Rush 1874 La Crosse. Russell 1872 Russell. Sedgwick 1870 Wichita. Smith 1872 Smith Center. Stafford 1879 St. John. Sumner 1871 Wellington. Trego 1879 WaKeeney. Counties Organized 1880-1890 _County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._ Cheyenne 1886 St. Francis. Clark 1885 Ashland. Comanche[37] 1885 Coldwater. Finney[38] 1884 Garden City. Gove 1886 Gove. Graham 1880 Hill City. Gran 1888 Ulysses. Gray 1887 Cimarron. Greeley 1887 Tribune. Hamilton 1886 Syracuse. Haskell 1887 Santa Fe. Kearny 1888 Lakin. Kiowa 1886 Greensburg. Lane 1886 Dighton. Logan 1887 Russell Springs. Meade 1885 Meade. Morton 1886 Richfield. Ness[37] 1880 Ness City. Rawlins 1881 Atwood. Scott 1886 Scott. Seward 1886 Liberal. Sheridan 1880 Hoxie. Sherman 1886 Goodland. Stanton 1887 Johnson. Stevens 1886 Hugoton. Thomas 1885 Colby. Wichita 1886 Leoti. Wallace 1888 Sharon Springs. [1] Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. [2] In 1819 the United States gave to Spain that part of Kansas lying south of the Arkansas River and west of the 100th meridian. This territory again became a part of the United States by the annexation of Texas in 1845. [3] Coues, Expedition of Zebulon Montgomery Pike.