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Riley County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 25, 1855
- Named after
- Bennet C. Riley
- Seat
- Manhattan
- Largest city
- Manhattan
- Total
- 622 sq mi (1,610 km )
- Land
- 610 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Water
- 12 sq mi (31 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 72,598
- Density
- 118/sq mi (46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- rileycountyks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Bennett C. Riley
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Manhattan
- Capital
- Manhattan
- Population
- 71959
- Area
- 1611
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Clay County
- Official website
- RileyCountyKS.gov
- Image
- Riley (Kansas) County Courthouse 1.jpg
- Households
- 26878
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- Commons category
- Riley County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Riley County, Kansas
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Riley County
- inception
- 1855-08-25
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Riley County, Kansas
- per capita income
- 27975
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Encyclopedic overview
Riley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Manhattan. As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,959. The county was named after Bennet Riley, the 7th governor of California, and a Mexican–American War hero. Riley County is home to Fort Riley and Kansas State University.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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