ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTIES OF KANSAS
Counties Organized Before 1860
County.	Date of Organization.	County Seat.
Allen	1855	Iola.
Anderson	1855	Garnett.
Atchison	1855	Atchison.
Bourbon	1855	Fort Scott.
Brown	1855	Hiawatha.
Butler	1855	El Dorado.
Chase	1859	Cottonwood Falls.
Coffey	1859	Burlington.
Dickinson	1857	Abilene.
Doniphan	1855	Troy.
Douglas	1855	Lawrence.
Franklin	1855	Ottawa.
Geary[24]	1855	Junction City.
Jackson[25]	1857	Holton.
Jefferson	1855	Oskaloosa.
Johnson	1855	Olathe.
Leavenworth	1855	Leavenworth.
Linn	1855	Mound City.
Marshall	1855	Marysville.
Miami[26]	1855	Paola.
Morris[27]	1855	Council Grove.
Nemaha	1855	Seneca.
Osage[28]	1855	Lyndon.
Pottawatomie	1856	Westmoreland.
Riley	1855	Manhattan.
Saline	1859	Salina.
Shawnee	1855	Topeka.
Wabaunsee[29]	1859	Alma.
Woodson	1855	Yates Center.
Wyandotte	1855	Kansas City.
Counties Organized 1860-1870
Cherokee	1866	Columbus.
Clay	1866	Clay Center.
Cloud[30]	1860	Concordia.
Crawford	1867	Girard.
Ellis	1867	Hays.
Ellsworth	1867	Ellsworth.
Greenwood	1862	Eureka.
Labette[31]	1867	Oswego.
Lyon[32]	1860	Emporia.
Marion	1860	Marion.
Montgomery	1869	Independence.
Neosho[33]	1864	Erie.
Ottawa	1866	Minneapolis.
Republic	1868	Belleville.
Washington	1860	Washington.
Wilson	1865	Fredonia.
Counties Organized 1870-1880
Barber	1873	Medicine Lodge.
Barton	1872	Great Bend.
Chautauqua	1875	Sedan.
Cowley[34]	1870	Winfield.
Decatur	1879	Oberlin.
Edwards	1874	Kinsley.
Elk[35]	1875	Howard.
Ford	1873	Dodge City.
Harper[36]	1878	Anthony.
Harvey	1872	Newton.
Hodgeman	1879	Jetmore.
Jewell	1870	Mankato.
Kingman	1874	Kingman.
Lincoln	1870	Lincoln.
McPherson	1870	McPherson.
Mitchell	1870	Beloit.
Norton	1872	Norton.
Osborne	1871	Osborne.
Pawnee	1872	Larned.
Phillips	1872	Phillipsburg.
Pratt[36]	1879	Pratt.
Reno	1872	Hutchinson.
Rice	1871	Lyons.
Rooks	1872	Stockton.
Rush	1874	La Crosse.
Russell	1872	Russell.
Sedgwick	1870	Wichita.
Smith	1872	Smith Center.
Stafford	1879	St. John.
Sumner	1871	Wellington.
Trego	1879	WaKeeney.
Counties Organized 1880-1890
Cheyenne	1886	St. Francis.
Clark	1885	Ashland.
Comanche[37]	1885	Coldwater.
Finney[38]	1884	Garden City.
Gove	1886	Gove.
Graham	1880	Hill City.
Gran	1888	Ulysses.
Gray	1887	Cimarron.
Greeley	1887	Tribune.
Hamilton	1886	Syracuse.
Haskell	1887	Santa Fe.
Kearny	1888	Lakin.
Kiowa	1886	Greensburg.
Lane	1886	Dighton.
Logan	1887	Russell Springs.
Meade	1885	Meade.
Morton	1886	Richfield.
Ness[37]	1880	Ness City.
Rawlins	1881	Atwood.
Scott	1886	Scott.
Seward	1886	Liberal.
Sheridan	1880	Hoxie.
Sherman	1886	Goodland.
Stanton	1887	Johnson.
Stevens	1886	Hugoton.
Thomas	1885	Colby.
Wichita	1886	Leoti.
Wallace	1888	Sharon Springs.