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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'''  
| style="background: rgb(240,240,240); moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" align="center" | '''Name of County'''  
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Date Formed'''  
| style="background: rgb(240,240,240); moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" align="center" | '''Date Formed'''  
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Boundary<br>Changes'''
| style="background: rgb(240,240,240); moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" align="center" | '''Parent County'''  
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Parent County'''  
| style="background: rgb(240,240,240); moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial" align="center" | '''Progeny County'''
| align="center" style="background: rgb(240, 240, 240) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" | '''Counties Created by Boundary Changes'''
|-
|-
| [[Allen County, Kansas|Allen]]
| [[Allen County, Kansas|Allen]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| nowrap="nowrap" | 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ALLEN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson]]  
| [[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ANDERSON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Arapahoe  
| Arapahoe  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ARAPAHOE%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| absorbed into Finney 1883
| absorbed into Finney 1883
|-
|-
| [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]]
| [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ATCHISON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Barber County, Kansas|Barber]]
| [[Barber County, Kansas|Barber]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BARBER Details]
| Harper  
| Harper
| Kansas 1873
| Kansas 1873
|-
|-
| [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton]]
| [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BARTON Details]
| Ellsworth  
| Ellsworth
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Billings  
| Billings  
| 1873 Mar 3
| 03 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NORTON Details]
| renamed from Norton  
| renamed from Norton
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Bourbon]]
| [[Bourbon County, Kansas|Bourbon]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BOURBON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| Crawford 1867
| Crawford 1867
|-
|-
| Breckenridge  
| Breckenridge  
| 1857
| 1857  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LYON Details]
| Madison  
| Madison
| renamed Lyon 1862
| renamed Lyon 1862
|-
|-
| Broderick
| Broderick  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BRODERICK%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown]]
| [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BROWN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Buffalo
| Buffalo  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BUFFALO%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| absorbed into Lane 1881
| absorbed into Lane 1881
|-
|-
| [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler]]
| [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#BUTLER Details]
| nowrap="nowrap" | Kansas Territory, Irving (1864), Otoe (1864)  
| Kansas Territory, Irving (1864), Otoe (1864)
| Chase 1859, Sedgwick 1867
| Chase 1859, Sedgwick 1867
|-
|-
| Calhoun  
| Calhoun  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JACKSON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| Pottawatomie 1857, renamed Jackson 1859
| Pottawatomie 1857, renamed Jackson 1859
|-
|-
| [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase]]  
| [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase]]  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHASE Details]
| Butler  
| Butler
| Marion 1855
| Marion 1855
|-
|-
| [[Chautauqua County, Kansas|Chautauqua]]
| [[Chautauqua County, Kansas|Chautauqua]]  
| 1875 Mar 3
| 03 Mar 1875  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHAUTAUQUA Details]
| Howard  
| Howard
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]]  
| [[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]]  
| 1860 Feb 18
| 18 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHEROKEE Details]
| renamed from McGee  
| renamed from McGee
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Cheyenne County, Kansas|Cheyenne]]
| [[Cheyenne County, Kansas|Cheyenne]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHEYENNE Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Clark County, Kansas|Clark]]
| [[Clark County, Kansas|Clark]]  
| 1885 Mar 7
| 07 Mar 1885  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLARK Details]
| Ford  
| Ford
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Clay County, Kansas|Clay]]
| [[Clay County, Kansas|Clay]]  
| 1857 Feb 20
| 20 Feb 1857  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLAY Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Cloud County, Kansas|Cloud]]
| [[Cloud County, Kansas|Cloud]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLOUD Details]
| renamed from Shirley  
| renamed from Shirley
| Republic 1860
| Republic 1860
|-
|-
| [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]]
| [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#COFFEY Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-  
|-
| [[Comanche County, Kansas|Comanche]]
| [[Comanche County, Kansas|Comanche]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#COMANCHE Details]
| Kiowa  
| Kiowa
| Kiowa 1886
| Kiowa 1886
|-
|-
| [[Cowley County, Kansas|Cowley]]
| [[Cowley County, Kansas|Cowley]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#COWLEY Details]
| renamed from Hunter  
| renamed from Hunter
| Sumner 1867
| Sumner 1867
|-
|-
| [[Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford]]
| [[Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford]]  
| 1867 Feb 13
| 13 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CRAWFORD Details]
| Bourbon  
| Bourbon
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Davis
| Davis  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GEARY Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Geary 1889
| renamed Geary 1889
|-
|-
| [[Decatur County, Kansas|Decatur]]
| [[Decatur County, Kansas|Decatur]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 06 Mar 1873
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#DECATUR Details]
| Norton
| Kansas Territory
| none
|-
| [[Dickinson County, Kansas|Dickinson]]  
| 30 Aug 1855
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan]]
| [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#DONIPHAN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Dorn
| Dorn  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NEOSHO Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Neosho 1861
| renamed Neosho 1861
|-
|-
| [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas]]
| [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#DOUGLAS Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Edwards County, Kansas|Edwards]]
| [[Edwards County, Kansas|Edwards]]  
| 1874 Mar 7
| 07 Mar 1874  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#EDWARDS Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| Kiowa 1886
| Kiowa 1886
|-
|-
| El Paso
| El Paso  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#EL%20PASO%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Elk County, Kansas|Elk]]
| [[Elk County, Kansas|Elk]]  
| 1875 Mar 3
| 03 Mar 1875  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ELK Details]
| Howard  
| Howard
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Ellis County, Kansas|Ellis]]
| [[Ellis County, Kansas|Ellis]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ELLIS Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth]]
| [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ELLSWORTH Details]
| Saline  
| Saline
| Barton 1867, Lincoln 1867, Russell 1867
| Barton 1867, Lincoln 1867, Russell 1867
|-
|-
| [[Finney County, Kansas|Finney]]
| [[Finney County, Kansas|Finney]]  
| 1883 Feb 21
| 21 Feb 1883  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FINNEY Details]
| Arapahoe, Foote, Sequoyah  
| Arapahoe, Foote, Sequoyah
| Foote 1887, Grant 1873, Gray 1887, haskell 1887, Kearny 1873, Lane 1873, Scott 1873
| Foote 1887, Grant 1873, Gray 1887, haskell 1887, Kearny 1873, Lane 1873, Scott 1873
|-
|-
| Foote
| Foote  
| 1883 Feb 221
| 21 Feb 1883  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FOOTE%20(ext) Details]
| Finney, Ford  
| Finney, Ford
| renamed Gray 1887
| renamed Gray 1887
|-
|-
| [[Ford County, Kansas|Ford]]
| [[Ford County, Kansas|Ford]]  
| 1863 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1863  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FORD Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| Clark 1885, Foote 1887, Gray 1887
| Clark 1885, Foote 1887, Gray 1887
|-
|-
| [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]]
| [[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FRANKLIN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Fremont
| Fremont  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#FREMONT%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| Garfield
| Garfield  
| 1887 Mar 5
| 05 Mar 1887  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GARFIELD%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary]]
| [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary]]  
| 1889 Feb 28
| 28 Feb 1889  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GEARY Details]
| renamed from Davis  
| renamed from Davis
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Godfrey
| Godfrey  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEWARD%20(orig.,%20ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Seward 1861
| renamed Seward 1861
|-
|-
| [[Gove County, Kansas|Gove]]
| [[Gove County, Kansas|Gove]]  
| 1868 Mar 2
| 02 Mar 1868  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GOVE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Graham County, Kansas|Graham]]
| [[Graham County, Kansas|Graham]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GRAHAM  Details]
| Rooks  
| Rooks
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Grant County, Kansas|Grant]]
| [[Grant County, Kansas|Grant]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GRANT Details]
| Finney, Kearny  
| Finney, Kearny  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Gray County, Kansas|Gray]]
| [[Gray County, Kansas|Gray]]  
| 1887 Mar 5
| 05 Mar 1887  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GRAY Details]
| renamed from Foote  
| renamed from Foote
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Greeley County, Kansas|Greeley]]
| [[Greeley County, Kansas|Greeley]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GREELEY Details]
| Hamilton  
| Hamilton
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Greenwood County, Kansas|Greenwood]]
| [[Greenwood County, Kansas|Greenwood]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#GREENWOOD Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Hageman (Hodgeman)
| Hageman  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HODGEMAN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Hamilton County, Kansas|Hamilton]]
| [[Hamilton County, Kansas|Hamilton]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HAMILTON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| Greeley 1873
| Greeley 1873
|-
|-
| [[Harper County, Kansas|Harper]]
| [[Harper County, Kansas|Harper]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HARPER Details]
| Kingman  
| Kingman
| Barber 1867
| Barber 1867
|-
|-
| [[Harvey County, Kansas|Harvey]]
| [[Harvey County, Kansas|Harvey]]  
| 1872 Feb 29
| 29 Feb 1872  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HARVEY Details]
| McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion  
| McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Haskell County, Kansas|Haskell]]
| [[Haskell County, Kansas|Haskell]]  
| 1887 Mar 5
| 05 Mar 1887  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HASKELL Details]
| Finney  
| Finney
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Hodgeman County, Kansas|Hodgeman]]
| [[Hodgeman County, Kansas|Hodgeman]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HODGEMAN Details]
| Indian lands  
| Indian lands
| Ness 1867
| Ness 1867
|-
|-
| Howard
| Howard  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HOWARD%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| divided to Chautauqua 1875, Elk 1875
| divided to Chautauqua 1875, Elk 1875
|-
|-
| Hunter
| Hunter  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#HUNTER%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| renamed 1867
| renamed 1867
|-
|-
| Irving
| Irving  
| 1860 Feb 27
| 27 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#IRVING%20(ext) Details]
| Hunter  
| Hunter
| annexed to Butler 1864
| annexed to Butler 1864
|-
|-
| [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson]]
| [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson]]  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JACKSON Details]
| renamed from Calhoun  
| renamed from Calhoun  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson]]
| [[Jefferson County, Kansas|Jefferson]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JEFFERSON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Jewell County, Kansas|Jewell]]  
| [[Jewell County, Kansas|Jewell]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#JEWELL Details]
| Mitchell  
| Mitchell
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Kansas
| Kansas  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KANSAS%20(ext) Details]
| Barber  
| Barber
| annexed to Seward 1883
| annexed to Seward 1883
|-
|-
| [[Kearny County, Kansas|Kearny]]  
| [[Kearny County, Kansas|Kearny]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KEARNY Details]
| Finney  
| Finney
| Grant 1873
| Grant 1873
|-
|-
| [[Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]]  
| [[Kingman County, Kansas|Kingman]]  
| 1872 Feb 10
| 10 Feb 1872  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KINGMAN Details]
| Reno  
| Reno
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Kiowa County, Kansas|Kiowa]]
| [[Kiowa County, Kansas|Kiowa]]  
| 1886 Feb 10
| 10 Feb 1886  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#KIOWA Details]
| Comanche, Edwards  
| Comanche, Edwards
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Labette County, Kansas|Labette]]
| [[Labette County, Kansas|Labette]]  
| 1867 Feb 7
| 07 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LABETTE Details]
| Neosho  
| Neosho  
| Montgomery 1867
| Montgomery 1867
|-
|-
| [[Lane County, Kansas|Lane]]
| [[Lane County, Kansas|Lane]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LANE Details]
| Finney, Buffalo (1881)  
| Finney, Buffalo (1881)
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]]
| [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LEAVENWORTH Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Lincoln County, Kansas|Lincoln]]
| [[Lincoln County, Kansas|Lincoln]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LINCOLN Details]
| Ellsworth  
| Ellsworth
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Linn County, Kansas|Linn]]
| [[Linn County, Kansas|Linn]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LINN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Logan County, Kansas|Logan]]
| [[Logan County, Kansas|Logan]]  
| 1887 Feb 24
| 24 Feb 1887  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LOGAN Details]
| reamed from St. John  
| renamed from St. John  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Lykins
| Lykins  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MIAMI Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Miami 1861
| renamed Miami 1861
|-
|-
| [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon]]
| [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon]]  
| 1862 Feb 5
| 05 Feb 1862  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LYON Details]
| renamed from Breckenridge  
| renamed from Breckenridge
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Madison
| Madison  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MADISON%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| Breckenridge 1857, Morris 1855
| Breckenridge 1857, Morris 1855
|-
|-
| [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]]
| [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MARION Details]
| Chase  
| Chase
| Harvey 1872, Otoe 1860
| Harvey 1872, Otoe 1860
|-
|-
| [[Marshall County, Kansas|Marshall]]  
| [[Marshall County, Kansas|Marshall]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MARSHALL Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| McGee
| Mc Gee
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CHEROKEE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| renamed Cherokee 1860
| renamed Cherokee 1860
|-
|-
| [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson]]
| [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#McPHERSON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
| Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
|-
|-
| [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade]]
| [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade]]  
| 1885 Mar 7
| 07 mar 1885  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MEADE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Miami County, Kansas|Miami]]
| [[Miami County, Kansas|Miami]]  
| 1861 Jun 3
| 03 Jun 1861  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MIAMI Details]
| renamed from Lykins  
| renamed from Lykins
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Mitchell County, Kansas|Mitchell]]
| [[Mitchell County, Kansas|Mitchell]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MITCHELL Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District  
| Jewell 1867, Osborne 1867
| Jewell 1867, Osborne 1867
|-
|-
| Montana
| Montana  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MONTANA%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Montgomery County, Kansas|Montgomery]]
| [[Montgomery County, Kansas|Montgomery]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MONTGOMERY Details]
| Labette  
| Labette
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Morris County, Kansas|Morris]]  
| [[Morris County, Kansas|Morris]]  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MORRIS Details]
| renamed from Wise  
| renamed from Wise
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Morton County, Kansas|Morton]]
| [[Morton County, Kansas|Morton]]  
| 1886 Nov 17
| 17 Nov 1886  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MORTON Details]
| Kansas  
| Kansas
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha]]
| [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NEMAHA Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]]  
| [[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]]  
| 1861 Jun 3
| 03 Jun 1861  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NEOSHO Details]
| renamed from Dorn  
| renamed from Dorn  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Ness County, Kansas|Ness]]  
| [[Ness County, Kansas|Ness]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NESS Details]
| Hodgeman  
| Hodgeman  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Norton County, Kansas|Norton]]  
| [[Norton County, Kansas|Norton]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#NORTON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| renamed Billings 1873-1874
| renamed Billings 1873, renamed 1874
|-
|-
| Oro  
| Oro  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ORO%20(Ks.%20Terr) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Osage County, Oklahoma|Osage]]  
| [[Osage County, Oklahoma|Osage]]  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OSAGE Details]
| renamed from Weller  
| renamed from Weller  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Osborne County, Kansas|Osborne]]  
| [[Osborne County, Kansas|Osborne]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OSBORNE Details]
| Mitchell  
| Mitchell  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Otoe  
| Otoe  
| 1860 Feb 27
| 27 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OTOE%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| annexed to Butler 1864
| annexed to Butler 1864
|-
|-
| [[Ottawa County, Kansas|Ottawa]]  
| [[Ottawa County, Kansas|Ottawa]]  
| 1860 Feb 27
| 27 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OTTAWA Details]
| Saline  
| Saline  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Pawnee County, Kansas|Pawnee]]  
| [[Pawnee County, Kansas|Pawnee]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PAWNEE Details]
| Rush, Stafford  
| Rush, Stafford  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Peketon  
| Peketon  
| 1860 Feb 27
| 27 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PEKETON%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| dissolved
| dissolved
|-
|-
| [[Phillips County, Kansas|Phillips]]  
| [[Phillips County, Kansas|Phillips]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PHILLIPS Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Pottawatomie County, Kansas|Pottawatomie]]  
| [[Pottawatomie County, Kansas|Pottawatomie]]  
| 1857 Feb 20
| 20 Feb 1857  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#POTTAWATOMIE Details]
| Riley, Calhoun  
| Riley, Calhoun  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Pratt County, Kansas|Pratt]]  
| [[Pratt County, Kansas|Pratt]]  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#PRATT Details]
| Stafford  
| Stafford  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins]]  
| [[Rawlins County, Kansas|Rawlins]]  
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RAWLINS Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno]]  
| [[Reno_County,_Kansas|Reno]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RENO Details]
| sedwick, McPherson  
| Sedgwick, McPherson  
| Rice 1867
| Rice 1867
|-
|-
| [[Republic County, Kansas|Republic]]  
| [[Republic_County,_Kansas|Republic]]
| 1860 Feb 27
| 27 feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#REPUBLIC Details]
| Washington, Cloud  
| Washington, Cloud  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Rice County, Kansas|Rice]]  
| [[Rice_County,_Kansas|Rice]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RICE Details]
| Reno  
| Reno  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Richardson  
| Richardson  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WABAUNSEE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| renamed Wabaunsee 1859
| renamed Wabaunsee 1859
|-
|-
| [[Riley County, Kansas|Riley]]  
| [[Riley_County,_Kansas|Riley]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
|[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RILEY Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| Davis 1871, Pottawatomie 1857, Richardson 1855
| Davis 1871, Pottawatomie 1857, Richardson 1855
|-
|-
| [[Rooks County, Kansas|Rooks]]  
| [[Rooks_County,_Kansas|Rooks]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#ROOKS Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Rush  
| Rush  
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RUSH Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| dissolved 1883
| dissolved 1883
|-
|-
| [[Russell County, Kansas|Russell]]  
| [[Russell_County,_Kansas|Russell]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#RUSSELL Details]
| Ellsworth  
| Ellsworth  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| St. John  
| St. John  
| 1881 Mar 4
| 04 Mar 1881  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#LOGAN Details]
| Wallace  
| Wallace  
| renamed 1887
| renamed 1887
|-
|-
| [[Saline County, Kansas|Saline]]  
| [[Saline_County,_Kansas|Saline]]
| 1860 Feb 15
| 15 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SALINE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| Ellsworth 1867, Ottawa 1860
| Ellsworth 1867, Ottawa 1860
|-
|-
| [[Scott County, Kansas|Scott]]  
| [[Scott_County,_Kansas|Scott]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SCOTT Details]
| Finney  
| Finney  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick]]  
| [[Sedgwick_County,_Kansas|Sedgwick]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEDGWICK Details]
| Butler  
| Butler  
| Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
| Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
|-
|-
| Sequoyah  
| Sequoyah  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEQUOYAH%20(ext) Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| renamed Finney 1883
| renamed Finney 1883
|-
|-
| [[Seward County, Kansas|Seward]]  
| [[Seward_County,_Kansas|Seward]]
| 1861 Jun 3
| 03 Jun 1861  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SEWARD%20(orig) Details]
| renamed from Godfrey, Kansas (1883)  
| renamed from Godfrey, Kansas (1883)  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Shawnee County, Kansas|Shawnee]]  
| [[Shawnee_County,_Kansas|Shawnee]]  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SHAWNEE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
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| Shelby  
| Shelby  
| 1865  
| 1865  
|
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| absorbed by Washington
| absorbed by Washington
|-
|-
| [[Sheridan County, Kansas|Sheridan]]  
| [[Sheridan_County,_Kansas|Sheridan]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SHERIDAN Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Sherman County, Kansas|Sherman]]  
| [[Sherman_County,_Kansas|Sherman]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SHERMAN Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Shirley  
| Shirley  
| 1860 Feb 27
| 27 Feb 1860  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#CLOUD Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| renamed Cloud 1867
| renamed Cloud 1867
|-
|-
| [[Smith County, Kansas|Smith]]  
| [[Smith_County,_Kansas|Smith]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SMITH Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Stafford County, Kansas|Stafford]]  
| [[Stafford_County,_Kansas|Stafford]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#STAFFORD Details]
| Kansas territory  
| Kansas territory  
| Pawnee 1867, Pratt 1867
| Pawnee 1867, Pratt 1867
|-
|-
| [[Stanton County, Kansas|Stanton]]  
| [[Stanton_County,_Kansas|Stanton]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#STANTON Details]
| Indian lands  
| Indian lands  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Stevens County, Kansas|Stevens]]  
| [[Stevens_County,_Kansas|Stevens]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#STEVENS Details]
| Indian lands  
| Indian lands  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Sumner County, Kansas|Sumner]]  
| [[Sumner_County,_Kansas|Sumner]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#SUMNER Details]
| Cowley  
| Cowley  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Thomas County, Kansas|Thomas]]  
| [[Thomas_County,_Kansas|Thomas]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#THOMAS Details]
| Kirwin Land District  
| Kirwin Land District  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Trego County, Kansas|Trego]]  
| [[Trego_County,_Kansas|Trego]]
| 1867 Feb 26
| 26 Feb 1867  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#TREGO Details]
| Ellis  
| Ellis  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee]]  
| [[Wabaunsee_County,_Kansas|Wabaunsee]]  
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WABAUNSEE Details]
| renamed from Richardson  
| renamed from Richardson  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Wallace County, Kansas|Wallace]]  
| [[Wallace_County,_Kansas|Wallace]]
| 1868 Mar 2
| 02 Mar 1868  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WALLACE Details]
| Indian lands  
| Indian lands  
| St. John 1881
| St. John 1881
|-
|-
| [[Washington County, Kansas|Washington]]  
| [[Washington_County,_Kansas|Washington]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WASHINGTON Details]
| Kansas Territory, Shelby  
| Kansas Territory, Shelby  
| Republic 1860
| Republic 1860
|-
|-
| Weller  
| Weller  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#OSAGE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| renamed Osage 1859
| renamed Osage 1859
|-
|-
| [[Wichita County, Kansas|Wichita]]  
| [[Wichita_County,_Kansas|Wichita]]
| 1873 Mar 6
| 06 Mar 1873  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WICHITA Details]
| Indian lands  
| Indian lands  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| [[Wilson County, Kansas|Wilson]]  
| [[Wilson_County,_Kansas|Wilson]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WILSON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|-
|-
| Wise  
| Wise  
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#MORRIS Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| renamed Morris 1859
| renamed Morris 1859
|-
|-
| [[Woodson County, Kansas|Woodson]]  
| [[Woodson_County,_Kansas|Woodson]]
| 1855 Aug 30
| 30 Aug 1855  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WOODSON Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| major boundary changes 1868
| major boundary changes 1868
|-
|-
| [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte]]  
| [[Wyandotte_County,_Kansas|Wyandotte]]
| 1859 Feb 11
| 11 Feb 1859  
| [https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#WYANDOTTE Details]
| Kansas Territory  
| Kansas Territory  
| none
| none
|}
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:United_States_County_Creations]]

Revision as of 10:11, 13 March 2009

Name of County Date Formed Parent County Progeny County
Allen 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Anderson 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Arapahoe 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory absorbed into Finney 1883
Atchison 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Barber 26 Feb 1867 Harper Kansas 1873
Barton 26 Feb 1867 Ellsworth none
Billings 03 Mar 1873 renamed from Norton none
Bourbon 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory Crawford 1867
Breckenridge 1857 Madison renamed Lyon 1862
Broderick 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory dissolved
Brown 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Buffalo 06 Mar 1873 Kansas Territory absorbed into Lane 1881
Butler 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory, Irving (1864), Otoe (1864) Chase 1859, Sedgwick 1867
Calhoun 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory Pottawatomie 1857, renamed Jackson 1859
Chase 11 Feb 1859 Butler Marion 1855
Chautauqua 03 Mar 1875 Howard none
Cherokee 18 Feb 1860 renamed from McGee none
Cheyenne 06 Mar 1873 Kirwin Land District none
Clark 07 Mar 1885 Ford none
Clay 20 Feb 1857 Kansas Territory none
Cloud 26 Feb 1867 renamed from Shirley Republic 1860
Coffey 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Comanche 26 Feb 1867 Kiowa Kiowa 1886
Cowley 26 Feb 1867 renamed from Hunter Sumner 1867
Crawford 13 Feb 1867 Bourbon none
Davis 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Geary 1889
Decatur 06 Mar 1873 Norton none
Dickinson 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Doniphan 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Dorn 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Neosho 1861
Douglas 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Edwards 07 Mar 1874 Kansas Territory Kiowa 1886
El Paso 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory dissolved
Elk 03 Mar 1875 Howard none
Ellis 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory none
Ellsworth 26 Feb 1867 Saline Barton 1867, Lincoln 1867, Russell 1867
Finney 21 Feb 1883 Arapahoe, Foote, Sequoyah Foote 1887, Grant 1873, Gray 1887, haskell 1887, Kearny 1873, Lane 1873, Scott 1873
Foote 21 Feb 1883 Finney, Ford renamed Gray 1887
Ford 06 Mar 1863 Kansas Territory Clark 1885, Foote 1887, Gray 1887
Franklin 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Fremont 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory dissolved
Garfield 05 Mar 1887 Kansas Territory dissolved
Geary 28 Feb 1889 renamed from Davis none
Godfrey 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Seward 1861
Gove 02 Mar 1868 Kansas Territory none
Graham 26 Feb 1867 Rooks none
Grant 06 Mar 1873 Finney, Kearny none
Gray 05 Mar 1887 renamed from Foote none
Greeley 06 Mar 1873 Hamilton none
Greenwood 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Hageman 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory dissolved
Hamilton 06 Mar 1873 Kansas Territory Greeley 1873
Harper 26 Feb 1867 Kingman Barber 1867
Harvey 29 Feb 1872 McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion none
Haskell 05 Mar 1887 Finney none
Hodgeman 06 Mar 1873 Indian lands Ness 1867
Howard 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory divided to Chautauqua 1875, Elk 1875
Hunter 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed 1867
Irving 27 Feb 1860 Hunter annexed to Butler 1864
Jackson 11 Feb 1859 renamed from Calhoun none
Jefferson 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Jewell 26 Feb 1867 Mitchell none
Kansas 06 Mar 1873 Barber annexed to Seward 1883
Kearny 06 Mar 1873 Finney Grant 1873
Kingman 10 Feb 1872 Reno none
Kiowa 10 Feb 1886 Comanche, Edwards none
Labette 07 Feb 1867 Neosho Montgomery 1867
Lane 06 Mar 1873 Finney, Buffalo (1881) none
Leavenworth 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Lincoln 26 Feb 1867 Ellsworth none
Linn 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Logan 24 Feb 1887 reamed from St. John none
Lykins 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Miami 1861
Lyon 05 Feb 1862 renamed from Breckenridge none
Madison 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory Breckenridge 1857, Morris 1855
Marion 30 Aug 1855 Chase Harvey 1872, Otoe 1860
Marshall 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Mc Gee 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Cherokee 1860
McPherson 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
Meade 07 mar 1885 Kansas Territory none
Miami 03 Jun 1861 renamed from Lykins none
Mitchell 26 Feb 1867 Kirwin Land District Jewell 1867, Osborne 1867
Montana 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory dissolved
Montgomery 26 Feb 1867 Labette none
Morris 11 Feb 1859 renamed from Wise none
Morton 17 Nov 1886 Kansas none
Nemaha 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Neosho 03 Jun 1861 renamed from Dorn none
Ness 26 Feb 1867 Hodgeman none
Norton 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory renamed Billings 1873, renamed 1874
Oro 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory dissolved
Osage 11 feb 1859 renamed from Weller none
Osborne 26 Feb 1867 Mitchell none
Otoe 27 Feb 1860 Kansas Territory annexed to Butler 1864
Ottawa 27 Feb 1860 Saline none
Pawnee 26 Feb 1867 Rush, Stafford none
Peketon 27 Feb 1860 Kansas Territory dissolved
Phillips 26 Feb 1867 Kirwin Land District none
Pottawatomie 20 Feb 1857 Riley, Calhoun none
Pratt 26 Feb 1867 Stafford none
Rawlins 06 Mar 1873 Kirwin Land District none
Reno 26 Feb 1867 sedwick, McPherson Rice 1867
Republic 27 feb 1860 Washington, Cloud none
Rice 26 Feb 1867 Reno none
Richardson 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Wabaunsee 1859
Riley 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory Davis 1871, Pottawatomie 1857, Richardson 1855
Rooks 26 Feb 1867 Kirwin Land District none
Rush 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory dissolved 1883
Russell 26 Feb 1867 Ellsworth none
St. John 04 Mar 1881 Wallace renamed 1887
Saline 15 Feb 1860 Kansas Territory Ellsworth 1867, Ottawa 1860
Scott 06 Mar 1873 Finney none
Sedgwick 26 Feb 1867 Butler Harvey 1872, Reno 1867
Sequoyah 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Finney 1883
Seward 03 Jun 1861 renamed from Godfrey, Kansas (1883) none
Shawnee 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Shelby 1865 Kansas Territory absorbed by Washington
Sheridan 06 Mar 1873 Kansas Territory none
Sherman 06 Mar 1873 Kirwin Land District none
Shirley 27 Feb 1860 Kansas Territory renamed Cloud 1867
Smith 26 Feb 1867 Kansas Territory none
Stafford 26 feb 1867 Kansas territory Pawnee 1867, Pratt 1867
Stanton 06 Mar 1873 Indian lands none
Stevens 06 mar 1873 Indian lands none
Sumner 26 Feb 1867 Cowley none
Thomas 06 Mar 1873 Kirwin Land District none
Trego 26 Feb 1867 Ellis none
Wabaunsee 11 Feb 1859 renamed from Richardson none
Wallace 02 Mar 1868 Indian lands St. John 1881
Washington 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory, Shelby Republic 1860
Weller 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Osage 1859
Wichita 06 Mar 1873 Indian lands none
Wilson 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory none
Wise 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory renamed Morris 1859
Woodson 30 Aug 1855 Kansas Territory major boundary changes 1868
Wyandotte 11 Feb 1859 Kansas Territory none
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