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Chautauqua County, Kansas

Chautauqua County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Sedan
Year Organized: 1875
Square Miles: 644
Court House:

215 Chautauqua
County Courthouse
Sedan, KS 67361

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Created out of a portion of what was first Godfrey county, named after "Bill" Godfrey, a noted trader among the Osages; then Howard county in honor of Major-General O. O. Howard, for his efforts in behalf of the Union. Chautauqua county N.Y., was the former home of Hon. Edward Jaquins, a member of the Kansas Legislature in 1875 from Howard county, who introduced the bill which divided Howard into Chautauqua and Elk; hence, from his native place this county derives its name. The name originally given (in 1855) to Howard was Godfrey, and the name changed to Seward in 1861. In 1867, the Legislature, ignoring former names, created the county of Howard.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

The incorporation of Chautauqua county was provided for by act of the legislature, to take effect June 1, 1875, and Sedan was designated as the county seat.

Chautauqua County, formerly the southern half of Howard county, is located in the southern tier of counties and is the fourth west from the Missouri line. It is bounded on the north by Elk county, on the east by Montgomery county, on the south by the State of Oklahoma, and on the west by Cowley county.

Geography

The surface of the county is level in the northern part and hilly toward the south. Bottom lands along the creek beds average a mile in width on the larger streams and one-fourth of a mile on the small streams, and comprise one-fourth of the total area. The streams are numerous with the watersheds bearing toward the south. The three important branches of Caney creek—Big Caney, Middle Caney and North Caney—are the larger streams. Salt and Bee creeks in the northeastern portion are next in importance. These streams are belted with thin strips of timber native to Kansas soil.

Among the natural products of the county are sandstone of excellent quality for paving and building, limestone from which an excellent quality of lime is produced, and marble which takes a high polish is found in the hills about Sedan. There are a number of gas wells from which all the important towns are lighted and heated. Coal has been found along the streams. This is one of the leading oil producing counties of the state, thousands of barrels of oil being carried out daily by the pipe lines.

Neighboring Counties:

  • North: Elk County
  • East: Montgomery County
  • Southeast: Washington County, Okla.
  • South: Osage County, Okla.
  • West: Cowley County

Cities and Towns:

- Caneyville township
- Cedar Vale city Incorporated Area
- Center township
- Chautauqua city Incorporated Area
- Elgin city Incorporated Area
- Harrison township
- Hendricks township
- Jefferson township
- Lafayette township
- Little Caney township
- Niotaze city Incorporated Area
- Peru city Incorporated Area
- Salt Creek township
- Sedan (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Summit township

County Resources:

Chautauqua County - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912


County Resources
Counties: US Map
The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."
 
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