Welcome to Atchison County ...
Time Zone: Atchison County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Atchison is the Seat for Atchison County.
Atchison County is one of the original counties of Kansas and was founded August 25, 1855.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Atchison had a population of 16,073 people. This is a decrease of 4.64% since the last Census (which gave a population of 16,855 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Atchison represented 0.59% of the total population of Kansas.
Below are some of the communities located in Atchison County:
- Atchison
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Effingham
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Huron
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Huron is located in Atchison County (KS)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Lancaster
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County (KS)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Muscotah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County (KS)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Websites specific to Atchison County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Doniphan County
- Buchanan County
- Leavenworth County
- Platte County
- Jefferson County
- Jackson County
- Brown County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
| <1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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