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Formed March 7, 1872 (76th<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kingman County (7,461), Kingman (3,104)                <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A beautiful red brick and masonry Romanesque courthouse with many towers was designed by George P. Washburn.  Tile floors give way to wood stairs on the north and south of the building.  It was built in 1907 following the county\u2019s March 7, 1872 formation.  Kingman has always been the county seat.  The county was taken from parts of Harper and Reno counties as the 76th<\/sup> county.  The building sits on Spruce Street between Sherman and A avenues.  United States Highway 54 is three blocks north of the courthouse.  Kingman County is named for Kansas Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Samuel Austin Kingman.  The county seat is named for the county.  <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kingman County government consists of a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive).  It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.)  Five District Court Judges serve Kingman, Barber, Harper, Pratt, and Sumner counties (judicial.) <\/a>The county is in the south part of the state directly west of Wichita, Kansas.  The county center is 8.5 miles Southwest of Kingman.  The county is surrounded clockwise by Reno, Sedgwick, Sumner, Harper, Barber, and Pratt counties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 864 square miles.  It is 40 out of 105 in the state.  It ranks 51 out of 105 in population in the state.  It has a density of 8.6 persons per square mile making it 52 out of 105 in the state.  <\/a>Kingman County has 56.2% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highways 54\/400 go east to west in the county from Sedgwick County to Pratt County.  The county is a rectangle.  The City of Kingman is in the northern third of the county.  Kingman is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 41.6% of the county population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formed March 7, 1872 (76th county) Kingman County (7,461), Kingman (3,104)                 A beautiful red brick and masonry Romanesque courthouse with many towers was designed by George P. Washburn.  Tile floors give way to wood stairs on the north and south of the building.  It was built in 1907 following the county\u2019s March 7, 1872 formation.  … <\/p>\n

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