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Cloud County, Kansas

Date Established: March 27, 1867
Date Organized:
Location: Kansas map showing location of Cloud County
County Seat: Concordia
Origin of Name: In honor of William F. Cloud (1825-1905), colonel of the Second Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War.
Cities & Townships
PlacePopulation (2010 census)
Arion Township  100 
Aurora Township  120 
Buffalo Township  112 
Center Township  187 
Colfax Township  37 
Concordia (city)  5,395 
Elk Township  817 
Grant Township  350 
Lawrence Township  118 
Lincoln Township  359 
Lyon Township  122 
Meredith Township  75 
Nelson Township  109 
Oakland Township  37 
Shirley Township  147 
Sibley Township  184 
Solomon Township  591 
Starr Township  624 
Summit Township  49 
Total population: 9,533 

Township map of Cloud County, 2000
Population:
1870 (2,323)
1880 (15,343)
1890 (19,295)
1900 (18,071)
1910 (18,388)
1920 (17,714)
1930 (18,006)
1940 (17,247)
1950 (16,104)
1960 (14,407)
1970 (13,466)
1980 (12,494)
1990 (11,023)
2000 (10,268)
2010 (9,533)
Other Resources: Post offices in Cloud County
Cemeteries in Cloud County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Cloud County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory
Links to Other Sites: Cloud County page [Blue Skyways]
Cloud County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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