Pratt County
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Caleb S. Pratt
- Seat
- Pratt
- Largest city
- Pratt
- Total
- 736 sq mi (1,910 km )
- Land
- 735 sq mi (1,900 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.09%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,117
- Density
- 12.5/sq mi (4.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- PrattCounty.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
Pratt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Pratt. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,157. The county was named for Caleb Pratt, a U.S. soldier who died in the Battle of Wilson's Creek during the Civil War and who had previously been involved in Bleeding Kansas.
The county consists overwhelmingly of prairie and contains few watercourses; the most important of these is the Ninnescah River.