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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox subdivision type This is a list of counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional information. Every license plate issued by the state contains the same two-letter abbreviation for the county in which its vehicle is registered.

Overview

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Kansas has 105 counties, the fifth-highest total of any state. The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named for figures in the American Civil War. Several counties throughout the state bear names of Native American origin.

Wyandotte County and the city of Kansas City,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Greeley County and the city of Tribune, operate as unified governments.<ref name=UGGC1>Template:Cite web</ref>

The FIPS state code for Kansas is 20.

Alphabetical list

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Former counties of Kansas

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1881 map of Kansas, showing Arrapahoe, Buffalo, Kansas, Kearney, Sequoyah, St. John counties
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1893 map of Kansas, showing Garfield and Kearney counties
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County Dates Notes Source
Washington 1855–57 One of 36 Original Counties. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Seward 1861–67 Formerly part of Godfrey. Dissolved into Greenwood and Howard Counties. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Godfrey 1855–61 One of the Original 36 Counties. Name changed to Seward around 1861. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Hunter 1855–64 One of the Original 36 Counties. Dissolved into Butler County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Irving 1860–64 Formed from Hunter County. Dissolved into Butler County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Otoe 1860–64 Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved into Butler County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Shirley 1860–67 Formed from Unorganized Area and renamed Cloud County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Peketon 1860–65 Formed from Unorganized Area and dissolved back into Unorganized Area. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Madison 1855–61 One of the Original 36 Counties. Dissolved into Breckenridge and Greenwood. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Howard 1867–75 Formed from Seward and Butler Counties. Dissolved into Chautauqua and Elk Counties. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Arapahoe 1873–83 Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Buffalo 1873–81 Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Gray County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Foote 1873–81 Dissolved into Ford and Finney Counties. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Kansas 1873–83 Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Seward County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Sequoyah 1873–83 Formed from Unorganized Area. Dissolved into Finney County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Garfield 1887–93 Formed from Finney and Hodgeman Counties and merged into Finney County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Billings 1873–74 Created from Norton County and returned to Norton County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Davis 1855–89 One of 36 Original Counties, now part of Geary County.
Breckinridge 1855–62 Now Lyon County. <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

St. John County was established in 1871, and formed from the area to the east of range 38 in what was then part of Wallace County. In 1885, the name was changed to Logan County.<ref name="Blackmar">Template:Cite book</ref>

Kearney County was established on March 6, 1873, and was dissolved in 1883, with the land area being split between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was reestablished with its original borders in 1887, and organized on March 27, 1888. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County (without an extra "e") to match the last name of Philip Kearny.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

See also

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References

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Further reading

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