Barber County
Also known as Barber County, Kansas, Barber County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Thomas W. Barber
- Seat
- Medicine Lodge
- Largest city
- Medicine Lodge
- Total
- 1,136 sq mi (2,940 km )
- Land
- 1,134 sq mi (2,940 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 4,083
- Density
- 3.728/sq mi (1.440/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
Article
Barber County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Medicine Lodge. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,228. The county was named for Thomas Barber, an abolitionist who was killed in Douglas County in 1855 during the Wakarusa War.
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19 mapped locations