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==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|469|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|463|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|6.1|sqmi}} (1.3%) 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 fifth-smallest county in Kansas by total area. This county's [[drainage basin|watershed]] connects with both the [[Kansas River]] basin on the south via Stranger Creek and has a [[Missouri River]] port city to the east.<ref>''Big Stranger Creek'' Rogers, H.D., and Johnson, A. Keith. [[Kansas]] and [[Indian territory]] in The Atlas of the U.S. of North America, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Jamaica. London: E. Stanford, 1857 (no scale). A historical reference showing the [[Kansas Territory]] including parts of [[Colorado]]. Shows the westward trails.</ref><ref>''[http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/huc.cfm?huc_code=10270104 Lower Kansas] (Surf Your Watershed)''</ref> ===Adjacent counties=== * [[Platte County, Missouri|Platte County]], [[Missouri]] (north) * [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte County]] (east) * [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County]] (southeast) * [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas County]] (southwest) * [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson County]] (west) * [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]] (northwest)
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