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Anderson County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 25, 1855
- Named after
- Joseph C. Anderson
- Seat
- Garnett
- Largest city
- Garnett
- Total
- 584 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Land
- 580 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 7.1 sq mi (18 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,018
- Density
- 14/sq mi (5.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- AndersonCountyKS.org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Anderson County is a county located in East Central Kansas, in the Central United States. Its county seat and most populous city is Garnett. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,836. The county was named for Joseph C. Anderson, a Kansas territorial legislator and border ruffian during the "Bleeding Kansas" era.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anderson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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