page_title: Wallace County, Kansas
hierarchical_section_title: Wallace County, Kansas
caption_attribution_description: Mount Sunflower, highest point in Kansas, USA
context_page_description: Wallace County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Sharon Springs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 1,485, making it the second-least populous county in Kansas. As of 2018, it is tied with Greeley County as the least densely populated county in the state. The county was created in 1868 and named in honor of Brigadier general W.H.L. Wallace who was a veteran of the Mexican–American War and a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh.
  It is one of four Kansas counties to practice Mountain Standard Time rather than Central Standard Time.
  Wallace County is home to Mount Sunflower, the highest point in Kansas at 4,039 feet. Mount Sunflower is located approximately 15 miles north-northwest of Weskan, less than one mile from the Colorado state line.
context_section_description: Wallace County (standard abbreviation: WA) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.  Its county seat is Sharon Springs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 1,485, making it the second-least populous county in Kansas.  As of 2018, it is tied with Greeley County as the least densely populated county in the state.  The county was created in 1868 and named in honor of Brigadier general W.H.L. Wallace who was a veteran of the Mexican–American War and a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh.
  It is one of four Kansas counties to practice Mountain Standard Time rather than Central Standard Time.
  Wallace County is home to Mount Sunflower, the highest point in Kansas at 4,039 feet (1,231 meters). Mount Sunflower is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) north-northwest of Weskan, less than one mile (1.6 km) from the Colorado state line.
caption: "Mount Sunflower," the highest point in Kansas, is located in Wallace County
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