Greeley County | |
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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 |
• 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 (county code GL) is a county in western Kansas. It is in the Central United States. In 2020, 1,284 people lived there.[1] It is the county with the fewest number of people living in it in Kansas. Its county seat is Tribune. Tribune is also the biggest city in the county.[2] The county is named after Horace Greeley[3] of Chappaqua, New York, editor of the New York Tribune. Greeley helped western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".[4]