Coffey

Formed August 25, 1855 (7^th county)

Coffey County (8,358), Burlington (2,635)

A brown brick and concrete Modern building sits at 6^th, Neosho, 7^th and Des Moines streets.  The site is two blocks west of United States Highway 75.  Kiene and Bradley designed this 1964 facility.  There was a 1901 courthouse to serve county following its August 25, 1855 founding in Burlington, the only county seat.  The county was an original county (7^th county.)  The county is named for Territorial Legislator Asbury M. Coffey.  The county seat is named for Burlington, Vermont. 

Coffey County government consists of a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive).  It has 5 Commissioners (legislative.)  Four District Court Judges serve Coffey, Anderson, Franklin, and Osage counties (judicial.) Coffey County is in the eastern part of the start.  Topeka, Kansas is north and Kansas City, Kansas is northeast of the county.  The county center is 4.3 miles North of Burlington nearer New Strawn.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Osage, Franklin, Anderson, Allen, Woodson, Greenwood, and Lyon counties. 

The area of the county is 630 square miles.  It is 80 out of 105 in the state.  It ranks 46 out of 105 in population in the state.  It has a density of 13.3 persons per square mile making it 43 out of 105 in the state.  Coffey County has 63.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  Interstate Highway 35 clips the northwest corner from Osage County, north, to Lyon County, west.  United States Highway 75 crosses the county north to south from Osage County to Woodson County.  The Neosho River flows through the county.  Another rectangular county, Burlington is in the southern third of the county.  Burlington is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 31.5% of the county population.