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| Name | Seward |
| Alt names | Greene County | source: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS20014579 | | Seward | source: Getty Vocabulary Program | | SW | source: Wikipedia |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 37.2°N 100.833°W |
| Located in | Kansas, United States (1886 - ) |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Seward County (standard abbreviation: SW) is a county of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 21,964. The largest city and county seat is Liberal. The county was formed on March 20, 1873 and named after William Henry Seward, an American politician and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.
Timeline
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| 1880 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1886 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1886 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1886 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1886 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1886 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1880 | 5
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| 1890 | 1,503
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| 1900 | 822
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| 1910 | 4,091
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| 1920 | 6,220
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| 1930 | 8,075
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| 1940 | 6,540
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| 1950 | 9,972
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| 1960 | 15,930
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| 1970 | 15,744
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| 1980 | 17,071
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| 1990 | 18,743
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Seward County, Kansas, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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