Dickinson County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 20, 1857
- Named after
- Daniel S. Dickinson
- Seat
- Abilene
- Largest city
- Abilene
- Total
- 852 sq mi (2,210 km )
- Land
- 847 sq mi (2,190 km )
- Water
- 4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,637
- Density
- 21.7/sq mi (8.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- DkCoKS.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Dickinson County is a county in Central Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Abilene. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 18,402. The county was named in honor of Daniel Dickinson, a U.S. Senator from New York that was a Kansas statehood advocate.
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