Kansas Counties

Tucked away in southeast Kansas, Allen County has about 12,500 residents. Iola is the biggest town and has annual Farm-City Days in October.

East-central Kansas is home to Anderson County, where just under 8,000 people live life. Garnett is the county seat, located in the north.

Atchison County sits pretty on the Missouri River in the northeast corner of Kansas. It’s most famous for being Amelia Earhart’s birthplace.

Down in south-central Kansas, Barber County is where the plains start to get interesting. The Gyp Hills look like they’re out of a Western.

Barton County is in the middle of Kansas. Great Bend is the main city. It got its name from the big curve in the Arkansas River nearby.

Bourbon County sits in the southeast corner of Kansas, right up against Missouri. It has a name that might make you thirsty.

Up in northeast Kansas, Brown County is all rolling hills and farmland. Hiawatha, the county seat, is located at U.S. Highway 36 and 73.

Butler County stretches out east of Wichita. The town of El Dorado struck oil in 1915, and they’ve been riding that wave ever since.

Right in the heart of the Flint Hills, Chase County is where you go to see what Kansas looked like before everyone showed up.

Chautauqua County hunkers down in the southeast corner of Kansas, with the Caney River running through it. Sedan is the county seat.

Cherokee County hugs the Missouri and Oklahoma borders in the far southeast corner of Kansas. It’s coal country, with old mines everywhere.

Cheyenne County sits way up in the northwest corner of Kansas, about as far as you can get from KC without leaving the state.

Clark County stretches across southwest Kansas, where the High Plains meet the Red Hills. Only about 2,000 people call it home.

Clay County sits pretty in north-central Kansas, with about 8,000 folks spread across its rolling hills. Clay Center is the county seat.

Cloud County floats in north-central Kansas, named after Civil War colonel William Cloud. Concordia is the county seat.