Editing Atchison County, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|434|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|431|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.6|sqmi}} (0.6%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the fourth-smallest county by area in Kansas.

On July 4, 1804, to mark [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]], the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] named Independence Creek (River) located near the city of [[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]] (see [[Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition]]).

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]] (north)
* [[Buchanan County, Missouri]] (northeast)
* [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]] (southeast)
* [[Platte County, Missouri|Platte County]], [[Missouri]] (east)
* [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson County]] (south)
* [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson County]] (west)
* [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown County]] (northwest)

===Major highways===
Sources: National Atlas,<ref>[http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ National Atlas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205020547/http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ |date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> U.S. Census Bureau<ref>[https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files]</ref>
* [[U.S. Route 59 in Kansas|U.S. Route 59]]
* [[U.S. Route 73#Kansas|U.S. Route 73]]
* [[U.S. Route 159#Kansas|U.S. Route 159]]
* [[K-7 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 7]]
* [[K-9 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 9]]
* [[K-116 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 116]]