Marshall

Formed August 25, 1855 (15^th county)

Marshall County (10,038), Marysville (3,441)

The dark red brick and metal Modern design is the 1979 facility.  The courthouse is at Broadway and 12^th streets.  The building designer was Wilbur F. Kruse.  United States Highway 36 is one block to the north of the site.  The old 1891 classic courthouse sits next to this facility.  The county is an original one (15^th county) created on August 25, 1855 with Marysville as the only county seat.  The county is named for settler Francis J. Marshall.  Marysville is named for his wife. 

Marshall County government consists of a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Four District Court Judges serve Marshall, Brown, Doniphan, and Nemaha counties (judicial.) The county is in north Kansas on the border with Nebraska.  Topeka, Kansas is to the southeast and Salina, Kansas is to the southwest of the county.  The county center is 16.8 miles Southeast of Marysville nearer Frankfort.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Nebraska and Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, and Washington counties. 

The area of the county is 903 square miles.  It is 23 out of 105 in the state.  It ranks 39 out of 105 in population in the state.  It has a density of 11.1 persons per square mile making it 50 out of 105 in the state.  Marshall County has 66.0% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 36 crosses the county east to west from Nemaha County to Washington County.  United States Highway 77 goes north to south from Nebraska to Riley County.  The county is a square.  Marysville is in the northwest quarter of the county.  Marysville is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 34.3% of the county population.