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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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Osage County, Kansas
Osage County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lyndon
Year Organized: 1859
Square Miles: 695 |
Court House: 717 Topeka Avenue
County Courthouse
Lyndon, KS 66451-9792
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Organized as Weller county in 1855; name changed to Osage in
1859. Originally named for John B. Weller, of Ohio, member of Congress and
Governor of that state; also Governor of California, and Senator, Minister to
Mexico, etc. The name Osage comes from the Osage river, the headwaters of which
stream drain almost the entire county. Lyndon is the county seat.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
The Santa Fe Trail ran across
northern Osage County, passing through Overbrook, Scranton, and Burlingame.
Originally
Neighboring Counties:
- Shawnee County (north)
- Douglas County (northeast)
- Franklin County (east)
- Coffey County (south)
- Lyon County (southwest)
- Wabaunsee County (northwest)
Cities and Towns:
| - Agency |
township |
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| - Arvonia |
township |
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| - Barclay |
township |
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| - Burlingame |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Carbondale |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Dragoon |
township |
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| - Elk |
township |
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| - Fairfax |
township |
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| - Grant |
township |
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| - Junction |
township |
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| - Lyndon (County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Melvern |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Olivet |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Osage City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Overbrook |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Quenemo |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Ridgeway |
township |
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| - Scranton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
| - Superior |
township |
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| - Valley Brook |
township |
County Resources:
Osage County - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
Official sites
Additional information
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Online High Schools
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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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