Greeley

Formed March 20, 1873 (81^st county)

Greeley County (1,282), Tribune (772)

The Modern red/tan brick building, built in 1975, replaced the 1890 courthouse which remains directly behind this building.  It is located on 2^nd Street between Lawrence and Harper streets.  Kansas State Highway 27 is one block to the west of the courthouse.  The county was created on March 20, 1873 from Native American Territory as the 81^st county.  The designers are Kiene and Bradley.  The county is named for Presidential candidate Horace Greeley.  The county seat is named for the New York Tribune for which Horace Greeley was the publisher.  Tribune has always been the county seat. 

Greeley County government consists of a sheriff and 5 Commissioners.  Seven District Court Judges serve Greeley, Finney, Hamilton, Kearny, Scott, and Wichita counties.  The county is in western Kansas on the border with Colorado.  Dodge City, Kansas is to the southeast and Pueblo, Colorado is to the southwest of the county.  The county center is 2.6 miles West of Tribune nearer Horace.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Wallace, Wichita, and Hamilton counties and Colorado. 

The area of the county is 778 square miles.  It is 49 out of 105 in the state.  It ranks 105 out of 105 in population in the state.  It has a density of 1.6 persons per square mile making it 105 out of 105 in the state.  Greeley County has 68.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  There are no Interstates or United States Highways in the county.  Another rectangular county of western Kansas, Tribune is slightly east of the county’s center.  Tribune is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 60.2% of the county population.