Kansas County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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See an interactive outline map of Kansas Historical Counties at Newberry Library site.[1] Select a year and the map will display the historical county boundaries. Click on map image for county details. |
| Tip: Sort the table by Date Formed or by Parent Counties and check Boundary Changes for interesting insights. |
| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Allen | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Anderson | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Arapahoe | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | absorbed into Finney 1883 |
| Atchison | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Barber | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Harper | Kansas 1873 |
| Barton | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Ellsworth | none |
| Billings | 1873 Mar 3 | Details | renamed from Norton | none |
| Bourbon | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | Crawford 1867 |
| Breckenridge | 1857 | Details | Madison | renamed Lyon 1862 |
| Broderick | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Brown | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Buffalo | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kansas Territory | absorbed into Lane 1881 |
| Butler | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory, Irving (1864), Otoe (1864) | Chase 1859, Sedgwick 1867 |
| Calhoun | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | Pottawatomie 1857, renamed Jackson 1859 |
| Chase | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Butler | Marion 1855 |
| Chautauqua | 1875 Mar 3 | Details | Howard | none |
| Cherokee | 1860 Feb 18 | Details | renamed from McGee | none |
| Cheyenne | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kirwin Land District | none |
| Clark | 1885 Mar 7 | Details | Ford | none |
| Clay | 1857 Feb 20 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Cloud | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | renamed from Shirley | Republic 1860 |
| Coffey | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Comanche | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kiowa | Kiowa 1886 |
| Cowley | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | renamed from Hunter | Sumner 1867 |
| Crawford | 1867 Feb 13 | Details | Bourbon | none |
| Davis | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Geary 1889 |
| Decatur | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Doniphan | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Dorn | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Neosho 1861 |
| Douglas | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Edwards | 1874 Mar 7 | Details | Kansas Territory | Kiowa 1886 |
| El Paso | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Elk | 1875 Mar 3 | Details | Howard | none |
| Ellis | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Ellsworth | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Saline | Barton 1867, Lincoln 1867, Russell 1867 |
| Finney | 1883 Feb 21 | Details | Arapahoe, Foote, Sequoyah | Foote 1887, Grant 1873, Gray 1887, haskell 1887, Kearny 1873, Lane 1873, Scott 1873 |
| Foote | 1883 Feb 221 | Details | Finney, Ford | renamed Gray 1887 |
| Ford | 1863 Mar 6 | Details | Kansas Territory | Clark 1885, Foote 1887, Gray 1887 |
| Franklin | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Fremont | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Garfield | 1887 Mar 5 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Geary | 1889 Feb 28 | Details | renamed from Davis | none |
| Godfrey | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Seward 1861 |
| Gove | 1868 Mar 2 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Graham | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Rooks | none |
| Grant | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Finney, Kearny | none |
| Gray | 1887 Mar 5 | Details | renamed from Foote | none |
| Greeley | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Hamilton | none |
| Greenwood | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Hageman (Hodgeman) | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Hamilton | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kansas Territory | Greeley 1873 |
| Harper | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kingman | Barber 1867 |
| Harvey | 1872 Feb 29 | Details | McPherson, Sedgwick, Marion | none |
| Haskell | 1887 Mar 5 | Details | Finney | none |
| Hodgeman | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Indian lands | Ness 1867 |
| Howard | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | divided to Chautauqua 1875, Elk 1875 |
| Hunter | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed 1867 |
| Irving | 1860 Feb 27 | Details | Hunter | annexed to Butler 1864 |
| Jackson | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | renamed from Calhoun | none |
| Jefferson | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Jewell | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Mitchell | none |
| Kansas | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Barber | annexed to Seward 1883 |
| Kearny | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Finney | Grant 1873 |
| Kingman | 1872 Feb 10 | Details | Reno | none |
| Kiowa | 1886 Feb 10 | Details | Comanche, Edwards | none |
| Labette | 1867 Feb 7 | Details | Neosho | Montgomery 1867 |
| Lane | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Finney, Buffalo (1881) | none |
| Leavenworth | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Lincoln | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Ellsworth | none |
| Linn | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Logan | 1887 Feb 24 | Details | renamed from St. John | none |
| Lykins | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Miami 1861 |
| Lyon | 1862 Feb 5 | Details | renamed from Breckenridge | none |
| Madison | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | Breckenridge 1857, Morris 1855 |
| Marion | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Chase | Harvey 1872, Otoe 1860 |
| Marshall | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| McGee | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Cherokee 1860 |
| McPherson | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas Territory | Harvey 1872, Reno 1867 |
| Meade | 1885 Mar 7 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Miami | 1861 Jun 3 | Details | renamed from Lykins | none |
| Mitchell | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kirwin Land District | Jewell 1867, Osborne 1867 |
| Montana | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Montgomery | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Labette | none |
| Morris | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | renamed from Wise | none |
| Morton | 1886 Nov 17 | Details | Kansas | none |
| Nemaha | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Neosho | 1861 Jun 3 | Details | renamed from Dorn | none |
| Ness | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Hodgeman | none |
| Norton | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Billings 1873-1874 |
| Oro | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Osage | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | renamed from Weller | none |
| Osborne | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Mitchell | none |
| Otoe | 1860 Feb 27 | Details | Kansas Territory | annexed to Butler 1864 |
| Ottawa | 1860 Feb 27 | Details | Saline | none |
| Pawnee | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Rush, Stafford | none |
| Peketon | 1860 Feb 27 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved |
| Phillips | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kirwin Land District | none |
| Pottawatomie | 1857 Feb 20 | Details | Riley, Calhoun | none |
| Pratt | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Stafford | none |
| Rawlins | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kirwin Land District | none |
| Reno | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Sedgwick, McPherson | Rice 1867 |
| Republic | 1860 Feb 27 | Details | Washington, Cloud | none |
| Rice | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Reno | none |
| Richardson | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Wabaunsee 1859 |
| Riley | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | Davis 1871, Pottawatomie 1857, Richardson 1855 |
| Rooks | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kirwin Land District | none |
| Rush | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas Territory | dissolved 1883 |
| Russell | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Ellsworth | none |
| St. John | 1881 Mar 4 | Details | Wallace | renamed 1887 |
| Saline | 1860 Feb 15 | Details | Kansas Territory | Ellsworth 1867, Ottawa 1860 |
| Scott | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Finney | none |
| Sedgwick | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Butler | Harvey 1872, Reno 1867 |
| Sequoyah | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Finney 1883 |
| Seward | 1861 Jun 3 | Details | renamed from Godfrey, Kansas (1883) | none |
| Shawnee | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Shelby | 1865 | Kansas Territory | absorbed by Washington | |
| Sheridan | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Sherman | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kirwin Land District | none |
| Shirley | 1860 Feb 27 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Cloud 1867 |
| Smith | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Stafford | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Kansas territory | Pawnee 1867, Pratt 1867 |
| Stanton | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Stevens | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Sumner | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Cowley | none |
| Thomas | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Kirwin Land District | none |
| Trego | 1867 Feb 26 | Details | Ellis | none |
| Wabaunsee | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | renamed from Richardson | none |
| Wallace | 1868 Mar 2 | Details | Indian lands | St. John 1881 |
| Washington | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory, Shelby | Republic 1860 |
| Weller | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Osage 1859 |
| Wichita | 1873 Mar 6 | Details | Indian lands | none |
| Wilson | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
| Wise | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | renamed Morris 1859 |
| Woodson | 1855 Aug 30 | Details | Kansas Territory | major boundary changes 1868 |
| Wyandotte | 1859 Feb 11 | Details | Kansas Territory | none |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.