Formed March 20, 1873 (80th county)
Grant County (7,353), Ulysses (5,792)
The Art Deco style, tan brick courthouse in Ulysses was built in 1930. It is on a square of Glenn Street, Grant Street, Court Street and Central Street. There are mosaic designs along the top of the building. Smith and English were the building designers. This current courthouse replaced an 1888 courthouse which used to be in front of this building. Ulysses has always been the county seat. United States Highway 160 is three blocks to the south. The county was created on March 20, 1873 from parts of Finney and Hamilton counties as the 80th county. The county and the county seat are named for Civil War General and United States President Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant County government consists of a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Eight District Court Judges serve Grant, Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens counties Four District Court Judges serve Allen, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson counties (judicial.) The county is in the southwest part of the state. Dodge City, Kansas is northeast and Pueblo, Colorado is northwest of the county. Two forks of the Cimarron River flow in the county. The county center is 8.2 miles Southeast of Ulysses nearer Hickok. The county is surrounded clockwise by Kearny, Finney, Haskell, Stevens, Stanton, and Hamilton counties.
The area of the county is 575 square miles. It is 89 out of 105 in the state. It ranks 52 out of 105 in population in the state. It has a density of 12.8 persons per square mile making it 45 out of 105 in the state. Grant County has 78.8% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 160 goes east to west in the county from Haskell County to Stanton County. Another of the square shaped counties of Kansas has Ulysses located slightly west of center in the county. Ulysses is the county seat and the only incorporated city thus it is the largest city. It is 78.8% of the county population. The county seat is pronounced UE-LIS-SES.
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