Elk County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- March 25, 1875
- Named after
- Elk River
- Seat
- Howard
- Largest city
- Howard
- Total
- 650 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 644 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Water
- 6.2 sq mi (16 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,458
- Density
- 3.8/sq mi (1.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- elkcountyks.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Elk County Kansas :: Home
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Howard
- Capital
- Howard
- Population
- 2483
- Area
- 1684
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Butler County
- Official website
- elkcountyks.org
- Image
- Elk Falls Truss Bridge NRHP 94000403 Elk County, KS (2).jpg
- Households
- 1150
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- Commons category
- Elk County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Elk County, Kansas
- inception
- 1875-03-03
- different from
- Elk County
- water as percent of area
- 1
- native label
- Elk County
- per capita income
- 25374
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Elk County, Kansas
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Encyclopedic overview
Elk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Howard. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,483. The county was named for the Elk River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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