Brown County

Also known as Brown County, Kansas, Brown County, KS

county in Kansas, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Kansas
Founded: August 25, 1855
Named after: Albert Gallatin Brown
Seat: Hiawatha
Largest city: Hiawatha
Total: 572 sq mi (1,480 km )
Land: 571 sq mi (1,480 km )
Water: 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km ) 0.2%
Estimate 2025: 9,104
Density: 16.7/sq mi (6.4/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: brcoks.org

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Official website

Brown County, KS | Official Website

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Wikidata facts

Population: 9508
Area: 1482
Official website: www.brcoks.org
Image: BrownCoKScourthouse.JPG
Households: 3757

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native label: Brown County
Commons category: Brown County, Kansas
water as percent of area: 0.2
inception: 1855-08-30
per capita income: 25183

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Brown County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Hiawatha. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,508. The county was named after Albert G. Brown, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi and Kansas statehood advocate. The Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Kansas, the majority of the Sac and Fox Reservation, and the majority of the Iowa Reservation of Kansas and Nebraska are located within the county.

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