| Kansas County Selection List |
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| County | Created | Parent | County Seat | County Coordinator | |
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| Allen | 1855 | Original county | Iola |
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| Anderson | 1855 | Original county | Garnett |
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| Atchison | 1855 | Original county | Atchison |
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| Barber | 1867 | Harper | Medicine Lodge | Rebecca Maloney | |
| Barton | 1867 | Ellsworth | Great Bend |
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| Bourbon | 1855 | Original county | Fort Scott |
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| Brown | 1855 | Original county | Hiawatha | Rebecca Maloney | |
| Butler | 1855 | Original county | El Dorado |
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| Chase | 1859 | Butler | Cottonwood Falls | Lorna Marvin | |
| Chautauqua | 1875 | Howard | Sedan |
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| Cherokee | 1855 | Unorg. Terr. | Columbus | Carolyn Ward | |
| Cheyenne | 1875 | Kirwin Land District | Saint Francis |
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| Clark | 1885 | Ford | Ashland |
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| Clay | 1857 | Original county | Clay Center |
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| Cloud | 1860 | Formerly Shirley county | Concordia | Susan Hoppe | |
| Coffey | 1855 | Original county | Burlington | Rebecca Maloney | |
| Comanche | 1867 | Kiowa | Coldwater |
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| Cowley | 1867 | Formerly Hunter county | Winfield |
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| Crawford | 1867 | Bourbon | Girard |
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| Decatur | 1875 | Norton | Oberlin |
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| Dickinson | 1855 | Original county | Abilene |
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| Doniphan | 1855 | Original county | Troy | Bob Jenkins | |
| Douglas | 1855 | Original county | Lawrence | Linda K Lewis | |
| Edwards | 1874 | Kiowa | Kinsley |
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| Elk | 1875 | Howard | Howard |
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| Ellis | 1867 | Unorg. Terr. | Hays |
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| Ellsworth | 1867 | Saline | Ellsworth | Haylee Hoch | |
| Finney | 1883 | Arapahoe, Foote, Sequoyah | Garden City |
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| Ford | 1873 | Unorig. Terr. | Dodge City |
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| Franklin | 1855 | Original county | Ottawa | Linda K Lewis | |
| Geary | 1855 | Davis county 1875-1888, Riley | Junction City |
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| Gove | 1868 | Unorg. Terr. | Gove |
Lynette
Wolf and Cristy Tuttle | |
| Graham | 1867 | Rooks | Hill City |
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| Grant | 1873 | Finney, Kearney | Ulysses |
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| Gray | 1887 | Finney, Ford | Cimarron |
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| Greeley | 1873 | Hamilton | Tribune |
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| Greenwood | 1855 | Original county | Eureka |
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| Hamilton | 1873 | Unorg. Terr. | Syracuse |
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| Harper | 1867 | Kingman | Anthony |
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| Harvey | 1872 | McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion | Newton |
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| Haskell | 1887 | Finney | Sublette | Ludi Swanson | |
| Hodgeman | 1879 | Indian Lands (est. 1868) | Jetmore |
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| Jackson | 1855 | See Calhoun | Holton |
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| Jefferson | 1855 | Original county | Oskaloosa |
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| Jewell | 1867 | Mitchell | Mankato | Carolyn Ward | |
| Johnson | 1855 | Original county | Olathe | Linda K Lewis | |
| Kearny | 1873 | Finney | Lakin |
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| Kingman | 1886 | Unorig. Terr. | Kingman |
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| Kiowa | 1886 | Comanche, Edwards | Greensburg |
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| Labette | 1867 | Neosho | Oswego |
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| Lane | 1877 | Finney | Dighton | Linda K Lewis | |
| Leavenworth | 1855 | Original county | Leavenworth | Linda K Lewis | |
| Lincoln | 1867 | Ellsworth | Lincoln |
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| Linn | 1855 | Original county | Mound City | Linda K Lewis | |
| Logan | 1881 | Wallace (chg. from St. John 1887) | Oakley |
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| Lyon | 1857 | Madison (see Breckenridge) | Emporia |
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| Marion | 1855 | Chase | Marion | Rebecca Maloney | |
| Marshall | 1855 | Original county | Marysville | Alice Allen | |
| McPherson | 1867 | Unorg. Terr. | McPherson |
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| Meade | 1885 | Unorg. Terr. | Meade | Janette Friesen | |
| Miami | 1855 | Formerly Lykins county | Paola | Linda K Lewis | |
| Mitchell | 1867 | Kirwin Land Dist. | Beloit |
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| Montgomery | 1867 | Labette | Independence |
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| Morris | 1855 | Madison (formerly Wise) | Council Grove |
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| Morton | 1881 | Stanton | Elkhart |
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| Nemaha | 1855 | Original county | Seneca |
Roger
Goodman and Rebecca Maloney | |
| Neosho | 1855 | Original county | Erie | Norma Hass | |
| Ness | 1867 | Hodgeman | Ness City |
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| Norton | 1867 | Unorg. Terr. (chg. to Billings 1873, back to Norton 1874) | Norton |
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| Osage | 1855 | Formerly Weller county | Lyndon |
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| Osborne | 1867 | Mitchell | Osborne |
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| Ottawa | 1860 | Saline | Minneapolis |
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| Pawnee | 1867 | Rush, Stafford | Larned |
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| Phillips | 1867 | Kirwin Land Dist. | Phillipsburg |
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| Pottawatomie | 1857 | Riley, Calhoun | Westmoreland |
MaryAlice Schwanke | |
| Pratt | 1867 | Stafford | Pratt |
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| Rawlins | 1873 | Kirwin Land Dist. | Atwood |
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| Reno | 1867 | Sedgwick, McPherson | Hutchinson | Marcia Ann Kuehl | |
| Republic | 1860 | Washington, Cloud | Belleville |
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| Rice | 1867 | Reno | Lyons | Scot Stout | |
| Riley | 1855 | Unorg. Terr., Wabaunsee | Manhattan | Linda K Lewis | |
| Rooks | 1867 | Kirwin Land Dist. | Stockton |
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| Rush | 1867 | Unorg. Terr. | LaCrosse |
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| Russell | 1867 | Ellsworth | Russell |
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| Saline | 1860 | Original county | Salina | Norma Hass | |
| Scott | 1873 | Finney | Scott City | Kathleen Hoeme | |
| Sedgwick | 1867 | Butler | Wichita | Bill Pennington | |
| Seward | 1855 | Indian Lands | Liberal |
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| Shawnee | 1855 | Original county | Topeka | Bob Jenkins | |
| Sheridan | 1873 | Unorg. Terr. | Hoxie | Norma Hass | |
| Sherman | 1873 | Kirwin Land Dist. | Goodland |
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| Smith | 1867 | Unorg. Terr. | Smith Center |
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| Stafford | 1867 | Unorg. Terr. | Saint John |
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| Stanton | 1873 | Reorganized | Johnson |
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| Stevens | 1873 | Indian Lands | Hugoton | Mike Sweeney | |
| Sumner | 1867 | Cowley | Wellington | Billie Walsh | |
| Thomas | 1873 | Kirwin Land Dist. | Colby |
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| Trego | 1867 | Ellis | Wakeeney |
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| Wabaunsee | 1855 | Riley, Morris (Formerly Richardson) | Alma | Rebecca Maloney | |
| Wallace | 1868 | Indian Lands (see Logan) | Sharon Springs |
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| Washington | 1855 | Original county | Washington |
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| Wichita | 1873 | Indian Lands | Leoti |
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| Wilson | 1855 | Original county | Fredonia | Carolyn Ward | |
| Woodson | 1855 | Original county | Yates Center |
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| Wyandotte | 1859 | Original county | Kansas City | Linda K Lewis | |
