  kiowa county (standard abbreviation: kw) is a county located in the u.s. state of kansas. as of the 2010 census, the county population was 2,553. the largest city and county seat is greensburg. ==history== greensburg, kansas was devastated by an ef5 tornado on may 4, 2007 during the may 2007 tornado outbreak. ==law and government== although the kansas constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, kiowa county has remained a prohibition, or "dry", county. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.03%) is water. kiowa county has a large number of iron-rich meteorites in its soil due to the brenham meteor fall over 10 thousand years ago. ===adjacent counties=== * edwards county (north) * pratt county (east) * barber county (southeast) * comanche county (south) * clark county (southwest) * ford county (west) ==demographics== {{uscensuspop |1890=2873 |1900=2365 |1910=6174 |1920=6164 |1930=6035 |1940=5112 |1950=4743 |1960=4626 |1970=4088 |1980=4046 |1990=3660 |2000=3278 |2010=2553 |estyear=2013 |estimate=2523 |footnote=u.s. decennial census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=u.s. decennial census|publisher=united 
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