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Edwards County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- March 18, 1874
- Named after
- W. C. Edwards
- Seat
- Kinsley
- Largest city
- Kinsley
- Total
- 622 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Land
- 622 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Water
- 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km ) 0.01%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,640
- Density
- 4.7/sq mi (1.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- edwardscountyks.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Kinsley
- Capital
- Kinsley
- Population
- 2907
- Area
- 1611
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Hodgeman County
- Official website
- EdwardsCounty.org
- Image
- Map of Edwards Co, Ks, USA.png
- Households
- 1285
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- Commons category
- Edwards County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Edwards County, Kansas
- inception
- 1874-03-07
- different from
- Edwards County
- water as percent of area
- 0.01
- native label
- Edwards County
- per capita income
- 27487
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Edwards County, Kansas
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Encyclopedic overview
Edwards County is a county located in the U.S. states of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Kinsley. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,907, The county was founded in 1874 and named for W. C. Edwards, of Hutchinson, a pioneer settler who owned much land in the area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edwards County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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