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Kansas County Formation years
1855 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871
1872 1873 1874 1875 1878 1879 1880 1881 1883 1885 1886 1887 1889 1893  
Kansas Census Year with Modern Map overlayed:
1860 1870 1880-1930                      
Kansas Map Abbreviations
unorg. = unorganized
g. = gained
w. = with
fr. = from
atmt. = attachment
exch = exchanged
nca.= non county area
ch. = changed
Al - Allen
An - Anderson
At - Atchison
Bbr - Barber
Bo - Bourbon
Bro - Brown
Btn - Barton
But - Butler
Chs - Chase
Cke - Cherokee
Clk - Clark
Clo - Cloud
Cly - Clay
Cof - Coffey
Com - Comanche
Cow - Cowley
Cqa - Chautauqua
Cr - Crawford
Cyn - Cheyenne
De - Decatur
Di - Dickinson
Don - Doniphan
Dou - Douglas
Ed - Edwards
Eli - Ellis
Elk - Elk
Eth - Ellsworth
Fi - Finney
For - Ford
Fr - Franklin
Ge - Geary
Ghm - Graham
Gly - Greeley
Gnt - Grant
Gov - Gove
Gry - Gray
Gwd - Greenwood
Ha - Haskell
Ham - Hamilton
Hod - Hodgeman
Hpr - Harper
Hvy - Harvey
Ja - Jackson
Je - Jefferson
Jew - Jewell
Jo - Johnson
Ke - Kearny
Kin - Kingman
Kio - Kiowa
Lab - Labette
Lan - Lane
Lcn - Lincoln
Le - Leavenworth
Lnn - Linn
Lo - Logan
Ly - Lyon
McP - McPherson
Me - Meade
Mia - Miami
Mit - Mitchell
Mrn - Marion
Mrs - Morris
Msl - Marshall
Mtn - Morton
Mty - Montgomery
Nem - Nemaha
Neo - Neosho
Nes - Ness
No - Norton
Osa - Osage
Osb - Osborne
Owa - Ottawa
Pa - Pawnee
Ph - Phillips
Po - Pottawatomie
Pr - Pratt
Ra - Rawlins
Rce - Rice
Ren - Reno
Rep - Republic
Ril - Riley
Ro - Rooks
Rsh - Rush
Rsl - Russell
Sal - Saline
Sc - Scott
Sdn - Sheridan
Sed - Sedgwick
Sew - Seward
Sha - Shawnee
Sm - Smith
Smn - Sherman
Snn - Stanton
Std - Stafford
Su - Sumner
Svn - Stevens
Th - Thomas
Tr - Trego
Wab - Wabaunsee
Wal - Wallace
Was - Washington
Wic - Wichita
Wil - Wilson
Wo - Woodson
Wy - Wyandotte