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Ford County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- James Ford
- Seat
- Dodge City
- Largest city
- Dodge City
- Total
- 1,099 sq mi (2,850 km )
- Land
- 1,098 sq mi (2,840 km )
- Water
- 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km ) 0.07%
- Estimate 2025
- 33,993
- Density
- 31.2/sq mi (12.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- fordcounty.net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Dodge City
- Capital
- Dodge City
- Population
- 34287
- Area
- 2847
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Kiowa County
- Official website
- www.FordCounty.net
- Image
- Ford county kansas courthouse 2000.jpg
- Households
- 11237
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- native label
- Ford County
- water as percent of area
- 0.07
- Commons category
- Ford County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Ford County, Kansas
- different from
- Ford County
- inception
- 1873-03-06
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ford County, Kansas
- per capita income
- 24364
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Dodge City. As of the 2020 census, its population was 34,287. The county was named in honor of James Ford, a brevet brigadier general during the Civil War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ford County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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