Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County
Greeley County
Consolidated city-county
	Greeley County Courthouse in Tribune (2010)
	Logo
	Motto: "Life as it should be"
	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 after	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 (2020)
• Total	1,284
• Estimate (2023)	1,181
• Density	1.7/sq mi (0.64/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.^[2] 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.^[3] The county is named after Horace Greeley,^[4] editor of the New York Tribune, who encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".^[5]

^ ^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.
^ "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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)