Kansas Counties » Check Your Knowledge
Try this sixteen-question test to see what you've learned about Kansas counties.
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1
Which Kansas county is considered the geographical center of America's 48 contiguous states?
- Reno
- Smith
- Pratt
- Morton
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2
Which is the only county in Kansas named after a woman?
- Finney
- Lyon
- Barton
- Johnson
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3
How many Kansas counties were named in honor of a U.S. president?
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 3
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4
Which of these Kansas counties did not end up with a misspelled name of its namesake?
- Brown
- Clark
- Hodgeman
- Sedgwick
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5
Which of these Kansas counties was not named after a military fort?
- Osage
- Ellsworth
- Leavenworth
- Riley
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6
The first known photograph of a tornado was taken in which Kansas county?
- Smith
- Logan
- Anderson
- Barton
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7
Which Kansas county includes one of the few cities in the U.S. founded strictly for political reasons?
- Segwick
- Douglas
- Shawnee
- Riley
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8
In which county is located the first town in Kansas that was established by former slaves?
- Graham
- Norton
- Kiowa
- Scott
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9
The Medicine Lodge Indian Peace Treaty was signed in which Kansas county in October 1867 by five tribes of the Plains Indians and the U.S. Government?
- Barber
- Bourbon
- Chase
- Decatur
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10
The first woman in the U.S. to be elected to the office of mayor held that office in what county?
- Pratt
- Sherman
- Sumner
- Allen
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11
Kansas was the first state to pave all of its portion of Historic Route 66, which runs through which Kansas county?
- Montgomery
- Labette
- Crawford
- Cherokee
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12
Stone from quarries in which Kansas county was used for the construction of the Kansas State Capitol?
- Marion
- Riley
- Marshall
- Chase
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13
Famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, came from which Kansas county?
- Franklin
- Atchison
- Ness
- Cloud
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14
The first "cowtown" in the Old West is found in what Kansas county?
- Dickinson
- McPherson
- Ellis
- Pawnee
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15
Which Kansas county is famous for the fossils found in its chalk beds?
- Harvey
- Logan
- Gove
- Smith
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16
The highest point in Kansas, Mount Sunflower, is found in which county?
- Thomas
- Edwards
- Kearny
- Wallace
