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Barton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Great Bend. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 25,493. [1]
Greenwood County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Eureka. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,016. [1]
The first settlement at Eureka was in 1857. [5] The first post office in Eureka was established in August 1858. [6] Eureka was laid out in 1867, and it was incorporated in 1870. [5]
Crawford County is a county located in Southeast Kansas.Its county seat is Girard, [2] and its most populous city is Pittsburg.As of the 2020 census, the county population was 38,972. [1]
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1859, Osage County was established.
In 1861, Kansas was admitted as the 34th U.S. state. The area that today is Elk County was, for a brief period, reserved to the Osage Indians as hunting grounds for buffalo and other game. In 1867, when Howard County was formed, it encompassed both present day Elk and Chautauqua counties.
Stafford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. [2] Its county seat is St. John.As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,072. [1] The county is named in honor of Lewis Stafford, a captain of Company E, First Kansas Infantry, who died at the Battle of Young's Point during the American Civil War.
Pawnee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and largest city is Larned. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,253. [1] The county is named after the Pawnee tribe.