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Rice County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Samuel Allen Rice
- Seat
- Lyons
- Largest city
- Lyons
- Total
- 728 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Land
- 726 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,266
- Density
- 13/sq mi (5.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- ricecounty.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Lyons
- Capital
- Lyons
- Population
- 9427
- Area
- 1886
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Stafford County
- Official website
- RiceCounty.us
- Image
- Rice County P5310409.JPG
- Households
- 3939
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- Commons category
- Rice County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Rice County, Kansas
- inception
- 1867-02-26
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Rice County, Kansas
- different from
- Rice County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Rice County
- per capita income
- 26324
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Rice County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Lyons. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,427. The county was named in memory of Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rice County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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