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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
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Garnett
- Capital
- Garnett
- Population
- 7836
- Area
- 1513
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Coffey County
- Official website
- AndersonCountyKS.org
- Image
- Anderson County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 3154
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- Commons category
- Anderson County, Kansas
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Anderson County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Anderson County, Kansas
- inception
- 1855-08-25
- water as percent of area
- 0.7
- native label
- Anderson County
- different from
- Anderson County
- per capita income
- 26290
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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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