Greeley County | |
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Greeley County Courthouse in Tribune (2010) | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Kansas | |
![]() Kansas's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 38°28′00″N 101°49′59″W / 38.4667°N 101.833°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | March 20, 1873 |
Named for | Horace Greeley |
Seat | Tribune |
Largest city | Tribune |
Area | |
• Total | 778 sq mi (2,020 km2) |
• Land | 778 sq mi (2,020 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) 0.0% |
Population | |
• Total | 1,284 |
• Estimate (2021)[2] | 1,304 ![]() |
• Density | 1.7/sq mi (0.7/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−7 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−6 (MDT) |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | greeleycounty.org |
Greeley County is a county located in western Kansas, in the Central United States. Its county seat and largest city is Tribune.[3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,284,[1] making it the least populous county in Kansas. As of 2018, it is tied with Wallace County as the least densely populated county in the state.[4] The county is named after Horace Greeley,[5] editor of the New York Tribune, who encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".[6]