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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|572|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|571|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.2|sqmi}} (0.2%) 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> The [[Wolf River (Kansas)|Wolf River]] has its source in the county.<ref>[[DeLorme]] (2003). ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. p. 26. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref> [[Brown State Fishing Lake]], formerly known as "Brown County State Park" is in the county, <span style="white-space:nowrap">8 miles (13 km)</span> east of Hiawatha. ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Richardson County, Nebraska]] (north) * [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]] (east) * [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]] (southeast) * [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson County]] (southwest) * [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha County]] (west) ===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>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger |title=U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523020601/https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ |archive-date=May 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[U.S. Route 36 in Kansas|U.S. Route 36]] * [[U.S. Route 73#Kansas|U.S. Route 73]] * [[U.S. Route 75 in Kansas|U.S. Route 75]] * [[U.S. Route 159#Kansas|U.S. Route 159]] * [[K-20 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 20]] * [[K-246 (Kansas highway)|Kansas Highway 246]]
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