Atchison County
Also known as Atchison County, Kansas, Atchison County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 25, 1855
- Named after
- David Rice Atchison
- Seat
- Atchison
- Largest city
- Atchison
- Total
- 434 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Land
- 431 sq mi (1,120 km )
- Water
- 2.6 sq mi (6.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,172
- Density
- 37.9/sq mi (14.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
Article
Atchison County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 16,348. The county was named in honor of David Atchison, a U.S. Senator from Missouri and border ruffian during the "Bleeding Kansas" era.
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