Dickinson County
Also known as Dickinson County, Kansas, Dickinson County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 20, 1857
- Named after
- Daniel S. Dickinson
- Seat
- Abilene
- Largest city
- Abilene
- Total
- 852 sq mi (2,210 km )
- Land
- 847 sq mi (2,190 km )
- Water
- 4.9 sq mi (13 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,637
- Density
- 21.7/sq mi (8.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Dickinson County is a county in Central Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Abilene. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 18,402. The county was named in honor of Daniel Dickinson, a U.S. Senator from New York that was a Kansas statehood advocate.
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