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Gove County
Also known as Gove County, Kansas, Gove County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- March 11, 1868
- Named after
- Grenville L. Gove
- Seat
- Gove City
- Largest city
- Quinter
- Total
- 1,072 sq mi (2,780 km )
- Land
- 1,072 sq mi (2,780 km )
- Water
- 0.1 sq mi (0.26 km ) 0.01%
- Estimate 2025
- 2,631
- Density
- 2.5/sq mi (0.97/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Gove County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Gove City, and its most populous city is Quinter. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,718. The county was named for Granville Gove, a captain of Company G of the 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment Volunteer Cavalry, who died from battle wounds during the American Civil War.
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