{"id":14013,"date":"2023-04-08T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T15:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=14013"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:59:00","slug":"rawlins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uscountycourthouses.org\/?page_id=14013","title":{"rendered":"Rawlins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Formed March 20, 1873 (86th<\/sup> county)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rawlins County (2,560), Atwood (1,293)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The red brick and stone Romanesque Revival facility, built in 1906, is on the square at Main, East Court, Vine, and West Court streets.  United States Highway 36 is six blocks to the north of the courthouse.  The building\u2019s designers were Eisentraut, Colby, and Pottenger.  It has a tower on top.  There was an 1881 courthouse in Atwood, the only county seat, following the March 20, 1873 county formation.  The county was taken from Native American Territory the 86th<\/sup> county.  Secretary of War John A. Rawlins is the namesake for the county.  Atwood is named for the son of settler J. M. Matheny.  <\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rawlins County government consists of a sheriff, a clerk, an attorney, a treasurer, a coroner, and an appraiser (executive).\u00a0 It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) \u00a0Eight District Court Judges serve Rawlins, Cheyenne, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace counties (judicial.)\u00a0<\/a>Rawlins County is in northwest Kansas on the border with Nebraska.\u00a0 The county center is 2.7 miles Southwest of Atwood.\u00a0 The county is surrounded clockwise by Nebraska and Decatur, Thomas, Sherman, and Cheyenne counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area of the county is 1070 square miles.  It is 13 out of 105 in the state.  It ranks 92 out of 105 in population in the state.  It has a density of 2.4 persons per square mile making it 99 out of 105 in the state.  <\/a>Rawlins County has 59.8% of its population in its incorporated areas.  United States Highway 36 crosses the county east to west from Decatur County to Cheyenne County.  The county is a square.  Atwood is slightly north and east of center in the county.  Atwood is the county seat and the largest city.  It is 50.5% of the county population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Formed March 20, 1873 (86th county) Rawlins County (2,560), Atwood (1,293) The red brick and stone Romanesque Revival facility, built in 1906, is on the square at Main, East Court, Vine, and West Court streets.  United States Highway 36 is six blocks to the north of the courthouse.  The building\u2019s designers were Eisentraut, Colby, and … <\/p>\n

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