Kansas Counties

Find information on current and defunct counties:

Sequoyah County, Kansas [defunct]

Date Established:	March 20, 1873
Date Organized:
Date Defunct:	February 22, 1883
Location:
Boundaries:	The county was composed of townships 21 through 26 south and ranges 31 through 34 west, which made it twenty-four miles east to west and thirty-six miles north and south. The creating statute gave the boundaries as: "Commencing at the intersection of the east line of range 31 west with the 4th standard parallel; thence south along range line to the intersection with the north line of township 27 south; thence west along township lie to where it intersect the east line of range 35 west; thence north along range line to where it intersects the 4th standard parallel; thence east to the place of beginning."
Origin of Name:	In honor of the Cherokee Indian leader Sequoyah (1776-1843), the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet.
History:	Sequoyah County was absorbed by Finney County in 1883.
Population:	1880 (568)
Other Resources:	Post offices in Sequoyah County