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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
- Population
- 9427
- Area
- 1886
- Official website
- RiceCounty.us
- Image
- Rice County P5310409.JPG
- Households
- 3939
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- Commons category
- Rice County, Kansas
- inception
- 1867-02-26
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Rice County
- per capita income
- 26324
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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.
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