Counties in Kansas that I have Visited

There are 105 Counties in Kansas – “The Sunflower State

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

Kansas Counties Visitied

I have visited 17 Counties = 16.2% of Counties in Kansas

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.


Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Kansas

Markers designate the Kansas locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.


Counties in Kansas

Kansas: Land of Oz
The Land of Oz in Liberal, Kansas

Below are the 105 counties in Kansas. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

  1. Allen
  2. Anderson
  3. Atchison
  4. Barber
  5. Barton
  6. Bourbon
  7. Brown
  8. Butler: Largest county in Kansas (1,428 square miles); Throw the Dart; Hundred Dollar Hamburger.
  9. Chase: National Preserves
  10. Chautauqua
  11. Cherokee
  12. Cheyenne: Surrounded in Time
  13. Clark
  14. Clay
  15. Cloud
  16. Coffey
  17. Comanche
  18. Cowley: Life is Hard
  19. Crawford: Comedy Duos
  20. Decatur
  21. Dickinson
  22. Doniphan
  23. Douglas
  24. Edward
  25. Elkhart
  26. Ellis: Hays
  27. Ellsworth: Wilson
  28. Finney
  29. Ford: Time Zone Sundials
  30. Franklin
  31. Geary
  32. Gove
  33. Graham
  34. Grant: Mainly Marathons; Race Across America
  35. Gray
  36. Greeley: Smallest county population in Kansas (1,534 people in 2000 Census).
  37. Greenwood
  38. Hamilton
  39. Harper
  40. Harvey
  41. Haskell
  42. Hodgeman
  43. Jackson
  44. Jefferson
  45. Jewell
  46. Johnson: Largest county population in Kansas (451,086 people in 2000 Census); Trap Streets; Semi-Practical Exclaves Galore!.
  47. Kearny
  48. Kingman
  49. Kiowa
  50. Labette
  51. Lane
  52. Leavenworth: X Marks the Spot
  53. Lincoln
  54. Linn
  55. Logan
  56. Lyon
  57. Marion
  58. Marshall
  59. McPherson
  60. Meade
  61. Miami
  62. Mitchell
  63. Montgomery
  64. Morris
  65. Morton: Rolla; CO-KS-OK Tripoint; Morton Co. Museum; Point of Rocks; Miracle Well; Santa Fe Trail Wagon Ruts
  66. Nemaha
  67. Neosho: Black Gold
  68. Ness
  69. Norton
  70. Osage: Seventeen Steps from Middle
  71. Osborne
  72. Ottawa
  73. Pawnee
  74. Phillips
  75. Pottawatomie: Iconic Views; Visiting Oz
  76. Pratt
  77. Rawlins
  78. Reno
  79. Republic
  80. Rice
  81. Riley
  82. Rooks
  83. Rush
  84. Russel
  85. Saline
  86. Scott
  87. Sedgwick: Flipping Lat/Long Directions; Mmm… Doughnut
  88. Seward: Land of Oz; Switching Sides
  89. Shawnee: Seventeen Steps from Middle
  90. Sheridan
  91. Sherman: Kansas Mountain Time; Kanorado
  92. Smith
  93. Stafford
  94. Stanton
  95. Stevens
  96. Summer
  97. Thomas
  98. Trego
  99. Wabaunsee
  100. Wallace
  101. Washington
  102. Wichita: Not the City
  103. Wilson
  104. Woodson
  105. Wyandotte: Smallest county in Kansas (151 square miles); What State U; Back to the Lines.

Quick Facts About Kansas

  • Location: West North Central United States. See map above.
  • Size(1): 81,759 square miles. Kansas is the 13th largest state. The next larger state is Utah and the next smaller state is Minnesota.
  • Population(2): 2,911,505 people. Kansas is the 35th most populous state. The next more populous state is Mississippi and the next less populous state is New Mexico.
  • Population Density: 35.6 people per square mile. Kansas is the 41st most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Utah and the next less densely populated state is Nevada.
  • Bordering States: Kansas shares a border with 4 states: Nebraska; Colorado; Oklahoma and Missouri.
  • Admission to the Union: January 29, 1861. Kansas was the 34th state admitted to the Union, after Oregon and before West Virginia.
  • Capital: Topeka.
  • Highest Point: 4,039 feet at Mount Sunflower. See SummitPost’s Mount Sunflower page.
  • Lowest Point: 679 feet at the Verdigris River in Montgomery County.
  • Government website: Kansas.gov.
  • Official Tourism website: There’s No Place Like Kansas.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Kansas page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.


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