File:Allen_County_Jail,_Iola.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Allen County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Allen County, Kansas, Allen County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 25, 1855
- Named after
- William Allen
- Seat
- Iola
- Largest city
- Iola
- Total
- 505 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Land
- 500 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,302
- Density
- 25.1/sq mi (9.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- AllenCounty.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Allen
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Iola
- Capital
- Iola
- Population
- 12526
- Area
- 1308
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Coffey County
- Official website
- www.AllenCounty.org
- Image
- Allen County Jail, Iola.jpg
- Households
- 5125
Show 8 more facts
- native label
- Allen County
- Commons category
- Allen County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Allen County, Kansas
- different from
- Allen County
- inception
- 1855-08-25
- water as percent of area
- 1
- per capita income
- 23493
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Allen County, Kansas
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Allen County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Iola. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,526. The county was named for William Allen, a U.S. Senator from Ohio and prominent supporter of westward expansion.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allen County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (4)
On the map
13 mapped locations