The purpose of a county is for local administration of an area beneath the state level, i.e federal, state, county, and municipal governments. In Kansas, there are a total of 105 counties, each with their own county seat. This county seat is the town where the governing body of the county resides. This body is known as the County Legislature which is named after the county.
The County Legislature is responsible for enacting the ordinances, and laws relating only to the county. The county Sheriff is responsible for enforcing the laws of that county and the laws of the state.
Below you will find a listing of all 105 counties in the state of Kansas. By clicking on the county name you will be taken to a page that lists important facts about that county and other information that you will find useful and informative.
- Kansas Facts: Allen County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Anderson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Atchison County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Barber County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Barton County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Bourbon County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Brown County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Butler County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Chase County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Chautauqua County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Cherokee County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Cheyenne County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Clark County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Clay County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Cloud County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Coffey County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Comanche County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Cowley County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Crawford County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Decatur County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Dickinson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Doniphan County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Douglas County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Edwards County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Elk County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Ellis County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Ellsworth County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Finney County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Ford County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Franklin County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Geary County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Gove County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Graham County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Grant County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Gray County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Greeley County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Greenwood County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Hamilton County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Harper County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Harvey County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Haskell County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Hodgeman County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Jackson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Jefferson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Jewell County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Johnson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Kearny County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Kingman County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Kiowa County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Labette County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Lane County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Leavenworth County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Lincoln County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Linn County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Logan County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Lyon County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Marion County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Marshall County Facts
- Kansas Facts: McPherson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Meade County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Miami County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Mitchell County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Montgomery County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Morris County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Morton County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Nemaha County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Neosho County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Ness County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Norton County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Osage County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Osborne County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Ottawa County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Pawnee County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Philips County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Pottawatomie County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Pratt County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Rawlins County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Reno County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Republic County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Rice County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Riley County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Rooks County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Rush County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Russell County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Saline County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Scott County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Sedgwick County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Seward County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Shawnee County Facts (Home of the State Capital in Topeka, Kansas)
- Kansas Facts: Sheridan County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Sherman County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Smith County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Stafford County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Stanton County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Stevens County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Sumner County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Thomas County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Trego County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Wabaunsee County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Wallace County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Washington County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Wichita County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Wilson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Woodson County Facts
- Kansas Facts: Wyandotte County Facts