Seward County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- March 20, 1873
- Named after
- William H. Seward
- Seat
- Liberal
- Largest city
- Liberal
- Total
- 640 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 639 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Water
- 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,073
- Density
- 34.4/sq mi (13.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- SewardCountyKS.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 21964
- Area
- 1659
- Official website
- SewardCountyKS.org
- Image
- Seward County, KS, Courthouse IMG 5985.JPG
- Households
- 7183
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- native label
- Seward County
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- Commons category
- Seward County, Kansas
- inception
- 1873-03-20
- per capita income
- 21434
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Seward County is a county of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Liberal. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 21,964. The county was formed on March 20, 1873, and named after William Seward, a politician and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
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