Greenwood County, Kansas

Greenwood County
County
AT&SF Railroad Depot in Eureka (2013)
Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
Kansas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°52′00″N 96°16′00″W / 37.8667°N 96.2667°W / 37.8667; -96.2667
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	August 25, 1855
Named for	Alfred B. Greenwood
Seat	Eureka
Largest city	Eureka
Area
• Total	1,153 sq mi (2,990 km2)
• Land	1,143 sq mi (2,960 km2)
• Water	9.3 sq mi (24 km2)  0.8%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	6,016
• Density	5.3/sq mi (2.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	GreenwoodCounty.org

Greenwood County (county code GW) is a county in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 6,016 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Eureka. Eureka is also the biggest city in Greenwood County.^[2]

In 1855, Greenwood County was created. It was named after Alfred B. Greenwood,^[3] a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas.

The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879.^[4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "QuickFacts: Greenwood County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 144.
4. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 795. ISBN 9780722249055.