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Bourbon County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Scott . [ 2 ] As of the 2020 census , the county population was 14,360. [ 1 ]
Fort Scott is a city in and the county seat of Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,552. [3] [4] It is named for Gen. Winfield Scott. [5] The city is located 88 miles (142 km) south of Kansas City on the Marmaton River.
The Bourbon County Courthouse, located at 210 South National Avenue in Fort Scott, is the seat of government of Bourbon County, Kansas. Fort Scott has been the county seat since 1863; it served as the first county seat in 1855, followed by Marmaton. The courthouse was built from 1929 to 1930 by contractors Thogmartin-Reid Construction Company.
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Timberhill Township covers an area of 35.87 square miles (92.9 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Mapleton.According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Dayton, Morris and Northway.
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A post office was established in 1856 about two miles east of the present town. Uniontown was moved to its present site about 1865. [4] The early settlers being loyal to the Union in the Civil War caused the name to be selected. [5] Throughout the twentieth century the town was served by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
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