_County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._ Cherokee 1866 Columbus. Clay 1866 Clay Center. Cloud[30] 1860 Concordia. Crawford 1867 Girard. Ellis 1867 Hays. Ellsworth 1867 Ellsworth. Greenwood 1862 Eureka. Labette[31] 1867 Oswego. Lyon[32] 1860 Emporia. Marion 1860 Marion. Montgomery 1869 Independence. Neosho[33] 1864 Erie. Ottawa 1866 Minneapolis. Republic 1868 Belleville. Washington 1860 Washington. Wilson 1865 Fredonia. Counties Organized 1870-1880 _County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._ Barber 1873 Medicine Lodge. Barton 1872 Great Bend. Chautauqua 1875 Sedan. Cowley[34] 1870 Winfield. Decatur 1879 Oberlin. Edwards 1874 Kinsley. Elk[35] 1875 Howard. Ford 1873 Dodge City. Harper[36] 1878 Anthony. Harvey 1872 Newton. Hodgeman 1879 Jetmore. Jewell 1870 Mankato. Kingman 1874 Kingman. Lincoln 1870 Lincoln. McPherson 1870 McPherson. Mitchell 1870 Beloit. Norton 1872 Norton. Osborne 1871 Osborne. Pawnee 1872 Larned. Phillips 1872 Phillipsburg. Pratt[36] 1879 Pratt. Reno 1872 Hutchinson. Rice 1871 Lyons. Rooks 1872 Stockton.