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ID County Seat Date County Created Former County Name Former County Seat
AL Allen Iola 1855 original  
AN Anderson Garnett 1855 original  
AT Atchison Atchison 1855 original  
BA Barber Medicine Lodge 1867 Harper  
BT Barton Great Bend 1867 Ellsworth  
BB Bourbon Fort Scott 1855 original  
BR Brown Hiawatha 1855 original  
BU Butler El Dorado 1855 Irving Towanda
CS Chase Cottonwood Falls 1859 Butler  
CQ Chautauqua Sedan 1875 Howard Elk Falls, Boston
CK Cherokee Columbus 1855 McGee  
CN Cheyenne St. Francis 1875    
CA Clark Ashland 1885 Ford  
CY Clay Clay Center 1857 original  
CD Cloud Concordia 1860 Shirley  
CF Coffey Burlington 1855 original  
CM Comanche Coldwater 1867 Kiowa  
CL Cowley Winfield 1867 Hunter  
CR Crawford Girard 1867 Bourbon  
DC Decatur Oberlin 1873 Norton  
DK Dickinson Abilene 1855 original  
DP Doniphan Troy 1855 original  
DG Douglas Lawrence 1855 original  
ED Edwards Kinsley 1874 Kiowa  
EK Elk Howard 1875 Howard Elk Falls, Boston
EL Ellis Hays 1867    
EW Ellsworth Ellsworth 1867 Saline  
FI Finney Garden City 1883 Sequoyah  
FO Ford Dodge City 1873    
FR Franklin Ottawa 1855 original Ohio City
GE Geary Junction City 1855 Davis  
GO Gove Gove 1868    
GH Graham Hill City 1867 Rooks  
GT Grant Ulysses 1873    
GY Gray Cimarron 1887    
GL Greeley Tribune 1873 Hamilton  
GW Greenwood Eureka 1855 Madison Columbia
HM Hamilton Syracuse 1873    
HP Harper Anthony 1867 Kingman  
HV Harvey Newton 1872    
HS Haskell Sublette 1887 Finney  
HG Hodgeman Jetmore 1879    
JA Jackson Holton 1855 Calhoun  
JF Jefferson Oskaloosa 1855 original  
JW Jewell Mankato 1867 Mitchell  
JO Johnson Olathe 1855 original  
KE Kearny Lakin 1873 Finney  
KM Kingman Kingman 1886    
KW Kiowa Greensburg 1886    
LB Labette Oswego 1867 Neosho  
LE Lane Dighton 1877 Finney  
LV Leavenworth Leavenworth 1855 original  
LC Lincoln Lincoln 1867 Ellsworth  
LN Linn Mound City 1855 original  
LG Logan Oakley 1881 St. John  
LY Lyon Emporia 1857 Breckenridge  
MN Marion Marion 1855 Chase  
MS Marshall Marysville 1855 original  
MP McPherson McPherson 1867    
ME Meade Meade 1885    
MI Miami Paola 1855 Lykins  
MC Mitchell Beloit 1867    
MG Montgomery Independence 1867 Labette  
MR Morris Council Grove 1855 Wise  
MT Morton Elkhart 1881 Stanton  
NM Nemaha Seneca 1855 original  
NO Neosho Erie 1855 Dorn  
NS Ness Ness City 1867 Hodgeman  
NT Norton Norton 1867 Billings  
OS Osage Lyndon 1855 Weller  
OB Osborne Osborne 1867 Mitchell  
OT Ottawa Minneapolis 1860 Saline  
PN Pawnee Larned 1867    
PL Phillips Phillipsburg 1867    
PT PottawatomieWestmoreland 1857    
PR Pratt Pratt 1867 Stafford  
RA Rawlins Atwood 1873    
RN Reno Hutchinson 1867    
RP Republic Belleville 1860    
RC Rice Lyons 1867 Peketon Beach Valley
RL Riley Manhattan 1855    
RO Rooks Stockton 1867    
RH Rush La Crosse 1867    
RS Russell Russell 1867 Ellsworth  
SA Saline Salina 1860 original  
SC Scott Scott City 1873 Finney  
SG Sedgwick Wichita 1867 Butler  
SW Seward Liberal 1855 Godfrey  
SN Shawnee Topeka 1855 original  
SD Sheridan Hoxie 1873    
SH Sherman Goodland 1873    
SM Smith Smith Center 1867    
SF Stafford St. John 1867    
ST Stanton Johnson 1873    
SV Stevens Hugoton 1873    
SU Sumner Wellington 1867 Cowley  
TH Thomas Colby 1873    
TR Trego WaKeeney 1867 Ellis  
WB Wabaunsee Alma 1855 Richardson  
WA Wallace Sharon Springs 1868    
WS Washington Washington 1855 original  
WH Wichita Leoti 1873    
WL Wilson Fredonia 1855 original  
WO Woodson Yates Center 1855 original  
WY Wyandotte Kansas City 1859 original  

SOURCES:
Everton, George B. The Handy Book for Genealogists. Sixth Edition. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc. 1971
Kansas Annual Report. Leavenworth: State Agricultural Assn. 1864
Official Kansas Transportation Map. 1991-1992
Rydjord, John. Kansas Place-Names. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 1972