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Geary County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Named after
- John W. Geary
- Seat
- Junction City
- Largest city
- Junction City
- Total
- 404 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Land
- 385 sq mi (1,000 km )
- Water
- 20 sq mi (52 km ) 4.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 36,338
- Density
- 95.4/sq mi (36.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- gearycounty.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John W. Geary
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Junction City
- Capital
- Junction City
- Population
- 36739
- Area
- 1047
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Clay County
- Official website
- www.gearycounty.org
- Image
- Geary county courthouse kansas.jpg
- Households
- 12866
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- Commons category
- Geary County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Geary County, Kansas
- inception
- 1855-08-30
- water as percent of area
- 4.9
- native label
- Geary County
- per capita income
- 24177
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Encyclopedic overview
Geary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Junction City. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 36,739. The county is named in honor of John W. Geary, the first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Geary County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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