Date Established: |
February 21, 1860 |
Date Organized: |
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Date Defunct: |
February 26, 1867 |
Location: |
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Boundaries: |
Peketon included all territory west of the 6th principal meridian, and south of township 16 south, more than one-quarter of the state. The northeast corner was at the southwest corner of Dickinson County; from which point the northern boundary of Peketon ran west past what is now the Kansas/Colorado state line into southeastern Colorado, and the eastern boundary went south to the border of Indian Territory (now the state of Oklahoma). |
County Seat: |
Beach Valley |
Origin of Name: |
Possibly from a Sac Indian word meaning flat land, but no definitive explanation has ever been found. |
History: |
Peketon County was never organized, and its territory became a part of Marion County in 1867. |
Population: |
No Data Available.
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Other Resources: |
Post offices in Peketon County
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