Shawnee County, Kansas

Shawnee County (county code SN) is a county in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909 making it the third-most populous county in Kansas.

Shawnee County, Kansas
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Location in the state of Kansas
Kansas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	August 25, 1855
Seat	Topeka
Largest City	Topeka
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	556 sq mi (1,440 km²) 544 sq mi (1,409 km²) 12 sq mi (31 km²), 2.1
Population  -  Density
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Shawnee people
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Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state capital and county seat. The county was one of the original 33 counties created by the first territorial legislature in 1855.

It was named for the Shawnee tribe of Native Americans.

History

On August 25, 1855, Shawnee County was created.

Shawnee County, Kansas Media

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  Map of Shawnee Co, Ks, USA

Further reading

• Bird, Roy D.; Douglass W. Wallace (1976). Robert W. Richmond & Joseph W. Snell (ed.). Witness of the Times: A History of Shawnee County. Topeka, Kansas: Shawnee County Historical Society. ISBN 0-916934-03-9.
• William Whitney Cone (1877), William W. Cone's historical sketch of Shawnee County, Kansas, Topeka, Kan: Kansas Farmer Printing House, OL 23360498M
• Atlas and Plat Book of Shawnee County, Kansas; Kenyon Co; 107 pages; 1921.
• Plat Book, Directory, Survey of Shawnee County, Kansas; Kansas Farmer; 45 pages; 1913.
• Standard Atlas of Shawnee County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 82 pages; 1898.
• Atlas of Shawnee County, Kansas; F.W. Beers; 41 pages; 1873.

Other websites

County

• Shawnee County - Official Website
• Shawnee County - Directory of Public Officials

Maps

• Shawnee County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
• Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society