Harvey County

Also known as Harvey County, Kansas, Harvey County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: March 7, 1872
Named after: James Harvey
Seat: Newton
Largest city: Newton
Total: 541 sq mi (1,400 km )
Land: 540 sq mi (1,400 km )
Estimate 2025: 33,580
Density: 63/sq mi (24/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 4th
Website: harveycounty.com

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Encyclopedic overview

Harvey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Newton. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 34,024. The county was named for James Harvey, a U.S. senator and the fifth governor of Kansas.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harvey County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.