Editing Cheyenne County, Kansas (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1021|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1020|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.1|sqmi}} (0.1%) 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>

=== Farming and biota ===
In 1886, {{convert|6890|acre|ha}} of the county was fenced farms and {{convert|68807|acre|ha}} unfenced farmland, comprising 12% of the county.{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=125}}
There were {{convert|13413|acre|ha}} of cultivated land, {{convert|8035|acre|ha}} being devoted to corn, then the most lucrative crop, followed by {{convert|2042|acre|ha}} to [[sorghum]], its second most lucrative, and {{convert|480|acre|ha}} of enclosed prairie land.{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=125}}
However, most farmers were livestock farmers.{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=125}}

By 1910, the leading crops were (in descending order of value) wheat, corn, barley, hay, and [[broomcorn]].{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}
There was not originally much native timberland in the county.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}

=== Geology and hydrology ===
The county is crossed by the Republican River, whose tributaries include Bluff Creek, Cherry Creek, Plum Creek, and Hackberry Creek.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=125}}
Other trivers include Little Beaver Creek and a {{convert|3|mile|km}} reach of Big Beaver Creek in the south-east corner of the county, and the Arickaree River in the north-west corner.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=125}}

The soil is mainly sandy, with limited amounts of limestone in some of the streams.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=125}}

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Dundy County, Nebraska|Dundy County]], [[Nebraska]] (north/Mountain Time border)
* [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins County]] (east)
* [[Sherman County, Kansas|Sherman County]] (south/Mountain Time border)
* [[Kit Carson County, Colorado|Kit Carson County]], [[Colorado]] (southwest/Mountain Time border)
* [[Yuma County, Colorado|Yuma County]], [[Colorado]] (west/Mountain Time border)

===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 36 in Kansas|U.S. Route 36]]
* [[K-27 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 27]]
* [[K-161 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 161]]

===Time Zones===
{{Further|Time in Kansas}}
The county is in the Central Time zone, but is bordered by the Mountain Time Zone in three directions; it is the only county in the [[United States]] to have this characteristic. [[Dundy County, Nebraska]] to the north, [[Yuma County, Colorado]] and [[Kit Carson County, Colorado]] to the west, and [[Sherman County, Kansas|Sherman County]] to the south are all located in the Mountain Time Zone. As a result, [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins County]] is Cheyenne County's only neighbor to also observe Central Time.