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County | Established | Origin | County seat |
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Allen County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Iola |
Anderson County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Garnett |
Atchison County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Atchison |
Barber County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Medicine Lodge |
Barton County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Great Bend |
Bourbon County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Fort Scott |
Brown County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Browne County) | Hiawatha |
Butler County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | El Dorado |
Chase County | 1859 | Formed from Butler and Wise counties | Cottonwood Falls |
Chautauqua County | 1875 | Formed from Howard County | Sedan |
Cherokee County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly McGee County) | Columbus |
Cheyenne County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Saint Francis |
Clark County | 1885 | Formed from Ford County | Ashland |
Clay County | 1857 | From unorganized area | Clay Center |
Cloud County | 1866 | Formed from Washington (Formerly Shirley County) | Concordia |
Coffey County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Burlington |
Comanche County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Coldwater |
Cowley County | 1867 | Formed from Butler County | Winfield |
Crawford County | 1867 | Bourbon and Cherokee Counties | Girard |
Decatur County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Oberlin |
Dickinson County | 1857 | From unorganized area | Abilene |
Doniphan County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Troy |
Douglas County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Lawrence |
Edwards County | 1874 | Formed from Kiowa County | Kinsley |
Elk County | 1875 | Formed from Howard County | Howard |
Ellis County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Hays |
Ellsworth County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Ellsworth |
Finney County | 1883 | Formed from Arapahoe, Grant, Kearney and Sequoyah Counties | Garden City |
Ford County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Dodge City |
Franklin County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Ottawa |
Geary County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Davis County) | Junction City |
Gove County | 1868 | From unorganized area | Gove City |
Graham County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Hill City |
Grant County | 1888 | Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties | Ulysses |
Gray County | 1887 | Formed from Finney and Ford Counties | Cimarron |
Greeley County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Tribune |
Greenwood County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Eureka |
Hamilton County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Syracuse |
Harper County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Anthony |
Harvey County | 1872 | Formed from McPherson, Sedgwick and Reno Counties | Newton |
Haskell County | 1887 | Formed from Finney and Ford Counties | Sublette |
Hodgeman County | 1867 | From unorganized area (Formerly Hageman County) | Jetmore |
Jackson County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Calhoun County) | Holton |
Jefferson County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Oskaloosa |
Jewell County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Mankato |
Johnson County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Olathe |
Kearny County | 1887 | Formed from Finney and Hamilton Counties | Lakin |
Kingman County | 1872 | Harper and Reno Counties | Kingman |
Kiowa County | 1886 | Formed from Comanche and Edwards Counties | Greensburg |
Labette County | 1867 | Formed from Neosho County | Oswego |
Lane County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Dighton |
Leavenworth County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Leavenworth |
Lincoln County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Lincoln |
Linn County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Mound City |
Logan County | 1888 | Formed from Wallace County (formerly named St. John County) | Oakley |
Lyon County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Breckenridge County) | Emporia |
Marion County | 1860 | From unorganized area | Marion |
Marshall County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Marysville |
McPherson County | 1867 | From unorganized area | McPherson |
Meade County | 1885 | Formed from Finney, Ford and Seward Counties | Meade |
Miami County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Lykins) | Paola |
Mitchell County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Beloit |
Montgomery County | 1867 | Formed from Wilson County | Independence |
Morris County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Wise County) | Council Grove |
Morton County | 1886 | Formed from Seward County | Elkhart |
Nemaha County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Dorn County) | Seneca |
Neosho County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Dorn County) | Erie |
Ness County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Ness City |
Norton County | 1867 | From unorganized area (Formerly Billings (1873-9) | Norton |
Osage County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Weller County) | Lyndon |
Osborne County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Osborne |
Ottawa County | 1860 | From unorganized area | Minneapolis |
Pawnee County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Larned |
Phillips County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Phillipsburg |
Pottawatomie County | 1857 | Formed from Calhoun and Riley | Westmoreland |
Pratt County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Pratt |
Rawlins County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Atwood |
Reno County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Hutchinson |
Republic County | 1868 | Formed from Washington County | Belleville |
Rice County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Lyons |
Riley County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Manhattan |
Rooks County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Stockton |
Rush County | 1867 | From unorganized area | La Crosse |
Russell County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Russell |
Saline County | 1860 | From unorganized area | Salina |
Scott County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Scott City |
Sedgwick County | 1867 | Formed from Butler County | Wichita |
Seward County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Liberal |
Shawnee County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Topeka |
Sheridan County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Hoxie |
Sherman County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Goodland |
Smith County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Smith Center |
Stafford County | 1867 | From unorganized area | Saint John |
Stanton County | 1887 | Formed from Hamilton County | Johnson City |
Stevens County | 1886 | Formed from Seward County | Hugoton |
Sumner County | 1867 | Formed from Butler County | Wellington |
Thomas County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Colby |
Trego County | 1867 | From unorganized area | WaKeeney |
Wabaunsee County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties (Formerly Richardson County) | Alma |
Wallace County | 1868 | From unorganized area | Sharon Springs |
Washington County | 1857 | From unorganized area | Washington |
Wichita County | 1873 | From unorganized area | Leoti |
Wilson County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Fredonia |
Woodson County | 1855 | One of the original 36 counties | Yates Center |
Wyandotte County | 1859 | Formed from Leavenworth and Johnson Counties | Kansas City |
Dissolved Counties
- Arapaho Aug. 30, 1855 - absorbed into Finney 1883.
- El Paso Feb. 11, 1859 and later disorganized.
- Fremont Feb. 11, 1859, later disorganized.
- Broderick Feb. 11, 1859, later disorganized.
- Buffalo 1873, disorganized 1881, land annexed to Lane County.
- Garfield Mar. 5, 1887, annexed to Finney 1893.
- Hageman Feb. 26, 1867, later disorganized.
- Howard Aug. 30, 1855, reorganized into Elk and Chautauqua.
- Irving Feb. 27, 1860, annexed to Butler 1864.
- Kansas Mar. 6, 1873, annexed to Seward 1883.
- Oro Feb. 11, 1859, later disorganized.
- Montana Feb. 11, 1859, later disorganized.
- Peketon Feb. 27, 1860, later disorganized.
- Otoe Feb. 27, 1860, annexed to Butler 1864.
- Rush Feb. 26, 1867, later disorganized 1883.
- Sequoyah Aug. 30, 1855, renamed Finney 21 Feb 1883.
- Shelby 1865, annexed by Washington.
- Woodson Aug. 30 1855, had major boundary changes in 1868.
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