Sumner County

Also known as Sumner County, Kansas, Sumner County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: December 20, 1870
Named after: Charles Sumner
Seat: Wellington
Largest city: Wellington
Total: 1,185 sq mi (3,070 km )
Land: 1,182 sq mi (3,060 km )
Water: 3.0 sq mi (7.8 km ) 0.3%
Estimate 2025: 22,312
Density: 18.94/sq mi (7.311/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 4th
Website: County website

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Encyclopedic overview

Sumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wellington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,382. The county is named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts who was a leader of Reconstruction politics.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sumner County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.