This is a list of counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional information. Every license plate issued by the state contains the same two-letter abbreviation for the county in which its vehicle is registered.
Kansas has 105 counties, the sixth-highest total of any state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named for figures in the American Civil War. Several counties throughout the state bear names of Native American origin. No Kansas county has two words in its name.
Wyandotte County and the city of Kansas City operate as a unified government. As of January 1, 2009 Greeley County and the city of Tribune unified to form the Unified Government of Greeley County.
Alphabetical list
Former counties of Kansas
See also
- Kansas counties ranked by per capita income
- Kansas license plate county codes
- Kansas census statistical areas
- Lists of places in Kansas
References
External links
- The Establishment of Counties in Kansasâ€"Maps and text transcribed from Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1903-1904.
