Kansas Counties
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Brown County, Kansas
| Date Established: | August 25, 1855 |
| Date Organized: | |
| Location: |
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| County Seat: | Hiawatha |
| Origin of Name: | In the 1870s, the secretary of the state Board of Agriculture attempted to determine for whom the county was named. Several of the legislators in the 1855 session declared the county was named for Albert Gallatin Brown (1813-1880), United States senator from Mississippi at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Other legislators, however, stated it was named for O. H. Browne, a member of that legislature. |
| History: | The county name was spelled Browne in the original statute, but the county seal omitted the 'e', as have all subsequent statutes. |
| Cities & Townships: |
| Place | Population (2000 census) |
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| Hiawatha (city) | 3,417 |
| Horton (city) | 1,967 |
| Sabetha (city) | 7 |
| Hamlin Township | 344 |
| Hiawatha Township | 739 |
| Irving Township | 311 |
| Mission Township | 645 |
| Morrill Township | 503 |
| Padonia Township | 259 |
| Powhattan Township | 874 |
| Robinson Township | 452 |
| Walnut Township | 665 |
| Washington Township | 541 |
| Total population: | 10,724 | |
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| Population: |
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1860
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 (2,607) |
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1870
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(6,823) |
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1880
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(12,817) |
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1890
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(20,319) |
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1900
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(22,369) |
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1910
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(21,314) |
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1920
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(20,949) |
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1930
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(20,553) |
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1940
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(17,395) |
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1950
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(14,651) |
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1960
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(13,229) |
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1970
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(11,685) |
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1980
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(11,955) |
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1990
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(11,128) |
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2000
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(10,724) |
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| Other Resources: | Bibliography
Cemeteries in Brown County, as of 1906
Newspapers available on microfilm
Townships & Independent Cities in Brown County
Post offices in Brown County
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| Links to Other Sites: | Brown County page [Blue Skyways]
Brown County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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