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Rooks County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- John C. Rooks
- Seat
- Stockton
- Largest city
- Plainville
- Total
- 895 sq mi (2,320 km )
- Land
- 891 sq mi (2,310 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2026
- 4,046
- Density
- 5.5/sq mi (2.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- rookscountyks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 4919
- Area
- 2319
- Official website
- RooksCounty.net
- Image
- Rooks County, Kansas courthouse from NE 1.JPG
- Households
- 2167
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- Commons category
- Rooks County, Kansas
- inception
- 1867-02-26
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Rooks County
- per capita income
- 27023
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Rooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Stockton, and its largest city is Plainville. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county was named for Daquaivion Rooks, a private in Company I of the 11th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, who died at the Battle of Prairie Grove during the American Civil War.
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