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THOMAS County was created by the Legislature of 1873. It embraces thirty congressional townships and includes an area of 1,080 square miles.₁

Organized October 8, 1885. County seat Colby. In honor of Major-General George H. Thomas, United States army, who died in 1870.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

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