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Smith County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Named after
- J. Nelson Smith
- Seat
- Smith Center
- Largest city
- Smith Center
- Total
- 897 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Land
- 895 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Water
- 1.5 sq mi (3.9 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,566
- Density
- 3.99/sq mi (1.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- SmithCoKS.com
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Encyclopedic overview
Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Smith Center. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,570. The county is named in memory of J. Nelson Smith, a major in the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, killed at the Battle of Westport on October 21, 1864. The geographic center of the contiguous United States is located within the county, near Lebanon.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Smith County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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