Sherman County, Kansas

Sherman County
County
Sherman County courthouse in Goodland (2012)
Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
Kansas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 39°21′N 101°43′W / 39.35°N 101.72°W / 39.35; -101.72
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	September 20, 1886
Named for	William Tecumseh Sherman[1]
Seat	Goodland
Largest city	Goodland
Area
• Total	1,056 sq mi (2,740 km2)
• Land	1,056 sq mi (2,740 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.02%
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	5,927
• Density	5.6/sq mi (2.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC−7 (Mountain)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−6 (MDT)
Congressional district	1st
Website	www.sherman.kansasgov.com

Sherman County (standard abbreviation: SH) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,927 people lived there.^[2] Its county seat is Goodland.^[3] Sherman County was created by the Kansas Legislature in 1873. It is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman.^[4]

1. ↑ "Welcome To the Official Sherman County Website". Sherman County, Kansas. Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "QuickFacts: Sherman County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
3. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
4. ↑ William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, published 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, Il., http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/unorganized/unorganized-co-p1.html