Atchison County (county code AT) is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was estimated to be 16745 in the year 2006. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. The county is named in honor of David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri.
The Atchison Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Atchison County.
Atchison County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansa...
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Atchison County (county code AT) is a county located in Northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was estimated to be 16745 in the year 2006. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison. The county is named in honor of David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri.
The Atchison Micropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Atchison County.
Atchison County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 435 square miles (1,127 km²), of which 432 square miles (1,120 km²) is land and 3 square miles (7 km²), or 0.62%, is water.
On July 4, 1804, to mark Independence Day, the Lewis and Clark Expedition named Independence Creek (River) located near the city of Atchison (see Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition).
Sources: National Atlas...
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