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Kansas Counties
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Kansas Counties
Kansas has 105 counties, the sixth-highest total of any state. No Kansas county has two
words in its name. Wyandotte County and the city of Kansas City operate as a unified government, and Greeley
County and the city of Tribune are in the process of converting to a similar system. |
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Gove County, Kansas
Gove County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Gove
Year Organized: 1886
Square Miles: 1,072 |
Court House: 520 Washington
County Courthouse
Gove, KS 67736-0128
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
In honor of Captain Grenville L. Gove, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry,
who died in 1864.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Gove County, in the western part of the state, is the third from the west line of the state, the third south from the Nebraska line and the fifth north from Oklahoma. It is bounded on the north by Thomas and Sheridan counties, on the east by Trego, on the south by Lane and Scott, and on the west
by Logan county.
Geography
The surface is undulating with bluffs and rough lands along the streams. Bottom lands average one-half mile in width. The largest stream is the Smoky Hill river which flows from west to east through the southern part. Two branches of Hackberry creek enter in the northwest and join two other
creeks near the center of the county, forming the larger Hackberry creek which continues in a southeasterly direction, joining the Smoky Hill in Trego county. Gypsum, limestone and mineral paint are found in considerable quantities.
Winter wheat, corn, barley and sorghum are the principal field crops. Live-stock raising is profitable.
Point of Interest
Gove County is in the high plains, but the Smoky Hill River has cut a deep
valley across it from west to east. This valley has been a natural route
west for centuries, and it's lined with geologic splendors like Castle Rock
(left) and Monument Rocks (right.)
- Grainfield's magnificent Opera House is being restored.
- The county is famous for the reptile fossils found in its chalk
beds.
- Visit the County Seat Cafe in Gove for Sunday breakfast.
- The church at Park is a landmark can be seen for many miles.
- You can get great beef jerky in downtown Grinnell.
Neighboring Counties:
- Thomas and Sheridan - North
- Trego - East
- Lane and Scott - South
- Logan - West
Cities and Towns:
| - Baker |
township |
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| - Gaeland |
township |
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| - Gove (County Seat) |
township |
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| - Gove City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Grainfield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Grinnell |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Jerome |
township |
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| - Larrabee |
township |
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| - Park |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Payne |
township |
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| - Quinter |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
Gove County - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our 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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