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Leavenworth County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 25, 1855
- Named after
- Henry Leavenworth
- Seat
- Leavenworth
- Largest city
- Leavenworth
- Total
- 469 sq mi (1,210 km )
- Land
- 463 sq mi (1,200 km )
- Water
- 6.1 sq mi (16 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 84,590
- Density
- 176.8/sq mi (68.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- leavenworthcounty.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Henry Leavenworth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Leavenworth
- Capital
- Leavenworth
- Population
- 81881
- Area
- 1213
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- www.leavenworthcounty.gov
- Image
- Leavenworth county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
- Households
- 27645
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- topic has template
- Template:Leavenworth County, Kansas
- Commons category
- Leavenworth County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Leavenworth County, Kansas
- inception
- 1855-08-30
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Leavenworth County, Kansas
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Leavenworth County
- per capita income
- 32893
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Encyclopedic overview
Leavenworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. The county was named after Henry Leavenworth, a general in the Indian Wars who established Fort Leavenworth.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leavenworth County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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