Greenwood County
Also known as Greenwood County, Kansas, Greenwood County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- August 25, 1855
- Named after
- Alfred B. Greenwood
- Seat
- Eureka
- Largest city
- Eureka
- Total
- 1,153 sq mi (2,990 km )
- Land
- 1,143 sq mi (2,960 km )
- Water
- 9.3 sq mi (24 km ) 0.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,826
- Density
- 5.3/sq mi (2.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Greenwood County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Eureka. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,016. The county was named for Alfred Greenwood, a U.S. congressman from Arkansas that advocated Kansas statehood.
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