Date Former Former County County County ID County County Seat Created Seat AL Allen Iola 1855 original AN Anderson Garnett 1855 original AT Atchison Atchison 1855 original BA Barber Medicine Lodge 1867 Harper BT Barton Great Bend 1867 Ellsworth BB Bourbon Fort Scott 1855 original BR Brown Hiawatha 1855 original BU Butler El Dorado 1855 Irving Towanda CS Chase Cottonwood Falls 1859 Butler CQ Chautauqua Sedan 1875 Howard Elk Falls, Boston CK Cherokee Columbus 1855 McGee CN Cheyenne St. Francis 1875 CA Clark Ashland 1885 Ford CY Clay Clay Center 1857 original CD Cloud Concordia 1860 Shirley CF Coffey Burlington 1855 original CM Comanche Coldwater 1867 Kiowa CL Cowley Winfield 1867 Hunter CR Crawford Girard 1867 Bourbon DC Decatur Oberlin 1873 Norton DK Dickinson Abilene 1855 original DP Doniphan Troy 1855 original DG Douglas Lawrence 1855 original ED Edwards Kinsley 1874 Kiowa EK Elk Howard 1875 Howard Elk Falls, Boston EL Ellis Hays 1867 EW Ellsworth Ellsworth 1867 Saline FI Finney Garden City 1883 Sequoyah FO Ford Dodge City 1873 FR Franklin Ottawa 1855 original Ohio City GE Geary Junction City 1855 Davis GO Gove Gove 1868 GH Graham Hill City 1867 Rooks GT Grant Ulysses 1873 GY Gray Cimarron 1887 GL Greeley Tribune 1873 Hamilton GW Greenwood Eureka 1855 Madison Columbia HM Hamilton Syracuse 1873 HP Harper Anthony 1867 Kingman HV Harvey Newton 1872 HS Haskell Sublette 1887 Finney HG Hodgeman Jetmore 1879 JA Jackson Holton 1855 Calhoun JF Jefferson Oskaloosa 1855 original JW Jewell Mankato 1867 Mitchell JO Johnson Olathe 1855 original KE Kearny Lakin 1873 Finney KM Kingman Kingman 1886 KW Kiowa Greensburg 1886 LB Labette Oswego 1867 Neosho LE Lane Dighton 1877 Finney LV Leavenworth Leavenworth 1855 original LC Lincoln Lincoln 1867 Ellsworth LN Linn Mound City 1855 original LG Logan Oakley 1881 St. John LY Lyon Emporia 1857 Breckenridge MN Marion Marion 1855 Chase MS Marshall Marysville 1855 original MP McPherson McPherson 1867 ME Meade Meade 1885 MI Miami Paola 1855 Lykins MC Mitchell Beloit 1867 MG Montgomery Independence 1867 Labette MR Morris Council Grove 1855 Wise MT Morton Elkhart 1881 Stanton NM Nemaha Seneca 1855 original NO Neosho Erie 1855 Dorn NS Ness Ness City 1867 Hodgeman NT Norton Norton 1867 Billings OS Osage Lyndon 1855 Weller OB Osborne Osborne 1867 Mitchell OT Ottawa Minneapolis 1860 Saline PN Pawnee Larned 1867 PL Phillips Phillipsburg 1867 PT Pottawatomie Westmoreland 1857 PR Pratt Pratt 1867 Stafford RA Rawlins Atwood 1873 RN Reno Hutchinson 1867 RP Republic Belleville 1860 RC Rice Lyons 1867 Peketon Beach Valley RL Riley Manhattan 1855 RO Rooks Stockton 1867 RH Rush La Crosse 1867 RS Russell Russell 1867 Ellsworth SA Saline Salina 1860 original SC Scott Scott City 1873 Finney SG Sedgwick Wichita 1867 Butler SW Seward Liberal 1855 Godfrey SN Shawnee Topeka 1855 original SD Sheridan Hoxie 1873 SH Sherman Goodland 1873 SM Smith Smith Center 1867 SF Stafford St. John 1867 ST Stanton Johnson 1873 SV Stevens Hugoton 1873 SU Sumner Wellington 1867 Cowley TH Thomas Colby 1873 TR Trego WaKeeney 1867 Ellis WB Wabaunsee Alma 1855 Richardson WA Wallace Sharon Springs 1868 WS Washington Washington 1855 original WH Wichita Leoti 1873 WL Wilson Fredonia 1855 original WO Woodson Yates Center 1855 original WY Wyandotte Kansas City 1859 original
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