Editing Cheyenne County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Cheyenne County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = Cheyenne Co KS Courthouse.JPG
|ex image cap       = [[Cheyenne County Courthouse (Kansas)|Cheyenne County Courthouse]] in [[St. Francis, Kansas|St. Francis]] (2010)
|founded            = March 20, 1873
|named for          = [[Cheyenne|Cheyenne tribe]]{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}
|seat wl            = St. Francis
|largest city wl    = St. Francis
|area_total_sq_mi   = 1021 
|area_land_sq_mi    = 1020
|area_water_sq_mi   = 1.1
|area percentage    = 0.1%

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF"/>
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 2616
|pop_est_footnotes  =
|pop_est_as_of      =
|population_est     =
|population_density_sq_mi = 2.6

|area codes         = [[Area code 785|785]]
|district           = 1st
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://cncoks.us/|cncoks.us}}
|coordinates        = {{coord|39|48|N|101|48|W|region:US-KS_type:adm2nd_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Cheyenne County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the northwestern corner of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and most populous city is [[St. Francis, Kansas|St. Francis]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509170006/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 9, 2015 }}</ref>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 2,616.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Cheyenne County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cheyennecountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815221853/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cheyennecountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The county was named after the [[Cheyenne|Cheyenne tribe]].{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas}}

===19th century===
In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]].

Cheyenne County was established by an act of the state legislature on 1873-03-06,{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}} which defined the original borders of the county as: {{blockquote|Commencing where the east line of range 37 west, intersects the fortieth degree of north latitude; thence south with said range line to the first standard parallel; thence west with said parallel to the west line of the State of Kansas; thence north with the state line to the fortieth degree of north latitude; thence east with said parallel to the place of beginning.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}|}}
The county was surveyed the following year, and its first settlers arrived in 1879.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}}

Early settlement was in and around Wano, the "T" ranch (the county's first cattle ranch) being established {{convert|9|mile|km}} from there in 1876, and Jacob Buck and the families of A. M. Brenaman, L. R. Heaton, a man named Bateman all settling around the area.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}}
Brenaman was the first postmaster at Wano post office, established on 1880-08-23.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}}
The first storekeepers opened their store the following month, with the first school being Kepferle, and the first school district established on 1881-12-03.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}}
A dedicated school building, for 10 pupils, was donated by F. J. Graham and opened on 1882-01-10.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}}
By 1886 there were 5 school districts.{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=127}}

The name Wano was an Anglicization by the settlers of the Spanish word "[[wikt:bueno#Spanish|bueno]]" meaning "good".{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}
It was not only the name of the post office but of its first newspaper, the ''Wano News'', also run by Brenaman.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}
Like the county's second newspaper, the ''Echo'', the ''News'' was short lived and only had 5 issues.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}
Later newspapers were the ''Cheyenne County Rustler'', established on 1885-07-03 and originally published in Wano and later St Francis; the ''Frontiersman'', the ''Cheyenne County Democrat'', and the ''Bird City News'', all published in Bird City;{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=325}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=127}} and the ''Plaindealer'' published in St Francis.{{sfn|Mohler|Sims|1889|p=68}}

Independent county government was finally established in April 1886, by proclamation of Governor [[John Martin (Governor of Kansas)|John A. Martin]] in response to a petition from the previous month.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}
The appointed county commissioners were J. M. Ketcham, W. W. McKay and J. F. Murray; with B. W. Knott as the county clerk.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}
Martin originally proclaimed Bird City as the county seat, as an initial temporary arrangement.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=124}}
An election for the county seat and for elected county and township officers was held in May 1886,{{sfn|Denison|1886}} and Wano was chosen as county seat.{{sfn|Denison_a|1886}} However, that first election was tainted by voter fraud and later voided by a judge.{{sfn|Denison|1887}} The current county seat of St. Francis was eventually chosen by an election in February 1889{{sfn|Denison|1889}} and later approved by act of the state legislature on in February 1891.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}

==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.

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Cheyenne County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1880= 37
|1890= 4401
|1900= 2640
|1910= 4248
|1920= 5587
|1930= 6948
|1940= 6221
|1950= 5668
|1960= 4708
|1970= 4256
|1980= 3678
|1990= 3243
|2000= 3165
|2010= 2726
|2020= 2616
|estyear=2023
|estimate=2636
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 22, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 22, 2014}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}
In 1886 there were 2607 people in the county.{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=124}}
By 1910 this had risen to 4248.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}

As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 3,165 people, 1,360 households, and 919 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 1,636 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2|/mi2|/km2|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 97.91% [[White American|White]], 0.13% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 0.09% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.32% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 0.98% from other races, and 0.54% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 2.59% of the population.

There were 1,360 [[household]]s, out of which 27.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.10% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.40% were non-families. 30.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.80% under the age of 18, 5.10% from 18 to 24, 22.70% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 26.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 97.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $30,599, and the median income for a family was $34,816. Males had a median income of $24,976 versus $19,569 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,862. About 7.40% of families and 9.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.80% of those under age 18 and 6.70% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
Cheyenne County is a Republican stronghold. Only four Republican presidential candidates from 1888 to the present day have failed to carry the county, the most recent of which ironically being Kansas Governor [[Alf Landon]] in 1936 as he also failed to win the state's electoral votes.
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{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,442|356|26|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,330|358|112|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,008|758|39|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,440|399|68|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,423|412|179|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|1,147|886|7|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,622|636|13|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,479|663|8|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,915|597|20|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,219|978|81|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|1,610|736|22|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|1,760|971|13|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,241|1,673|11|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|979|1,716|134|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,466|586|54|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1900|Republican|348|286|9|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|327|322|11|Kansas}}
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===Laws===
Following amendment to the [[Kansas Constitution]] in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 2000, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties |publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue |date=November 2006 |access-date=December 26, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2007 }}</ref>

==Education==

===Unified school districts===
* [https://www.cheylin.com/ Cheylin USD 103]
* [https://www.usd297.org/ St. Francis Schools USD 297]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Cheyenne Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Cheyenne County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Cheyenne County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Cheyenne County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cheyenne.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515195458/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cheyenne.PDF |archive-date=May 15, 2023 |date=August 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
* [[Bird City, Kansas|Bird City]]
* [[St. Francis, Kansas|St. Francis]] (county seat)

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Wheeler, Kansas|Wheeler]]

===Ghost towns===
{{div col}}
* Marney{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
{{div col end}}

===Post offices===
In 1886 there were six post offices in the county: Bird City, Calhoun, Lawnridge, Marney, Orlando, and Wano.{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=127}}
In 1888, four had been added &mdash; Clugh, Gurney, Jaqua, and Neville &mdash; and Wano had become St Francis.{{sfn|Mohler|Sims|1889|p=69}}
By 1910 this had shrunk to just four: Bird City, Jaqua, St. Francis, and Wheeler.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=328}}

===Townships===
Cheyenne County is divided into seven [[Civil township|townships]]. None of the cities within the county are considered ''governmentally independent'', and all figures for the township include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

{| class="toccolours" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br/>center
! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>
! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|- 
| [[Benkelman Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Benkelman]] || 06025 ||  || 57 || 0 (1) || 186 (72) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|39|37|8|N|101|54|35|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Bird City Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Bird City]] || 06850 || [[Bird City, Kansas|Bird City]] || 771 || 1 (2) || 884 (341) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|39|45|30|N|101|31|41|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Calhoun Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Calhoun]] || 09950 ||  || 57 || 0 (1) || 231 (89) || 2 (1) || 0.70% || {{coord|39|56|8|N|101|39|18|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Cleveland Run Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Cleveland Run]] || 14150 ||  || 67 || 0 (1) || 186 (72) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|39|52|35|N|101|48|20|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Jaqua Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Jaqua]] || 35025 ||  || 46 || 0 (1) || 124 (48) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|39|39|48|N|102|1|20|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Orlando Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Orlando]] || 53050 ||  || 63 || 1 (2) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|39|45|36|N|101|41|0|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Wano Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas|Wano]] || 75375 || [[St. Francis, Kansas|St. Francis]] || 2,104 || 2 (6) || 937 (362) || 0 (0) || 0.05% || {{coord|39|45|27|N|101|50|4|W|}} 
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}
|}

Cheyenne started off in 1883 as a single municipal township attached to [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins County]] for judicial and financial purposes.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=326}}
In the May 1886 election before any county or townships officers had been elected and the county seat had been chosen, there were intended to be three townships: Bird City, Wano, and a township named Hour-glass, dividing up what had by then become three municipal townships although swapping some parts of the municipal townships around for the proposed new townships.{{sfn|Denison|1886}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=124}}

In the end, the county initially had 13 townships: Beaver, Benkelman, Bird City, Calhoun, Cherry Creek, Cleveland Run, Dent, Eureka, Jaqua, Lawn Ridge, Nuttycombe, Orlando, and Wano.{{sfn|Mohler|Sims|1889|p=65}}{{sfn|Sims|Wheeler|1887|p=124}}
At the start of the 20th century, there were 17 townships: the aforementioned 13 plus Alexander,   Evergreen, Jefferson, and Porter, all added some time between 1888 and 1890.{{sfn|Blackmar|1912a|p=327}}{{sfn|Mohler|Sims|1891|p=31}}
There since has been some consolidation in the 1970s.

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
{{See also Kansas counties}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite encyclopaedia|encyclopaedia=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History|volume=1|author1-first=Frank Wilson|author1-last=Blackmar|author1-link=Frank W. Blackmar|ol=13489994M|lccn=12015729|location=Chicago|publisher=Standard publishing Company|year=1912|article=Cheyenne County|pages=325&ndash;328|ref={{harvid|Blackmar|1912a}}}} ({{Internet Archive|id=kansascyclopedia01blac|name=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History}})
* {{cite book|title=Fifth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, for the years 1885&ndash;1886|author1-first=Wm.|author1-last=Sims|author2-first=Joshua|author2-last=Wheeler|location=Topeka, Kansas|publisher=T. S. Thacher|chapter=Cheyenne County|year=1887|pages=124&ndash;127}}
* {{cite book|title=Sixth Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, for the years 1887&ndash;1888|author1-first=M.|author1-last=Mohler|author2-first=Wm.|author2-last=Sims|location=Topeka, Kansas|publisher=T. S. Thacher|chapter=Cheyenne County|year=1889|pages=65&ndash;69}}
* {{cite book|title=Seventh Biennial Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, for the years 1889&ndash;1890|author1-first=M.|author1-last=Mohler|author2-first=Wm.|author2-last=Sims|location=Topeka, Kansas|publisher=T. S. Thacher|chapter=Cheyenne County|year=1891|pages=30&ndash;31}}
* {{cite news|newspaper=Cheyenne County Rustler|date=April 16, 1886|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/cheyenne-county-rustler-townships-in-che/139244909/|title=Townships in Cheyenne county|author1-first=C. E. |author1-last=Denison}}
* {{cite news|newspaper=Cheyenne County Rustler|date=May 21, 1886|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/cheyenne-county-rustler-1st-county-seat/140181467/|title=Victory for Wano|author1-first=C. E. |author1-last=Denison_a}}
* {{cite news|newspaper=Cheyenne County Rustler|date=December 2, 1887|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/375975921/?match=1&clipping_id=140183361|title=Bird city vs. truth|author1-first=C. E. |author1-last=Denison}}
* {{cite news|newspaper=Cheyenne County Rustler|date=March 14, 1889|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/cheyenne-county-rustler-final-election-c/140183278/|title=Gets the county seat|author1-first=C. E. |author1-last=Denison}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209436/ ''Standard Atlas of Cheyenne County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 48 pages; 1907.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Cheyenne County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://cncoks.us/|Cheyenne County - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260412 Cheyenne County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Maps
* Cheyenne County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/cheyenne.PDF Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Cheyenne County
|North     = [[Dundy County, Nebraska]]
|Northeast = [[Dundy County, Nebraska]]
|East      = [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins County]]
|Southeast = [[Sherman County, Kansas|Sherman County]]
|South     = [[Sherman County, Kansas|Sherman County]]
|Southwest = [[Kit Carson County, Colorado]]
|West      = [[Yuma County, Colorado]]
|Northwest = [[Yuma County, Colorado]]
}}

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