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{{Note|See an interactive outline map of [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/map/map.html#KS ''Kansas Historical Counties''] at Newberry Library site.<ref>[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/pages/Kansas.html ''Kansas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''], John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.</ref> Select a year and the map will display the historical county boundaries. Click on map image for county details.}}
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<br> {{Tip|Sort the table by '''Date Formed''' or by '''Parent Counties''' and check [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_County_Index.htm Boundary Changes] for interesting insights.}}
 
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|-
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Name of County'''  
| '''County'''<br>
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Date Formed'''
| '''Year<br>Created'''  
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Boundary<br>Changes'''  
| '''Parent County'''<br>
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Parent County'''  
| '''Year Split and Child County'''<br>
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Counties Created by Boundary Changes'''
|-
|-
| [[Allen County, Kansas|Allen]] 
| &nbsp;
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ALLEN Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ANDERSON Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Arapahoe
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ARAPAHOE%20(ext) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| absorbed into Finney 1883
|-
|-
| [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]] 
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ATCHISON Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Barber County, Kansas|Barber]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BARBER Details]
|  
| Harper
|  
| Kansas 1873
|-
|-
| [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BARTON Details]
|  
| Ellsworth
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Billings
|  
| 1873 Mar 3
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NORTON Details]
|  
| renamed from Norton
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Bourbon]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BOURBON Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| Crawford 1867
|-
|-
| Breckenridge
|  
| 1857
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LYON Details]
|  
| Madison
|  
| renamed Lyon 1862
|-
|-
| Broderick
|  
| 1859 Feb 11
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BRODERICK%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BROWN Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Buffalo
|  
| 1873 Mar 6
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BUFFALO%20(ext) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| absorbed into Lane 1881
|-
|-
| [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BUTLER Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory, Irving (1864), Otoe (1864)
|  
| Chase 1859, Sedgwick 1867
|-
|-
| Calhoun
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JACKSON Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| Pottawatomie 1857, renamed Jackson 1859
|-
|-
| [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase]]
|  
| 1859 Feb 11
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHASE Details]
|  
| Butler
|  
| Marion 1855
|-
|-
| [[Chautauqua County, Kansas|Chautauqua]]
|  
| 1875 Mar 3
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHAUTAUQUA Details]
|  
| Howard
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]]
|  
| 1860 Feb 18
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHEROKEE Details]
|  
| renamed from McGee
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Cheyenne County, Kansas|Cheyenne]]
|  
| 1873 Mar 6
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHEYENNE Details]
|  
| Kirwin Land District
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Clark County, Kansas|Clark]]
|  
| 1885 Mar 7
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLARK Details]
|  
| Ford
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Clay County, Kansas|Clay]]
|  
| 1857 Feb 20
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLAY Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Cloud County, Kansas|Cloud]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLOUD Details]
|  
| renamed from Shirley
|  
| Republic 1860
|-
|-
| [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#COFFEY Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
| [[Comanche County, Kansas|Comanche]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#COMANCHE Details]
| Kiowa
| Kiowa 1886
|-
|-
| [[Cowley County, Kansas|Cowley]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#COWLEY Details]
|  
| renamed from Hunter
|  
| Sumner 1867
|-
|-
| [[Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 13
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CRAWFORD Details]
|  
| Bourbon
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Davis
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GEARY Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| renamed Geary 1889
|-
|-
| [[Decatur County, Kansas|Decatur]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#DECATUR Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#DONIPHAN Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Dorn
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NEOSHO Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| renamed Neosho 1861
|-
|-
| [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#DOUGLAS Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Edwards County, Kansas|Edwards]]
|  
| 1874 Mar 7
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#EDWARDS Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| Kiowa 1886
|-
|-
| El Paso
|  
| 1859 Feb 11
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#EL%20PASO%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Elk County, Kansas|Elk]]
|  
| 1875 Mar 3
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ELK Details]
|  
| Howard
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Ellis County, Kansas|Ellis]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ELLIS Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ELLSWORTH Details]
|  
| Saline
|  
| Barton 1867, Lincoln 1867, Russell 1867
|-
|-
| [[Finney County, Kansas|Finney]]
|  
| 1883 Feb 21
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FINNEY Details]
|  
| Arapahoe, Foote, Sequoyah
|  
| Foote 1887, Grant 1873, Gray 1887, haskell 1887, Kearny 1873, Lane 1873, Scott 1873
|-
|-
| Foote
|  
| 1883 Feb 221
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FOOTE%20(ext) Details]
|  
| Finney, Ford
|  
| renamed Gray 1887
|-
|-
| [[Ford County, Kansas|Ford]]
|  
| 1863 Mar 6
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FORD Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| Clark 1885, Foote 1887, Gray 1887
|-
|-
| [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FRANKLIN Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Fremont
|  
| 1859 Feb 11
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FREMONT%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| dissolved
|-
|-
| Garfield
|  
| 1887 Mar 5
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GARFIELD%20(ext) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary]]
|  
| 1889 Feb 28
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GEARY Details]
|  
| renamed from Davis
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Godfrey
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEWARD%20(orig.,%20ext) Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| renamed Seward 1861
|-
|-
| [[Gove County, Kansas|Gove]]
|  
| 1868 Mar 2
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GOVE Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Graham County, Kansas|Graham]]
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GRAHAM  Details]
|  
| Rooks
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Grant County, Kansas|Grant]]
|  
| 1873 Mar 6
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GRANT Details]
|  
| Finney, Kearny
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Gray County, Kansas|Gray]]
|  
| 1887 Mar 5
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GRAY Details]
|  
| renamed from Foote
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Greeley County, Kansas|Greeley]]
|  
| 1873 Mar 6
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GREELEY Details]
|  
| Hamilton
|  
| none
|-
|-
| [[Greenwood County, Kansas|Greenwood]]
|  
| 1855 Aug 30
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GREENWOOD Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| none
|-
|-
| Hageman (Hodgeman)
|  
| 1867 Feb 26
|  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HODGEMAN Details]
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Hamilton County, Kansas|Hamilton]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HAMILTON Details]
| Kansas Territory
| Greeley 1873
|-
| [[Harper County, Kansas|Harper]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HARPER Details]
| Kingman
| Barber 1867
|-
| [[Harvey County, Kansas|Harvey]]
| 1872 Feb 29
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HARVEY Details]
| McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion
| none
|-
| [[Haskell County, Kansas|Haskell]]
| 1887 Mar 5
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HASKELL Details]
| Finney
| none
|-
| [[Hodgeman County, Kansas|Hodgeman]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HODGEMAN Details]
| Indian lands
| Ness 1867
|-
| Howard
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HOWARD%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| divided to Chautauqua 1875, Elk 1875
|-
| Hunter
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HUNTER%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed 1867
|-
| Irving
| 1860 Feb 27
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#IRVING%20(ext) Details]
| Hunter
| annexed to Butler 1864
|-
| [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson]]
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JACKSON Details]
| renamed from Calhoun
| none
|-
| [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson]] 
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JEFFERSON Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Jewell County, Kansas|Jewell]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JEWELL Details]
| Mitchell
| none
|-
| Kansas
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KANSAS%20(ext) Details]
| Barber
| annexed to Seward 1883
|-
| [[Kearny County, Kansas|Kearny]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KEARNY Details]
| Finney
| Grant 1873
|-
| [[Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]]
| 1872 Feb 10
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KINGMAN Details]
| Reno
| none
|-
| [[Kiowa County, Kansas|Kiowa]]
| 1886 Feb 10
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KIOWA Details]
| Comanche, Edwards
| none
|-
| [[Labette County, Kansas|Labette]]
| 1867 Feb 7
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LABETTE Details]
| Neosho
| Montgomery 1867
|-
| [[Lane County, Kansas|Lane]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LANE Details]
| Finney, Buffalo (1881)
| none
|-
| [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LEAVENWORTH Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Lincoln County, Kansas|Lincoln]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LINCOLN Details]
| Ellsworth
| none
|-
| [[Linn County, Kansas|Linn]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LINN Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Logan County, Kansas|Logan]]
| 1887 Feb 24
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LOGAN Details]
| renamed from St. John
| none
|-
| Lykins
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MIAMI Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Miami 1861
|-
| [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon]]
| 1862 Feb 5
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LYON Details]
| renamed from Breckenridge
| none
|-
| Madison
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MADISON%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| Breckenridge 1857, Morris 1855
|-
| [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MARION Details]
| Chase
| Harvey 1872, Otoe 1860
|-
| [[Marshall County, Kansas|Marshall]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MARSHALL Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| McGee
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHEROKEE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Cherokee 1860
|-
| [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#McPHERSON Details]
| Kansas Territory
| Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
|-
| [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade]]
| 1885 Mar 7
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MEADE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Miami County, Kansas|Miami]]
| 1861 Jun 3
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MIAMI Details]
| renamed from Lykins
| none
|-
| [[Mitchell County, Kansas|Mitchell]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MITCHELL Details]
| Kirwin Land District
| Jewell 1867, Osborne 1867
|-
| Montana
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MONTANA%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
|-
| [[Montgomery County, Kansas|Montgomery]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MONTGOMERY Details]
| Labette
| none
|-
| [[Morris County, Kansas|Morris]]
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MORRIS Details]
| renamed from Wise
| none
|-
| [[Morton County, Kansas|Morton]]
| 1886 Nov 17
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MORTON Details]
| Kansas
| none
|-
| [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NEMAHA Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]]
| 1861 Jun 3
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NEOSHO Details]
| renamed from Dorn
| none
|-
| [[Ness County, Kansas|Ness]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NESS Details]
| Hodgeman
| none
|-
| [[Norton County, Kansas|Norton]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NORTON Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Billings 1873-1874
|-
| Oro
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ORO%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
|-
| [[Osage County, Oklahoma|Osage]]
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OSAGE Details]
| renamed from Weller
| none
|-
| [[Osborne County, Kansas|Osborne]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OSBORNE Details]
| Mitchell
| none
|-
| Otoe
| 1860 Feb 27
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OTOE%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| annexed to Butler 1864
|-
| [[Ottawa County, Kansas|Ottawa]]
| 1860 Feb 27
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OTTAWA Details]
| Saline
| none
|-
| [[Pawnee County, Kansas|Pawnee]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PAWNEE Details]
| Rush, Stafford
| none
|-
| Peketon
| 1860 Feb 27
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PEKETON%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
|-
| [[Phillips County, Kansas|Phillips]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PHILLIPS Details]
| Kirwin Land District
| none
|-
| [[Pottawatomie County, Kansas|Pottawatomie]]
| 1857 Feb 20
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#POTTAWATOMIE Details]
| Riley, Calhoun
| none
|-
| [[Pratt County, Kansas|Pratt]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PRATT Details]
| Stafford
| none
|-
| [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RAWLINS Details]
| Kirwin Land District
| none
|-
| [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RENO Details]
| Sedgwick, McPherson
| Rice 1867
|-
| [[Republic County, Kansas|Republic]]
| 1860 Feb 27
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#REPUBLIC Details]
| Washington, Cloud
| none
|-
| [[Rice County, Kansas|Rice]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RICE Details]
| Reno
| none
|-
| Richardson
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WABAUNSEE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Wabaunsee 1859
|-
| [[Riley County, Kansas|Riley]]
| 1855 Aug 30
|[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RILEY Details]
| Kansas Territory
| Davis 1871, Pottawatomie 1857, Richardson 1855
|-
| [[Rooks County, Kansas|Rooks]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ROOKS Details]
| Kirwin Land District
| none
|-
| Rush
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RUSH Details]
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved 1883
|-
| [[Russell County, Kansas|Russell]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RUSSELL Details]
| Ellsworth
| none
|-
| St. John
| 1881 Mar 4
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LOGAN Details]
| Wallace
| renamed 1887
|-
| [[Saline County, Kansas|Saline]]
| 1860 Feb 15
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SALINE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| Ellsworth 1867, Ottawa 1860
|-
| [[Scott County, Kansas|Scott]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SCOTT Details]
| Finney
| none
|-
| [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEDGWICK Details]
| Butler
| Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
|-
| Sequoyah
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEQUOYAH%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Finney 1883
|-
| [[Seward County, Kansas|Seward]]
| 1861 Jun 3
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEWARD%20(orig) Details]
| renamed from Godfrey, Kansas (1883)
| none
|-
| [[Shawnee County, Kansas|Shawnee]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SHAWNEE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| Shelby
| 1865
|  
|  
| Kansas Territory
|  
| absorbed by Washington
|  
|-
|  
| [[Sheridan County, Kansas|Sheridan]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SHERIDAN Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Sherman County, Kansas|Sherman]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SHERMAN Details]
| Kirwin Land District
| none
|-
| Shirley
| 1860 Feb 27
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLOUD Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Cloud 1867
|-
| [[Smith County, Kansas|Smith]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SMITH Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Stafford County, Kansas|Stafford]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#STAFFORD Details]
| Kansas territory
| Pawnee 1867, Pratt 1867
|-
| [[Stanton County, Kansas|Stanton]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#STANTON Details]
| Indian lands
| none
|-
| [[Stevens County, Kansas|Stevens]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#STEVENS Details]
| Indian lands
| none
|-
| [[Sumner County, Kansas|Sumner]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SUMNER Details]
| Cowley
| none
|-
| [[Thomas County, Kansas|Thomas]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#THOMAS Details]
| Kirwin Land District
| none
|-
| [[Trego County, Kansas|Trego]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#TREGO Details]
| Ellis
| none
|-
| [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee]]
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WABAUNSEE Details]
| renamed from Richardson
| none
|-
| [[Wallace County, Kansas|Wallace]]
| 1868 Mar 2
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WALLACE Details]
| Indian lands
| St. John 1881
|-
| [[Washington County, Kansas|Washington]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WASHINGTON Details]
| Kansas Territory, Shelby
| Republic 1860
|-
| Weller
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OSAGE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Osage 1859
|-
| [[Wichita County, Kansas|Wichita]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WICHITA Details]
| Indian lands
| none
|-
| [[Wilson County, Kansas|Wilson]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WILSON Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| Wise
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MORRIS Details]
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Morris 1859
|-
| [[Woodson County, Kansas|Woodson]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WOODSON Details]
| Kansas Territory
| major boundary changes 1868
|-
| [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte]]
| 1859 Feb 11
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WYANDOTTE Details]
| Kansas Territory
| none
|}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:United_States_County_Creations]]

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