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Cowley County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
February 28, 1870 |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Winfield |
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Origin of Name: |
In memory of 1st Lt. Matthew Cowley of Co. I, Ninth Kansas
Cavalry, who died on active duty in Little Rock, Arkansas, on 7
Oct 1864. The county was originally named Hunter after R. M. T.
Hunter of Virginia. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Arkansas City (city) |
11,963 |
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Winfield (city) |
12,206 |
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Beaver Township |
244 |
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Bolton Township |
1,754 |
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Cedar Township |
44 |
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Creswell Township |
2,098 |
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Dexter Township |
506 |
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Fairview Township |
203 |
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Grant Township |
76 |
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Harvey Township |
117 |
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Liberty Township |
218 |
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Maple Township |
702 |
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Ninnescah Township |
1,114 |
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Omnia Township |
357 |
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Otter Township |
54 |
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Pleasant Valley Township |
838 |
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Richland Township |
178 |
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Rock Creek Township |
243 |
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Salem Township |
364 |
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Sheridan Township |
159 |
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Silver Creek Township |
770 |
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Silverdale Township |
327 |
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Spring Creek Township |
77 |
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Tisdale Township |
340 |
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Vernon Township |
502 |
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Walnut Township |
626 |
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Windsor Township |
211 |
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Total population: |
36,291 |
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Population: |
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1870 |
 (1,175)
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1880 |
 (21,538)
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1890 |
 (34,478)
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1900 |
(30,156)
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1910 |
(31,790)
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1920 |
 (35,155)
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1930 |
 (40,903)
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1940 |
 (38,139)
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1950 |
 (36,905)
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1960 |
 (37,861)
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1970 |
(35,012)
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1980 |
(36,824)
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1990 |
(36,915)
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2000 |
 (36,291)
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Crawford County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 13, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Girard |
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Origin of Name: |
In honor of Samuel J. Crawford (1835-1913), governor of Kansas
from 1865 to 1868, when he resigned to take command of the 19th
Kansas Regiment. |
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History: |
Organized in 1867. This county was, by act of the legislature of
1867, created out of the northern half of Cherokee, which prior
to that date reached to Bourbon. It was named in honor of
Samuel J. Crawford who was elected Governor in 1864, and served
nearly four years. The Legislature named the county in
obedience to a resolution passed in convention, held to petition
for its organization. Governor Crawford resigned in October,
1868, to become Colonel of the Nineteenth Kansas Cavalry,
specially raised to for the Indian War of 1868-69. He served as
Captain in the Second Kansas Infantry, and was Colonel of the
Second Kansas Regiment Colored Volunteer Infantry during the war
for the Union. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Frontenac (city) |
2,996 |
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Girard (city) |
2,773 |
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Mulberry (city) |
577 |
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Pittsburg (city) |
19,243 |
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Baker Township |
3,640 |
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Crawford Township |
883 |
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Grant Township |
247 |
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Lincoln Township |
942 |
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Osage Township |
756 |
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Sheridan Township |
1,501 |
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Sherman Township |
520 |
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Walnut Township |
624 |
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Washington Township |
3,540 |
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Total population: |
38,242 |
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Population: |
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1870 |
 (8,160)
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1880 |
 (16,851)
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1890 |
 (30,286)
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1900 |
 (38,809)
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1910 |
 (51,178)
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1920 |
(61,800)
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1930 |
 (49,329)
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1940 |
 (44,191)
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1950 |
 (40,231)
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1960 |
 (37,032)
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1970 |
 (37,850)
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1980 |
(37,916)
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1990 |
 (35,568)
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2000 |
 (38,242)
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Decatur County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
March 20, 1873 |
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Date Organized: |
December 15, 1879 |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Oberlin |
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Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1879.
Named in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur
(1779-1820), a U.S. navy hero during the Tripolitanian Wars and
the War of 1812. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Oberlin (city) |
1,994 |
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Allison Township |
39 |
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Altory Township |
16 |
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Bassettville Township |
26 |
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Beaver Township |
86 |
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Center Township |
60 |
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Cook Township |
44 |
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Custer Township |
27 |
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Dresden Township |
141 |
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Finley Township |
39 |
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Garfield Township |
41 |
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Grant Township |
31 |
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Harlan Township |
51 |
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Jennings Township |
173 |
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Liberty Township |
48 |
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Lincoln Township |
203 |
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Logan Township |
52 |
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Lyon Township |
24 |
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Oberlin City Township |
[defunct] |
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Oberlin Township |
91 |
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Olive Township |
68 |
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Pleasant Valley Township |
46 |
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Prairie Dog Township |
50 |
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Roosevelt Township |
32 |
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Sappa Township |
43 |
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Sherman Township |
25 |
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Summit Township |
22 |
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Total population: |
3,472 |
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Population: |
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1880 |
 (4,180)
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1890 |
 (8,414)
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1900 |
(9,234)
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1910 |
 (8,976)
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1920 |
 (8,121)
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1930 |
 (8,866)
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1940 |
 (7,434)
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1950 |
 (6,185)
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1960 |
(5,778)
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1970 |
 (4,988)
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1980 |
 (4,509)
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1990 |
 (4,021)
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2000 |
 (3,472)
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Dickinson County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 20, 1857 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Abilene |
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Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1857.
Named in honor of Daniel S. Dickinson (1800-1866), United States
senator from New York. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Abilene (city) |
6,543 |
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Herington (city) |
2,563 |
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Banner Township |
148 |
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Buckeye Township |
437 |
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Center Township |
1,210 |
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Cheever Township |
149 |
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Flora Township |
217 |
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Fragrant Hill Township |
251 |
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Garfield Township |
189 |
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Grant Township |
918 |
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Hayes Township |
233 |
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Holland Township |
107 |
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Hope Township |
519 |
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Jefferson Township |
166 |
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Liberty Township |
405 |
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Lincoln Township |
1,669 |
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Logan Township |
202 |
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Lyon Township |
252 |
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Newbern Township |
349 |
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Noble Township |
1,730 |
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Ridge Township |
160 |
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Rinehart Township |
194 |
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Sherman Township |
147 |
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Union Township |
176 |
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Wheatland Township |
152 |
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Willowdale Township |
258 |
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Total population: |
19,344 |
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Population: |
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1860 |
 (378)
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1870 |
 (3,043)
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1880 |
 (15,251)
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1890 |
 (22,273)
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1900 |
 (21,816)
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1910 |
 (24,361)
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1920 |
 (25,777)
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1930 |
(25,870)
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1940 |
(22,929)
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1950 |
 (21,190)
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1960 |
 (21,572)
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1970 |
 (19,993)
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1980 |
 (20,175)
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1990 |
 (18,958)
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2000 |
 (19,344)
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Doniphan County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
September 18, 1855 |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Troy |
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Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1855. Named for Col. Alexander W. Doniphan
(1808-1887), of Missouri, who commanded a regiment of cavalry
during the Mexican War. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Burr Oak Township |
153 |
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Center Township |
1,743 |
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Independence Township |
342 |
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Iowa Township |
1,694 |
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Marion Township |
226 |
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Union Township |
360 |
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Washington Township |
3,066 |
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Wayne Township |
226 |
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Wolf River Township |
439 |
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Total population: |
8,249 |
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Population: |
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1860 |
 (8,083)
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1870 |
(13,969)
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1880 |
 (14,257)
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1890 |
 (13,535)
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1900 |
(15,079)
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1910 |
 (14,422)
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1920 |
 (13,438)
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1930 |
(14,063)
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1940 |
(12,936)
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1950 |
 (10,499)
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1960 |
 (9,574)
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1970 |
 (9,107)
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1980 |
(9,268)
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1990 |
(8,134)
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2000 |
 (8,249)
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Douglas County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
September 24, 1855 |
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Location: |
 |
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County Seat: |
Lawrence |
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Origin of Name: |
In honor of Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), United States senator
from Illinois and candidate for the presidency in 1860. |
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History: |
Organized in 1855. In honor of Stephen A. Douglas. As a
Senator, Douglas, in 1854, took a leading part in securing the
adoption of the "popular sovereignty" principle in the Act
organizing Kansas Territory, which gave the particular form of
the issue involved in the Kansas struggle. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Lawrence (city) |
80,098 |
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Clinton Township |
531 |
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Eudora Township |
5,571 |
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Grant Township |
442 |
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Kanwaka Township |
1,317 |
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Lecompton Township |
1,761 |
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Marion Township |
836 |
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Palmyra Township |
5,760 |
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Wakarusa Township |
2,237 |
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Willow Springs Township |
1,409 |
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Total population: |
99,962 |
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Population: |
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1860 |
 (8,637)
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1870 |
 (20,592)
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1880 |
 (21,700)
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1890 |
 (23,961)
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1900 |
 (25,096)
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1910 |
 (24,724)
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1920 |
 (23,998)
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1930 |
(25,143)
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1940 |
(25,171)
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1950 |
 (34,086)
|
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1960 |
(43,720)
|
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1970 |
(57,932)
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1980 |
 (67,640)
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1990 |
(81,798)
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2000 |
(99,962)
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Edwards County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
March 18, 1874 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Kinsley |
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Origin of Name: |
Possibly in honor of state senator John H. Edwards; more likely,
named for W. C. Edwards, a Reno Co. businessman who owned much
land in the area and built the first brick building in Kinsley;
according to an article in the Kinsley newspaper in 1879, he
agreed to build that building and give it to the new county on
condition the county bear his name. |
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History: |
Long before the county was settled, travelers used the Santa Fe
trail through this area. During the Mexican War, a detachment of
soldiers was attacked while using the trail near the site that
was to become Kinsley.
By the 1870s, it was clear that a railroad would follow the
trail, and permanent settlers arrived. Edwards County was
actually named for W. C. Edwards, who built a block of buildings
in Kinsley during its early days. |
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Cities & Townships: |
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Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Kinsley (city) |
1,658 |
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Belpre Township |
186 |
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Brown Township |
[defunct] |
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Franklin Township |
93 |
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Jackson Township |
98 |
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Kinsley Township |
160 |
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Lincoln Township |
143 |
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Logan Township |
42 |
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North Brown Township |
67 |
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South Brown Township |
90 |
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Trenton Township |
306 |
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Wayne Township |
606 |
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Total population: |
3,449 |
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Population: |
|
1880 |
 (2,409)
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1890 |
 (3,600)
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1900 |
 (3,682)
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1910 |
 (7,033)
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1920 |
 (7,057)
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1930 |
 (7,295)
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1940 |
 (6,377)
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1950 |
 (5,936)
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1960 |
 (5,118)
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1970 |
 (4,581)
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1980 |
 (4,271)
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1990 |
 (3,787)
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2000 |
 (3,449)
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Elk County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
March 25, 1875 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Howard |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for the Elk River, which traverses the county. |
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Description: |
The Elk River runs across Elk county from the northwest corner to
the southeast corner. The Fall river drains the northeast corner
of the county; the southwest corner near Grenola has the
beautiful Caney river valley. These various waterways have
carved the whole county with big valleys and small canyons. As
you travel the county from west to east, you descend about 500
feet from the Flint Hills of Cowley county to the river bottoms
that form the Elk City lake in Montgomery county. The rugged
terrain leads some to call this area "the Kansas Ozarks."
Farming, ranching, and oil & gas production are all important to
the local economy. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Elk Falls Township |
196 |
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Greenfield Township |
321 |
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Howard Township |
1,006 |
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Liberty Township |
117 |
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Longton Township |
530 |
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Oak Valley Township |
154 |
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Painterhood Township |
68 |
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Paw Paw Township |
116 |
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Union Center Township |
116 |
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Wildcat Township |
637 |
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Total population: |
3,261 |
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Population: |
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1880 |
 (10,623)
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1890 |
(12,216)
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1900 |
 (11,443)
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1910 |
 (10,128)
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1920 |
 (9,034)
|
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1930 |
 (9,210)
|
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1940 |
 (8,180)
|
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1950 |
 (6,679)
|
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1960 |
 (5,048)
|
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1970 |
 (3,858)
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1980 |
 (3,918)
|
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1990 |
 (3,327)
|
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2000 |
 (3,261)
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Ellis County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Hays |
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Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1867. Named in honor of 1st Lt. George Ellis of
Company I, Twelfth Kansas Infantry, killed in action 30 April
1864 at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
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Ellis (city) |
1,873 |
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Hays (city) |
20,013 |
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Big Creek Township |
1,798 |
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Buckeye Township |
285 |
|
Catherine Township |
318 |
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East Hamilton Township |
[defunct] |
|
Ellis Township |
386 |
|
Freedom Township |
125 |
|
Hamilton Township |
[defunct] |
|
Herzog Township |
894 |
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Lookout Township |
569 |
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Pleasant Hill Township |
[defunct] |
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Riverview Township |
[defunct] |
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Saline Township |
[defunct] |
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Smoky Hill Township |
[defunct] |
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Victoria Township |
845 |
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Walker Township |
[defunct] |
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West Hamilton Township |
[defunct] |
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Wheatland Township |
401 |
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Total population: |
27,507 |
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|
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Population: |
|
1870 |
 (1,336)
|
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1880 |
 (6,179)
|
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1890 |
 (7,942)
|
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1900 |
 (8,626)
|
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1910 |
 (12,170)
|
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1920 |
 (14,138)
|
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1930 |
 (15,907)
|
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1940 |
 (17,508)
|
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1950 |
 (19,043)
|
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1960 |
 (21,270)
|
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1970 |
 (24,730)
|
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1980 |
 (26,098)
|
|
1990 |
(26,004)
|
|
2000 |
(27,507) |
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Ellsworth County,
Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Ellsworth |
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Origin of Name: |
Named for Fort Ellsworth, a military post in the county near
Kanopolis, itself named in honor of 2nd Lt. Allen Ellsworth of
the Seventh Iowa Cavalry, who supervised construction of the
fort in 1864. |
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History: |
Organized in 1867. Named after Fort Ellsworth, a military post
built on the bank of the Smoky Hill, in 1864. This fort was so
called by General Curtis, in honor of the officer who
constructed it, Allen Ellsworth, Second Lieutenant of Company H,
Seventh Iowa Cavalry. When the name was adopted for the county
it was supposed that the fort had been named in honor of Colonel
E. E. Ellsworth of national fame. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Ellsworth (city) |
2,965 |
|
Ash Creek Township |
58 |
|
Black Wolf Township |
87 |
|
Carneiro Township |
57 |
|
Clear Creek Township |
91 |
|
Columbia Township |
60 |
|
Ellsworth Township |
797 |
|
Empire Township |
174 |
|
Garfield Township |
27 |
|
Green Garden Township |
211 |
|
Langley Township |
76 |
|
Lincoln Township |
62 |
|
Mulberry Township |
44 |
|
Noble Township |
90 |
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Palacky Township |
63 |
|
Sherman Township |
65 |
|
Thomas Township |
72 |
|
Trivoli Township |
55 |
|
Valley Township |
577 |
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Wilson Township |
894 |
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Total population: |
6,525 |
|
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Population: |
|
1870 |
 (1,185)
|
|
1880 |
(8,494)
|
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1890 |
 (9,272)
|
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1900 |
 (9,626)
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1910 |
(10,444)
|
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1920 |
 (10,379)
|
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1930 |
 (10,132)
|
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1940 |
 (9,855)
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1950 |
(8,465)
|
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1960 |
(7,677)
|
|
1970 |
(6,146)
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1980 |
(6,640)
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1990 |
 (6,586)
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2000 |
 (6,525) |
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Finney County, Kansas
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Date Established: |
February 22, 1883 |
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Date Organized: |
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Location: |
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County Seat: |
Garden City |
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History and naming of county seat: |
The founding fathers of Garden City, W.D. and J.R. Fulton, J.A.
Stevens, C.J. Jones and several others had a vision in the late
1870s to turn this part of the "Great American Desert" into a
town that would last. The first years of this young town's
history are full of names and events that prove people were
industrious, imaginative and resourceful. By 1883, trainloads of
Easterners were coming out to lay claim on this fertile river
bottomland, lured by land speculators and their own dreams of
being a part of the Western expansion. The population soared to
over 6,000 during those boom years from 1885 to 1888. Many of
the people lived in tents, dugouts or covered wagons waiting for
houses to be built. Not all of those who came stayed. Those who
stayed kept the town going. Through the growth of the Sugar Beet
Industry, the War Years, the development of irrigation and the
expanding cattle industry, many hearty souls have brought their
ideas, work ethic and families to grow and prosper. Finney
County continues to welcome newcomers and looks forward to new
growth and prosperity in the 21st century.
Mrs. Fulton, wife of a town founder, William Fulton, was
watering her garden one day when a gentleman jumped off the
train and inquired about the name of the new community. She
replied that people were referring to the little village as
"Fulton Town" but she wasn't too enthusiastic about the name. He
looked upon her beautiful garden and said, "Why don't you name
it Garden City?" The new name was met with favor and adopted by
the residents, but Garden City will never know the identity of
the traveling gentleman who gave the town its name! |
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Origin of Name: |
In honor of David W. Finney (1839-1916), at the time lieutenant
governor of Kansas. Originally Sequoyah, from the celebrated
Cherokee Indian of that name, the inventor of the alphabet of
his language, and a most remarkable man. Changed in 1883 to
Finney. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Garden City (city) |
28,451 |
|
Garden City Township |
7,400 |
|
Garfield Township |
331 |
|
Ivanhoe Township |
666 |
|
Pierceville Township |
551 |
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Pleasant Valley Township |
139 |
|
Sherlock Township |
2,758 |
|
Terry Township |
227 |
|
Total population: |
40,523 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1890 |
 (4,231)
|
|
1900 |
 (3,469)
|
|
1910 |
 (6,908)
|
|
1920 |
 (7,674)
|
|
1930 |
(11,014)
|
|
1940 |
 (10,092)
|
|
1950 |
 (15,092)
|
|
1960 |
 (16,093)
|
|
1970 |
 (18,947)
|
|
1980 |
(23,825)
|
|
1990 |
 (33,070)
|
|
2000 |
(40,523)
|
|
Ford County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
February 26, 1867 |
|
Date Organized: |
April 05, 1873 |
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Location: |
 |
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County Seat: |
Dodge City |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1873. In honor of James H. Ford (died 1867),
colonel of the Second Colorado Cavalry, which in 1864 was posted
along the Kansas/Missouri line to defend against bushwhackers
and guerrillas. During the Confederate Gen. Sterling Price's
raid through Kansas and Missouri in late 1864, Col. Ford and the
2nd Colorado fought at the battles of the Little Blue, Westport,
and Mine Creek. Late in the war, the regiment was largely
devoted to escorting supply and wagon trains across Kansas, and
occasional skirmishes with Indians. Col. Ford, brevetted as
brigadier general, commanded the military District of the Upper
Arkansas, in which role he selected a location between two
fordable crossings of the Arkansas River for the site of what
became Fort Dodge. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Dodge City (city) |
25,176 |
|
Bloom Township |
113 |
|
Bucklin Township |
900 |
|
Concord Township |
117 |
|
Dodge Township |
899 |
|
Enterprise Township |
1,113 |
|
Fairview Township |
346 |
|
Ford Township |
456 |
|
Grandview Township |
784 |
|
Pleasant Valley Township |
[defunct] |
|
Richland Township |
931 |
|
Royal Township |
105 |
|
Sodville Township |
110 |
|
Spearville Township |
1,150 |
|
Wheatland Township |
170 |
|
Wilburn Township |
88 |
|
Total population: |
32,458 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1870 |
 (427)
|
|
1880 |
 (3,122)
|
|
1890 |
 (5,308)
|
|
1900 |
 (5,497)
|
|
1910 |
 (11,393)
|
|
1920 |
 (14,273)
|
|
1930 |
(20,647)
|
|
1940 |
 (17,254)
|
|
1950 |
 (19,670)
|
|
1960 |
 (20,938)
|
|
1970 |
 (22,587)
|
|
1980 |
 (24,315)
|
|
1990 |
 (27,463)
|
|
2000 |
(32,458) |
|
Franklin County,
Kansas
|
Date Established: |
August 25, 1855 |
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Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Ottawa |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1855.
In honor of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790),
the American statesman and inventor. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Ottawa (city) |
11,921 |
|
Appanoose Township |
293 |
|
Centropolis Township |
997 |
|
Cutler Township |
856 |
|
Franklin Township |
2,552 |
|
Greenwood Township |
429 |
|
Harrison Township |
445 |
|
Hayes Township |
397 |
|
Homewood Township |
493 |
|
Lincoln Township |
797 |
|
Ohio Township |
783 |
|
Ottawa Township |
868 |
|
Peoria Township |
626 |
|
Pomona Township |
1,174 |
|
Pottawatomie Township |
669 |
|
Richmond Township |
812 |
|
Williamsburg Township |
672 |
|
Total population: |
24,784 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1860 |
 (3,030)
|
|
1870 |
 (10,385)
|
|
1880 |
 (16,797)
|
|
1890 |
(20,279)
|
|
1900 |
 (21,354)
|
|
1910 |
 (20,884)
|
|
1920 |
(21,946)
|
|
1930 |
(22,024)
|
|
1940 |
(20,889)
|
|
1950 |
 (19,928)
|
|
1960 |
 (19,548)
|
|
1970 |
 (20,007)
|
|
1980 |
 (22,062)
|
|
1990 |
(21,994)
|
|
2000 |
(24,784)
|
|
Geary County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
March 07, 1889 |
|
Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Junction City |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1855 as Davis County, which name was given for
Jefferson Davis--United States Senator and Secretary of war--who
became President of the Southern Confederacy. The Legislature
changed the name to Geary in 1869, in honor of John W. Geary
(1819-1873), territorial governor of Kansas. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Junction City (city) |
18,886 |
|
Blakely Township |
113 |
|
Jackson Township |
78 |
|
Jefferson Township |
1,651 |
|
Liberty Township |
225 |
|
Lyon Township |
298 |
|
Milford Township |
1,583 |
|
Smoky Hill Township |
4,974 |
|
Wingfield Township |
139 |
|
Total population: |
27,947 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1890 |
 (10,423)
|
|
1900 |
(10,744)
|
|
1910 |
(12,681)
|
|
1920 |
(13,452)
|
|
1930 |
(14,366)
|
|
1940 |
 (15,222)
|
|
1950 |
 (21,671)
|
|
1960 |
(28,779)
|
|
1970 |
(28,111)
|
|
1980 |
 (29,852)
|
|
1990 |
(30,453)
|
|
2000 |
 (27,947)
|
|
Gove County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
March 11, 1868 |
|
Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Gove |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized September 2, 1886. In honor of Capt. Grenville L. Gove
of Co. G, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry, who died 7 Nov 1864. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Baker Township |
1,357 |
|
Gaeland Township |
46 |
|
Gove Township |
215 |
|
Grainfield Township |
430 |
|
Grinnell Township |
480 |
|
Jerome Township |
132 |
|
Larrabee Township |
80 |
|
Lewis Township |
13 |
|
Payne Township |
315 |
|
Total population: |
3,068 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1880 |
 (1,196)
|
|
1890 |
(2,994)
|
|
1900 |
 (2,441)
|
|
1910 |
(6,044)
|
|
1920 |
(4,748)
|
|
1930 |
 (5,643)
|
|
1940 |
 (4,793)
|
|
1950 |
(4,447)
|
|
1960 |
(4,107)
|
|
1970 |
 (3,940)
|
|
1980 |
 (3,726)
|
|
1990 |
(3,231)
|
|
2000 |
 (3,068)
|
|
Graham County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
February 26, 1887 |
|
Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Hill City |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized in 1880. In memory of Capt. John L. Graham, of Co. D,
Eighth Kansas Infantry, who was killed in action at the Battle
of Chickamauga on 19 Sept. 1863. |
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Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Allodium Township |
46 |
|
Bryant Township |
115 |
|
Gettysburg Township |
83 |
|
Graham Township |
53 |
|
Happy Township |
72 |
|
Hill City Township |
1,747 |
|
Indiana Township |
42 |
|
Millbrook Township |
150 |
|
Morlan Township |
68 |
|
Nicodemus Township |
52 |
|
Pioneer Township |
57 |
|
Solomon Township |
209 |
|
Wildhorse Township |
252 |
|
Total population: |
2,946 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1880 |
 (4,258)
|
|
1890 |
(5,029)
|
|
1900 |
 (5,173)
|
|
1910 |
(8,700)
|
|
1920 |
 (7,624)
|
|
1930 |
(7,772)
|
|
1940 |
(6,071)
|
|
1950 |
(5,020)
|
|
1960 |
 (5,586)
|
|
1970 |
(4,751)
|
|
1980 |
 (3,995)
|
|
1990 |
 (3,543)
|
|
2000 |
 (2,946)
|
|
Grant County, Kansas
|
Date Established: |
March 20, 1873 |
|
Date Organized: |
|
|
Location: |
 |
|
County Seat: |
Ulysses |
|
Origin of Name: |
Organized June 9, 1888.
In honor of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the most capable of
the Union generals during the Civil War, and later the 18th
president of the United States. |
|
Cities & Townships: |
|
Place |
Population (2000 census) |
|
Howard Township |
[defunct] |
|
Lincoln Township |
7,058 |
|
Sheridan Township |
[defunct] |
|
Sherman Township |
498 |
|
Sullivan Township |
353 |
|
Thomas Township |
[defunct] |
|
Total population: |
7,909 |
|
|
|
 |
|
Population: |
|
1880 |
 (9)
|
|
1890 |
(1,308)
|
|
1900 |
 (422)
|
|
1910 |
 (1,087)
|
|
1920 |
(1,087)
|
|
1930 |
 (3,092)
|
|
1940 |
(1,946)
|
|
1950 |
(4,638)
|
|
1960 |
(5,269)
|
|
1970 |
(5,961)
|
|
1980 |
 (6,977)
|
|
1990 |
 (7,159)
|
|
2000 |
(7,909)
|
|
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