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Cowley County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Matthew Cowley
- Seat
- Winfield
- Largest city
- Arkansas City
- Total
- 1,132 sq mi (2,930 km )
- Land
- 1,126 sq mi (2,920 km )
- Water
- 6.7 sq mi (17 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,382
- Density
- 30.68/sq mi (11.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- cowleycounty.org
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Encyclopedic overview
Cowley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Winfield, and its most populous city is Arkansas City. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 34,549. The county was named after Matthew Cowley, first lieutenant in Company I, 9th Kansas Cavalry, who died during the Civil War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cowley County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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