U.S. Route 81 goes through Cloud County. It goes through Concordia and connects north to Belleville, Kansas or south to Salina, Kansas. The southern part of the county also has U.S. Route 24. It connectd Clay Center, Kansas from the east and Beloit, Kansas to the west.
There are four other state highways in the county: K-9, K-28, K-189, and K-194.
Cloud County has also been listed as one of the places for Smallville in the Superman story line.
Coffey County, Kansas
Coffey County (county code CF) is a county in Eastern Kansas. In 2010, 8,601 people lived there. Its county seat is Burlington. Burlington is also the biggest city in Coffey County.
In 1855, Coffey County was created.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (4.2%) is water.
Sources: National Atlas, U.S. Census Bureau
Kearny County, Kansas
Kearny County (county code KE) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 3,977 people lived there. Its county seat is Lakin. Lakin is also the biggest city in Kearny County. The county is named after General Philip Kearny.
The original Kearney County was created on March 6, 1873. It was ended in 1883. The land area was divided between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was recreated with its original borders in 1887. It was organized on March 27, 1888. The county is named after Philip Kearny. He was a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican–American War and a Union army general in the American Civil War. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.05%) is water.
The west half of Kearny County observed Mountain Standard Time until October 28, 1990. This was when the Kansas Department of Transportation moved the entire county into the Central Time Zone, which 100 of the state's other 104 counties are in. Only four counties (Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, and Sherman), all of which border Colorado, observe Mountain Time.
Kearny County is included in the Garden City, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Cameron, Oklahoma
Cameron is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Fort Coffee, Oklahoma
Fort Coffee is a town in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
Clayton, Oklahoma
Clayton is a town in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,012 at the 2010 census.
It is found at (34.587698, -95.357077).
Kingman County, Kansas
Kingman County (standard abbreviation: KM) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 7,858 people lived there. The county seat is Kingman. Kingman is also the biggest city in Kingman County.
In 1872, Kingman County was created. It was named after Samuel A. Kingman, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.
During the 1870s, Kingman County had a lot of bison. The old-time cowboy author Frank H. Maynard said he went there on his first buffalo hunt.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.4%) is water.
Kingman County is included in the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kiowa County, Kansas
Kiowa County (standard abbreviation: KW) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 2,553 people lived there. The largest city and county seat is Greensburg.
In 1867, Kiowa County was created. It was named after the Kiowa tribe.
On May 4, 2007, Greensburg was destroyed by an EF5 tornado during the May 2007 tornado outbreak.
Tthe U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.03%) is water.
Kiowa County has a lot of iron-rich meteorites in its soil. This is due to the Brenham meteor fall over 10 thousand years ago.
Kiowa County is very Republican. The only Democrat to ever win the county was been Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Woodson County, Kansas
Woodson County (standard abbreviation: WO) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010 census, 3,309 people lived there. Its county seat is Yates Center.
In 1855, Woodson County was created.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (1.5%) is water.
Woodson County is very Republican. The only Democrat to win the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Woodrow Wilson won a plurality in 1912.
Washington County, Kansas
Washington County (standard abbreviation: WS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 5,799 people lived there. Its county seat is Washington. Washington is also the biggest city in Washington County.
In 1857, Washington County was created.
In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was built north to south through Washington County. There was a lot of controversy over tax exemption and environmental concerns (if a leak ever does happen).
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.4%) is water.
Washington County is very Republican. No Democratic Presidential candidate has won Washington County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1940, only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 won forty percent of Washington County's vote for the Democratic Party.
The county is served by:
The superintendent is Denise O'Dea. It includes:
Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Wabaunsee County (standard abbreviation: WB) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 7,053 people lived there. Its county seat is Alma. The county was created by the territorial legislature of Kansas Territory on March 25, 1859. It was named after a chief of the Potawatomi Indians.
The first white people in the area were said to have been a group of criminals. This group was known as the McDaniel Gang.
Wabaunsee County was created by the territorial legislature on March 25, 1859. The name used since 1859 is from the Potawatomi "Wah-bon-seh". This means "dawn of day." It was the name of the chief of the Potawatomi Indians. Originally, the county was named Richardson. This was named after William Alexander Richardson, a congressman from Illinois, who introduced the first Kansas and Nebraska Bill in the United States House of Representatives. This made certain Indian lands territories in 1854.
The county's first church, Wabaunsee Church of Christ, was created in June 1857.
The first railroad to be built through Wabaunsee County was the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe in 1880. In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a railroad from Topeka to Herington. This railroad connected Topeka, Valencia, Willard, Maple Hill, Vera, Paxico, McFarland, Alma, Volland, Alta Vista, Dwight, White City, Latimer, Herington.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.7%) is water.
Wabaunsee County is part of the Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wabaunsee County is very Republican. No Democratic Presidential candidate has won Wabaunsee County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.
Wallace County, Kansas
Wallace County (standard abbreviation: WA) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010 census, 1,485 people lived there. This would make it the county in Kansas with the second-least number of people living in it. Its county seat is Sharon Springs. The county was created in 1868. It was named after Brigadier general W.H.L. Wallace, who was a veteran of the Mexican–American War and a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh.
In 1868, Wallace County was created.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.01%) is water.
Mount Sunflower is in Wallace County. It is the highest place in Kansas. It is 4,039 feet (1,231 meters). Mount Sunflower is about north-northwest of Weskan, less than one mile (1.6 km) from the Colorado state line.
Wallace County is one of four Kansas counties to use Mountain Standard Time rather than Central Standard Time.