Rice County
Also known as Rice County, Kansas, Rice County, KS
county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Samuel Allen Rice
- Seat
- Lyons
- Largest city
- Lyons
- Total
- 728 sq mi (1,890 km )
- Land
- 726 sq mi (1,880 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,266
- Density
- 13/sq mi (5.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
Article
Rice County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Lyons. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,427. The county was named in memory of Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.
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On the map
22 mapped locations