Seward County

Also known as Seward County, Kansas, Seward County, KS

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 )

Article

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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