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Atchison County

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Also known as Atchison County, Kansas, Atchison County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Kansas
Founded
August 25, 1855
Named after
David Rice Atchison
Seat
Atchison
Largest city
Atchison
Total
434 sq mi (1,120 km )
Land
431 sq mi (1,120 km )
Water
2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
Estimate 2025
16,172
Density
37.9/sq mi (14.6/km )
Time zone
UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst
UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district
2nd
Website
AtchisonCountyKS.org

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Official website

Atchison County, KS | Official Website

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Encyclopedic overview

Atchison County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 16,348. The county was named in honor of David Atchison, a U.S. Senator from Missouri and border ruffian during the "Bleeding Kansas" era.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atchison County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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