Back مقاطعة غريلي (كانساس) Arabic Greeley County, Kansas BAR Грийли (окръг, Канзас) Bulgarian গ্রীলেয় কাউন্টি, ক্যানসাস BPY Greeley Gông (Kansas) CDO Грили (гуо, Канзас) CE Greeley County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Kansas) CEB Greeley County (Kansas) Czech Greeley County, Kansas Welsh Greeley County (Kansas) German
Greeley County | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Kansas |
| 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]
- ^ a b "QuickFacts; Greeley County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". Retrieved October 3, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/population/popden2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 143.
- ^ Josiah Busnell Grinnell (1891). Men and Events of Forty Years. Boston: D. Lothrop. p. 87. ISBN 9780598638700. Retrieved February 13, 2009.