Douglas County

Also known as Douglas County, Kansas, Douglas County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: August 25, 1855
Named after: Stephen Douglas
Seat: Lawrence
Largest city: Lawrence
Total: 475 sq mi (1,230 km )
Land: 456 sq mi (1,180 km )
Water: 19 sq mi (49 km ) 4.0%
Estimate 2025: 120,920
Density: 260.5/sq mi (100.6/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts: 1st , 2nd
Website: dgcoks.gov

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Stephen A. Douglas
Country: United States
Located in: Kansas
Contains: Lawrence
Capital: Lawrence
Population: 118785
Area: 1229
Time zone: Central Time Zone
Shares border with: Shawnee County
Official website: www.dgcoks.gov
Image: Douglas County Kansas USA.jpg
Households: 47972

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Commons category: Douglas County, Kansas
topic's main category: Category:Douglas County, Kansas
inception: 1855-08-30
category of associated people: Category:People from Douglas County, Kansas
water as percent of area: 4
native label: Douglas County
per capita income: 32776

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Encyclopedic overview

Douglas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Lawrence. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 118,785, making it the fifth-most populous county in Kansas. The county was named after Stephen Douglas, a U.S. Senator from Illinois and advocate for the popular sovereignty choice in the Kansas slavery debate.

Douglas County comprises the Lawrence, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area.

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