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Location
 
 
County Seat: Westmoreland 
Founded: 1856
Population:
    · 18,209 (2000)
    · 16,128 (1990)
    · 18,470 (1900)
Area: 828 Square Miles
Standard Abbreviation: PT  

 Pottawatomie  
    County

Pottawatomie County Courthouse in Westmoreland, Kansas. Photo by Susan Howell.
Pottawatomie County Courthouse 

History

Map of Pottawatomie County, KS in 1899
Organized in 1856.  County seat, Westmoreland.  Named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of the Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the County.
 
Map and text from History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
 
Louis Vieux, a Pottawatomie Indian, once operated the first ferry along the Oregon Trail to help travelers across the Vermillion River near Wamego.
 
The Special Collections of the Ablah Library at WSU contain historical images of several Pottawatomie County towns: Westmoreland, St. George, Belvue, Onaga, Havensville, and St. Marys.
 
William G. Cutler's History of Kansas, first published in 1883, tells about early Pottawatomie County.
 
The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Pottawatomie County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.

Cities, Towns, & Villages of Pottawatomie County

                           2000
    Town                Population  ZIP         Year  Elevation
    =================   ==========  =========   ====  =========
    Aikins                                              1176
    Barret                                              1137
    Belvue                     228  66407                960
    Blaine                          66549               1507
    Duluth                          66521               1240
    Emmett                     277  66422               1025
    Flush                                               1090
    Fostoria                        66426               1458
    Havensville                146  66432               1200
    Laclede                                             1050
    Louisville                 209  66450               1000
    Olsburg                    192  66520               1422
    Onaga                      704  66521               1150
    Saint Clere                                         1080
    St. George                 434  66535
    St. Marys                2,198  66536               1000
    Swamp Angel                                         1002
    Wamego                   4,246  66547                990
    Westmoreland               631  66549               1168
    Wheaton                     92  66551               1500
U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts about Pottawatomie County

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