carlyle Township |
276 |
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Cottage Grove Township |
282 |
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Deer Creek Township |
142 |
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Elm Township |
1,259 |
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Elsmore Township |
460 |
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Geneva Township |
172 |
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Humboldt Township |
273 |
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Iola Township |
843 |
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Logan Township |
225 |
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Marmaton Township |
853 |
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Osage Township |
316 |
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Salem Township |
277 |
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Total population: |
14,385 |
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Population: |
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1860 |
 (3,082)
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1870 |
 (7,022)
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1880 |
 (11,303)
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1890 |
 (13,509)
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1900 |
 (19,507)
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1910 |
 (27,640)
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1920 |
 (23,509)
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1930 |
 (21,391)
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1940 |
 (19,874)
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1950 |
 (18,187)
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1960 |
 (16,369)
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1970 |
 (15,043)
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1980 |
 (15,654)
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1990 |
 (14,638)
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2000 |
 (14,385) |
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Anderson County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
January 07, 1856 |
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Location: |
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Boundaries: |
Anderson County is twenty-four miles square. It is located in the
second tier of counties west of Missouri, fifty miles south of
the Kansas River and seventy miles north of Oklahoma. |
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County Seat: |
Garnett |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Joseph C. Anderson, member of the territorial
legislature and speaker pro tem of the House. |
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History: |
Prior to 1854, the territory that became Anderson County was part
of the Kansas Reserve of the Pottawatomie Indians, who were
removed from Indiana in 1837 by the U.S. government. Their
principal village was just across the northern boundary in
Franklin County, at the place known as Dutch Henry's Crossing on
Pottawatomie Creek. The first Euro-American settlement in the
county began early in May, 1854, on what later became the site
of the town of Greeley.
The first town in the county was named Kansas City, and was
located on Iantha Creek on the west half of section 27 and the
east half of section 28, township 19 south, range 18 east. Dr.
G.W. Cooper, from Louisville, Kentucky, laid out the town in May
1856; its name was soon changed to Iantha.
The town of Shannon, located in section 31, township 20, range
20 and named in honor of territorial governor Wilson Shannon,
was named the county seat in 1856. The town was surveyed in 1857
by Dr. Preston Bowen, and construction of county buildings
began, but in 1859 the county seat was removed to Garnett and
the Shannon town site was soon abandoned. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Garnett (city) |
3,368 |
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Indian Creek Township |
132 |
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Jackson Township |
453 |
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Lincoln Township |
208 |
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Lone Elm Township |
239 |
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Monroe Township |
349 |
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North Rich Township |
112 |
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Ozark Township |
565 |
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Putnam Township |
284 |
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Reeder Township |
427 |
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Rich Township |
346 |
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Union Township |
[defunct] |
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Walker Township |
668 |
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Washington Township |
268 |
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Welda Township |
301 |
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Westphalia Township |
390 |
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Total population: |
8,110 |
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Population: |
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1860 |
 (2,400)
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1870 |
 (5,220)
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1880 |
 (9,057)
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1890 |
(14,203)
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1900 |
 (13,938)
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1910 |
 (13,829)
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1920 |
 (12,986)
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1930 |
 (13,355)
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1940 |
 (11,658)
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1950 |
 (10,267)
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1960 |
(9,035)
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1970 |
 (8,501)
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1980 |
 (8,749)
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1990 |
 (7,803)
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2000 |
 (8,110)
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Atchison County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
September 17, 1855 |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Atchison |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for David Rice Atchison (1807-1886), United States senator
from Missouri at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. |
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History: |
French explorers and trappers were the first Europeans to journey
across what became Atchison County. Etienne de Bourgmont,
military commander of the French colony of Louisiana, led the
first recorded expedition to the region in the summer of 1724,
although others had probably visited before him. The next
recorded explorer was Perin du Luc, who reached the area in
1802-1803.
Perhaps the most famed explorers of Atchison County were Lewis
and Clark, whose expedition travelled up the Missouri River in
the summer of 1804. On the eventing of July 4th, the company
discovered a creek in the northeast corner of the county, naming
it Independence Creek in honor of the holiday.
Paschal Pensoneau (or Pensinau) was the first settler to take up
permanent residence in the county, settling along Stranger Creek
in 1839. Five years later he opened a trading post and a farm.
When Kansas Territory was opened for settlement in 1854, the
townsite of Atchison was founded by Senator Atchison and his
friends, and dedicated on July 4, 1854. The town of Sumner,
twelve miles to the south, attempted to replace Atchison as the
county seat in 1858, but the proposal was soundly defeated. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Atchison (city) |
10,232 |
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Benton Township |
1,076 |
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Center Township |
676 |
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Grasshopper Township |
588 |
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Kapioma Township |
271 |
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Lancaster Township |
922 |
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Mount Pleasant Township |
829 |
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Shannon Township |
1,753 |
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Walnut Township |
427 |
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Total population: |
16,774 |
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Population: |
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1860 |
 (7,729)
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1870 |
(15,507)
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1880 |
 (26,668)
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1890 |
 (26,758)
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1900 |
(28,606)
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1910 |
(28,107)
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1920 |
 (23,411)
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1930 |
 (23,945)
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1940 |
 (22,222)
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1950 |
 (21,496)
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1960 |
 (20,898)
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1970 |
 (19,165)
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1980 |
 (18,397)
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1990 |
(16,932)
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2000 |
 (16,774)
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Barber County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
July 07, 1873 |
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Location: |
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Boundaries: |
The county is nearly in the form of a rectangle, with Kingman
County cutting out a six-mile-square block in the northwest
corner. The county is thirty-three miles north to south and
thirty-six from east to west, with a total area of 1,134 square
miles. |
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County Seat: |
Medicine Lodge |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Thomas W. Barber, a Free State settler in Douglas
County, who was killed by pro-slavery forces near Lawrence on 6
December 1855. |
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History: |
Name spelled 'Barbour' until it was changed by the Legislature in
1883. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Aetna Township |
3 |
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Cedar Township |
[defunct] |
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Deerhead Township |
11 |
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Eagle Township |
42 |
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Elm Mills Township |
106 |
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Elwood Township |
275 |
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Hazelton Township |
213 |
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Kiowa Township |
1,164 |
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Lake City Township |
83 |
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McAdoo Township |
29 |
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Medicine Lodge Township |
2,573 |
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Mingona Township |
57 |
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Moore Township |
32 |
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Nippawalla Township |
26 |
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Ridge Township |
4 |
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Sharon Township |
369 |
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Sun City Township |
100 |
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Turkey Creek Township |
37 |
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Valley Township |
183 |
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Total population: |
5,307 |
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Population: |
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1880 |
 (2,661)
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1890 |
 (7,973)
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1900 |
 (6,594)
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1910 |
(9,916)
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1920 |
 (9,739)
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1930 |
(10,178)
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1940 |
 (9,073)
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1950 |
(8,521)
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1960 |
 (8,713)
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1970 |
 (7,016)
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1980 |
(6,548)
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1990 |
 (5,874)
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2000 |
(5,307)
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Barton County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
May 16, 1872 |
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Location: |
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Boundaries: |
On 15 May 1875, the southern boundary was moved south to
encompass the northern half of Stafford County; on 25 April
1879, Stafford County was reestablished. |
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County Seat: |
Great Bend |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Clara Harlowe Barton (1821-1912), Civil War nurse and
founder of the American Red Cross. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Ellinwood (city) |
2,164 |
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Great Bend (city) |
15,345 |
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Hoisington (city) |
2,975 |
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Albion Township |
58 |
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Beaver Township |
108 |
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Buffalo Township |
490 |
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Cheyenne Township |
238 |
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Clarence Township |
125 |
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Cleveland Township |
69 |
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Comanche Township |
452 |
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Eureka Township |
116 |
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Fairview Township |
129 |
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Grant Township |
79 |
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Great Bend Township |
1,839 |
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Independent Township |
844 |
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Lakin Township |
299 |
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Liberty Township |
321 |
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Logan Township |
176 |
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North Homestead Township |
133 |
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Pawnee Rock Township |
544 |
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South Bend Township |
682 |
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South Homestead Township |
343 |
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Union Township |
128 |
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Walnut Township |
474 |
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Wheatland Township |
74 |
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Total population: |
28,205 |
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Population: |
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1870 |
 (2)
|
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1880 |
 (10,318)
|
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1890 |
(13,172)
|
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1900 |
 (13,784)
|
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1910 |
 (17,876)
|
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1920 |
(18,422)
|
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1930 |
 (19,776)
|
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1940 |
(25,010)
|
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1950 |
 (29,909)
|
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1960 |
(32,368)
|
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1970 |
 (30,663)
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1980 |
 (31,343)
|
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1990 |
 (29,382)
|
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2000 |
 (28,205)
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Bourbon County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
September 12, 1855 |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Fort Scott |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Bourbon County, Kentucky, the birthplace of Col. Samuel
A. Williams, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from Fort Scott in 1855, who requested that the county be so
named. The Kentucky county, created in 1785, was itself named
for the Bourbon dynasty of France, in commemoration of French
aid to the American cause during the Revolutionary War. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Fort Scott (city) |
8,297 |
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Drywood Township |
394 |
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Franklin Township |
312 |
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Freedom Township |
505 |
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Marion Township |
1,165 |
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Marmaton Township |
815 |
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Mill Creek Township |
472 |
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Osage Township |
394 |
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Pawnee Township |
308 |
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Scott Township |
2,326 |
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Timberhill Township |
256 |
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Walnut Township |
135 |
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Total population: |
15,379 |
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|
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Population: |
|
1860 |
 (6,101)
|
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1870 |
(15,076)
|
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1880 |
(19,591)
|
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1890 |
(28,575)
|
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1900 |
 (24,712)
|
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1910 |
 (24,007)
|
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1920 |
 (23,198)
|
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1930 |
(22,386)
|
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1940 |
(20,944)
|
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1950 |
 (19,153)
|
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1960 |
 (16,090)
|
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1970 |
 (15,215)
|
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1980 |
 (15,969)
|
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1990 |
(14,966)
|
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2000 |
 (15,379)
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Brown County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Hiawatha |
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Origin of Name: |
In the 1870s, the secretary of the state Board of Agriculture
attempted to determine for whom the county was named. Several of
the legislators in the 1855 session declared the county was
named for Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880), United States
senator from Mississippi at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Other legislators, however, stated it was named for O. H.
Browne, a member of that legislature. |
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History: |
The county name was spelled Browne in the original statute, but
the county seal omitted the 'e', as have all subsequent
statutes. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Hiawatha (city) |
3,417 |
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Horton (city) |
1,967 |
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Sabetha (city) |
7 |
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Hamlin Township |
344 |
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Hiawatha Township |
739 |
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Irving Township |
311 |
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Mission Township |
645 |
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Morrill Township |
503 |
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Padonia Township |
259 |
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Powhattan Township |
874 |
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Robinson Township |
452 |
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Walnut Township |
665 |
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Washington Township |
541 |
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Total population: |
10,724 |
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Population: |
|
1860 |
 (2,607)
|
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1870 |
 (6,823)
|
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1880 |
(12,817)
|
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1890 |
(20,319)
|
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1900 |
 (22,369)
|
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1910 |
 (21,314)
|
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1920 |
 (20,949)
|
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1930 |
 (20,553)
|
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1940 |
 (17,395)
|
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1950 |
 (14,651)
|
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1960 |
 (13,229)
|
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1970 |
 (11,685)
|
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1980 |
 (11,955)
|
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1990 |
 (11,128)
|
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2000 |
 (10,724)
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Butler County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
El Dorado |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Andrew Pickens Butler (1796-1857), United States
senator from South Carolina at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska
Act organizing Kansas Territory. |
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History: |
Organized in 1855. Butler County is named for Sen. Andrew
Pickens Butler (1796-1857) of South Carolina from 1846 to 1857.
Senator Butler was an ardent proslavery advocate although he had
voted for the Kansas-Nebraska Act, perhaps thinking like many
others that Kansas would become a slave state and Nebraska a
free state.
Butler County was one of the 33 original counties created by the
"Bogus Legislature" composed of pro-slavery Missourians, border
state ruffians and the fraudulently elected. A later Free State
legislature allowed the name to remain unchanged. One account
states that they thought Butler County was named after
Massachusetts politician and later Union Army General, Ben
Butler.
Since the early days, the regional economy had been focused on
farming and ranching. This would all change when, in the fall of
1915, a cable tool drilling rig owned by Wichita Natural Gas
began to drill an oil well on the John Stapleton farm north of
town. Day after day the tools stomped their way into the solid
earth until at a depth of 670 feet oil was discovered. Word
spread like a wind-whipped prairie fire and the black gold rush
was on.
Butler's economy changed almost overnight. Lease prices for land
skyrocketed as men sought riches from deep within the earth. New
shops and businesses were built to meet the demands of thousands
of incoming workers.
The company owned towns of Oil Hill, Midian, Gordon, Browntown
and others prospered. Oil Hill and El Dorado grew and by 1918
their population totaled almost 20,000. In a single year, more
than 28 million barrels of crude oil were produced.
Butler County, Kansas' largest, is mostly rolling grass-covered
hills with broad river valleys winding through them. Elevations
range from 1625 feet on the east Flint Hills escarpment down to
1148 feet in the Walnut River valley.
Petroleum production and refining is still the major factor in
the county's economy. Farming and ranching are also important,
and the state correctional facility and light industry are
growing segments.
- information supplied by the
Butler County Historical Society |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Augusta (city) |
8,423 |
|
El Dorado (city) |
12,057 |
|
Augusta Township |
1,405 |
|
Benton Township |
2,211 |
|
Bloomington Township |
544 |
|
Bruno Township |
9,744 |
|
Chelsea Township |
190 |
|
Clay Township |
83 |
|
Clifford Township |
259 |
|
Douglass Township |
2,306 |
|
El Dorado Township |
1,700 |
|
Fairmount Township |
511 |
|
Fairview Township |
491 |
|
Glencoe Township |
239 |
|
Hickory Township |
90 |
|
Lincoln Township |
317 |
|
Little Walnut Township |
1,002 |
|
Logan Township |
154 |
|
Milton Township |
1,136 |
|
Murdock Township |
378 |
|
Pleasant Township |
4,649 |
|
Plum Grove Township |
661 |
|
Prospect Township |
2,033 |
|
Richland Township |
2,399 |
|
Rock Creek Township |
299 |
|
Rosalia Township |
589 |
|
Spring Township |
1,566 |
|
Sycamore Township |
333 |
|
Towanda Township |
2,727 |
|
Union Township |
226 |
|
Walnut Township |
760 |
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Total population: |
59,482 |
|
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|
 |
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Population: |
|
1860 |
 (437)
|
|
1870 |
 (3,035)
|
|
1880 |
 (18,586)
|
|
1890 |
 (24,055)
|
|
1900 |
 (23,363)
|
|
1910 |
 (23,059)
|
|
1920 |
 (43,842)
|
|
1930 |
 (35,904)
|
|
1940 |
 (32,013)
|
|
1950 |
(31,001)
|
|
1960 |
 (38,395)
|
|
1970 |
(38,658)
|
|
1980 |
 (44,782)
|
|
1990 |
 (50,580)
|
|
2000 |
(59,482) |
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Chase County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 11, 1859 |
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Date Organized: |
March 15, 1859 |
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Location: |
 |
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County Seat: |
Cottonwood Falls |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873), in turn governor of
Ohio, United States senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and
chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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History: |
Organized in 1859. County seat, Cottonwood Falls. Created out of
portions of Wise and Butler counties, and named in honor of
Salmon P. Chase. In the Senate, he was earnest in his
opposition to the extension of slavery into Kansas.
Chase County contains vast areas of unspoiled prairie, used and
managed as grasslands since it was settled. In the spring,
after the pastures have been burnt, some of the hills look like
they are all rock without enough soil to support life, and it's
easy to see where the name Flint Hills came from. Later, by the
end of May, the harshness is buried in a thick carpet of
wildflowers and lush bluestem grasses.
Sharp's Creek Drive is probably the prettiest drive in the
county, if not the state. Head south and east from Bazaar and
go at least a couple of miles beyond the Kansas Turnpike onto
the open range to experience what the first settlers must have
seen and felt. If you travel east from Matfield Green you can
still ford the Verdigris River. The road west from Matfield
Green through Wonsevu to Burns in
Marion
County provides a similar experience. Stop somewhere and savor
the solitude and silence. If you can't visit, William Least
Heat-Moon's 1991 book, Prairy Erth, captures the spirit of the
land. Wagon train tours through the Flint Hills are another
nice way to experience this area. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Bazaar Township |
81 |
|
Cedar Township |
116 |
|
Cottonwood Township |
184 |
|
Diamond Creek Township |
237 |
|
Falls Township |
1,163 |
|
Homestead Township |
52 |
|
Matfield Township |
155 |
|
Strong Township |
740 |
|
Toledo Township |
302 |
|
Total population: |
3,030 |
|
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|
 |
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Population: |
|
1860 |
 (808)
|
|
1870 |
 (1,975)
|
|
1880 |
(6,081)
|
|
1890 |
 (8,233)
|
|
1900 |
(8,246)
|
|
1910 |
 (7,527)
|
|
1920 |
 (7,144)
|
|
1930 |
 (6,952)
|
|
1940 |
 (6,345)
|
|
1950 |
 (4,831)
|
|
1960 |
(3,921)
|
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1970 |
 (3,408)
|
|
1980 |
(3,309)
|
|
1990 |
 (3,021)
|
|
2000 |
(3,030)
|
|
Chautauqua
County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
March 25, 1875 |
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Date Organized: |
June 01, 1875 |
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Location: |
 |
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County Seat: |
Sedan |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Chautauqua County, New York, the birthplace of Edward
Jaquins, a member of the Kansas House who in 1875 introduced the
bill dividing Howard County into Elk and Chautauqua. The New
York county, in turn, derives its name from an Indian word
meaning 'foggy place.' |
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History: |
Organized in 1875. Created out of a portion of what was first
Godfrey county, named after "Bill" Godfrey. a noted trader among
the Osages; then Howard county in honor of Major-General O. O.
Howard, for his efforts in behalf of the Union. Chautauqua
county N.Y., was the former home of Hon. Edward Jaquins, a
member of the Kansas Legislature in 1875 from Howard county, who
introduced the bill which divided Howard into Chautauqua and
Elk; hence, from his native place this county derives its name.
The name originally given (in 1855) to Howard was Godfrey, and
the name changed to Seward in 1861. In 1867 the Legislature,
ignoring former names, created the county of Howard.
Chautauqua County is mostly covered with rocky, oak-covered
hills. Big valleys, particularly the valley of the Caney River,
have rich and fertile farms and some of the hills are clear and
home to thousands of grazing cattle. The spectacular beauty and
ruggedness of the countryside make it a great place for outdoor
vacations. Steve Harper's book of Kansas day trips has a nice
tour of the County. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Belleville Township |
675 |
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Caneyville Township |
88 |
|
Center Township |
75 |
|
Harrison Township |
114 |
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Hendricks Township |
179 |
|
Jefferson Township |
834 |
|
Lafayette Township |
65 |
|
Little Caney Township |
353 |
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Salt Creek Township |
123 |
|
Sedan Township |
1,660 |
|
Summit Township |
106 |
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Washington Township |
87 |
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Total population: |
4,359 |
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|
 |
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Population: |
|
1880 |
 (11,072)
|
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1890 |
(12,297)
|
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1900 |
 (11,804)
|
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1910 |
 (11,429)
|
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1920 |
 (11,598)
|
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1930 |
(10,352)
|
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1940 |
(9,233)
|
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1950 |
 (7,376)
|
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1960 |
 (5,956)
|
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1970 |
 (4,642)
|
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1980 |
 (5,016)
|
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1990 |
 (4,407)
|
|
2000 |
 (4,359)
|
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Cherokee County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 18, 1860 |
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Date Organized: |
August 03, 1866 |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Columbus |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for the Cherokee Indian tribe, who by a treaty signed in
1835 held the 'Cherokee Neutral Lands,' a strip 50 miles north
to south and 25 miles across, comprising all of Cherokee, most
of Crawford, and a slice of Bourbon County. In 1866, another
treaty ceded the Neutral Lands to the United States. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Baxter Springs (city) |
4,602 |
|
Columbus (city) |
3,396 |
|
Galena (city) |
3,287 |
|
Scammon (city) |
496 |
|
Weir (city) |
780 |
|
Cherokee Township |
336 |
|
Crawford Township |
646 |
|
Garden Township |
3,039 |
|
Lola Township |
382 |
|
Lowell Township |
672 |
|
Lyon Township |
528 |
|
Mineral Township |
254 |
|
Neosho Township |
306 |
|
Pleasant View Township |
658 |
|
Ross Township |
893 |
|
Salamanca Township |
569 |
|
Shawnee Township |
505 |
|
Sheridan Township |
249 |
|
Spring Valley Township |
1,007 |
|
Total population: |
22,605 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1860 |
 (1,501)
|
|
1870 |
 (11,038)
|
|
1880 |
 (21,905)
|
|
1890 |
(27,770)
|
|
1900 |
(42,694)
|
|
1910 |
 (38,162)
|
|
1920 |
 (33,609)
|
|
1930 |
(31,457)
|
|
1940 |
 (29,817)
|
|
1950 |
(25,144)
|
|
1960 |
(22,279)
|
|
1970 |
 (21,549)
|
|
1980 |
(22,304)
|
|
1990 |
(21,374)
|
|
2000 |
 (22,605 |
|
Cheyenne County,
Kansas
|
Date Established: |
March 20, 1873 |
|
Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
St. Francis |
|
Origin of Name: |
Named for the Cheyenne Indian tribe, buffalo-hunters who roamed
the plains of western Kansas and Nebraska south to the Arkansas
River. |
|
Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Alexander Township |
[defunct] |
|
Beaver Township |
[defunct] |
|
Benkelman Township |
57 |
|
Bird City Township |
771 |
|
Calhoun Township |
57 |
|
Cherry Creek Township |
[defunct] |
|
Cleveland Run Township |
67 |
|
Dent Township |
[defunct] |
|
Eureka Township |
[defunct] |
|
Evergreen Township |
[defunct] |
|
Jaqua Township |
46 |
|
Jefferson Township |
[defunct] |
|
Lawn Ridge Township |
[defunct] |
|
Nutty Combe Township |
[defunct] |
|
Orlando Township |
63 |
|
Porter Township |
[defunct] |
|
Wano Township |
2,104 |
|
Total population: |
3,165 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1880 |
(37)
|
|
1890 |
 (4,401)
|
|
1900 |
(2,640)
|
|
1910 |
 (4,248)
|
|
1920 |
 (5,587)
|
|
1930 |
(6,948)
|
|
1940 |
 (6,221)
|
|
1950 |
 (5,668)
|
|
1960 |
 (4,708)
|
|
1970 |
(4,256)
|
|
1980 |
(3,678)
|
|
1990 |
 (3,243)
|
|
2000 |
 (3,165) |
|
Clark County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
|
Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Ashland |
|
Origin of Name: |
In honor of Charles F. Clarke, captain of Co. F, Sixth Kansas
Cavalry. Promoted to Ass't Adjutant General in the U.S.
Volunteers, he died at Memphis, Tenn., on 10 Dec 1862. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Appleton Township |
921 |
|
Brown Township |
[defunct] |
|
Center Township |
1,097 |
|
Cimarron Township |
[defunct] |
|
Edwards Township |
[defunct] |
|
Englewood Township |
171 |
|
Lexington Township |
83 |
|
Liberty Township |
32 |
|
Sitka Township |
86 |
|
Vesta Township |
[defunct] |
|
Total population: |
2,390 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1880 |
 (163)
|
|
1890 |
 (2,357)
|
|
1900 |
 (1,701)
|
|
1910 |
 (4,093)
|
|
1920 |
(4,989)
|
|
1930 |
 (4,796)
|
|
1940 |
(4,081)
|
|
1950 |
 (3,946)
|
|
1960 |
 (3,396)
|
|
1970 |
 (2,896)
|
|
1980 |
(2,599)
|
|
1990 |
(2,418)
|
|
2000 |
(2,390)
|
|
Clay County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
February 20, 1857 |
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Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Clay Center |
|
Origin of Name: |
In honor of Henry Clay (1777-1852), statesman and senator from
Kentucky. |
|
History: |
Organized in 1866. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Clay Center (city) |
4,564 |
|
Athelstane Township |
144 |
|
Blaine Township |
259 |
|
Bloom Township |
125 |
|
Chapman Township |
202 |
|
Clay Center Township |
368 |
|
Exeter Township |
81 |
|
Five Creeks Township |
159 |
|
Garfield Township |
107 |
|
Gill Township |
140 |
|
Goshen Township |
92 |
|
Grant Township |
132 |
|
Hayes Township |
206 |
|
Highland Township |
310 |
|
Mulberry Township |
331 |
|
Oakland Township |
110 |
|
Republican Township |
1,024 |
|
Sherman Township |
328 |
|
Union Township |
140 |
|
Total population: |
8,822 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1860 |
 (163)
|
|
1870 |
 (2,942)
|
|
1880 |
 (12,320)
|
|
1890 |
(16,146)
|
|
1900 |
 (15,833)
|
|
1910 |
(15,251)
|
|
1920 |
 (14,365)
|
|
1930 |
 (14,556)
|
|
1940 |
(13,281)
|
|
1950 |
 (11,697)
|
|
1960 |
 (10,675)
|
|
1970 |
(9,890)
|
|
1980 |
 (9,802)
|
|
1990 |
 (9,158)
|
|
2000 |
 (8,822)
|
|
Cloud County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
March 27, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Concordia |
|
Origin of Name: |
In honor of William F. Cloud (1825-1905), colonel of the Second
Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War. |
|
History: |
Organized as Shirley in 1860. The county was originally named
for Governor William Shirley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts
from 1741 to 1756. The name was changed to Cloud in 1867 in
honor of Colonel William F. Cloud, of the Second Regiment,
Kansas Volunteers. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Concordia (city) |
5,714 |
|
Arion Township |
105 |
|
Aurora Township |
169 |
|
Buffalo Township |
119 |
|
Center Township |
172 |
|
Colfax Township |
49 |
|
Elk Township |
845 |
|
Grant Township |
479 |
|
Lawrence Township |
146 |
|
Lincoln Township |
378 |
|
Lyon Township |
103 |
|
Meredith Township |
77 |
|
Nelson Township |
137 |
|
Oakland Township |
52 |
|
Shirley Township |
178 |
|
Sibley Township |
178 |
|
Solomon Township |
664 |
|
Starr Township |
653 |
|
Summit Township |
50 |
|
Total population: |
10,268 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1870 |
 (2,323)
|
|
1880 |
(15,343)
|
|
1890 |
(19,295)
|
|
1900 |
(18,071)
|
|
1910 |
(18,388)
|
|
1920 |
(17,714)
|
|
1930 |
 (18,006)
|
|
1940 |
(17,247)
|
|
1950 |
 (16,104)
|
|
1960 |
 (14,407)
|
|
1970 |
(13,466)
|
|
1980 |
(12,494)
|
|
1990 |
 (11,023)
|
|
2000 |
(10,268)
|
|
Coffey County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
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County Seat: |
Burlington |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1859. In honor of Col. A. M. Coffey, a member of
the Legislative Council of Kansas Territory. Colonel Coffey
died at Dodge City in 1879. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Burlington (city) |
2,790 |
|
Avon Township |
183 |
|
Burlington Township |
300 |
|
California Township |
[defunct] |
|
Hampden Township |
114 |
|
Key West Township |
237 |
|
Le Roy Township |
669 |
|
Liberty Township |
634 |
|
Lincoln Township |
1,268 |
|
Neosho Township |
140 |
|
Ottumwa Township |
740 |
|
Pleasant Township |
272 |
|
Pottawatomie Township |
217 |
|
Rock Creek Township |
1,025 |
|
Spring Creek Township |
118 |
|
Star Township |
158 |
|
Total population: |
8,865 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1860 |
 (2,842)
|
|
1870 |
 (6,201)
|
|
1880 |
 (11,438)
|
|
1890 |
(15,856)
|
|
1900 |
(16,643)
|
|
1910 |
(15,205)
|
|
1920 |
 (14,254)
|
|
1930 |
(13,653)
|
|
1940 |
(12,278)
|
|
1950 |
 (10,408)
|
|
1960 |
(8,403)
|
|
1970 |
 (7,397)
|
|
1980 |
 (9,370)
|
|
1990 |
(8,404)
|
|
2000 |
(8,865) |
|
Comanche County,
Kansas
|
Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Coldwater |
|
Origin of Name: |
Named for the Comanche Indians, a nomadic tribe of buffalo
hunters on the southern plains. |
|
History: |
Organized February 27, 1885. The county was first organized in
1873, under a general law then in force, and was represented in
the Legislature under that organization in 1874, but that
organization was held fraudulent and void. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Avilla Township |
58 |
|
Coldwater Township |
1,086 |
|
Irwin Township |
[defunct] |
|
Logan Township |
[defunct] |
|
Nescatunga Township |
[defunct] |
|
Powell Township |
89 |
|
Protection Township |
734 |
|
Rumsey Township |
[defunct] |
|
Shimer Township |
[defunct] |
|
Valley Township |
[defunct] |
|
Total population: |
1,967 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1880 |
 (372)
|
|
1890 |
(2,549)
|
|
1900 |
 (1,619)
|
|
1910 |
 (3,281)
|
|
1920 |
(5,302)
|
|
1930 |
 (5,238)
|
|
1940 |
(4,412)
|
|
1950 |
 (3,888)
|
|
1960 |
(3,271)
|
|
1970 |
 (2,702)
|
|
1980 |
(2,554)
|
|
1990 |
 (2,313)
|
|
2000 |
(1,967) |
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