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Bourbon CountyKansas

Bourbon County is a county in Kansas, with its seat in Fort Scott. It was created on August 25, 1855.

  • Founded1855
  • County seatFort Scott
  • Named forBourbon County, Kentucky
  • Land area635 sq mi + 3.6 sq mi water
  • Population14,360 2020 Census
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CrawfordAllenVernon, MONeosho Fort Scott Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Bourbon on the map of Kansas

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History

Formed in 1855 from McGee County and Cherokee County

An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.

Bourbon County was created by Kansas Territory on August 25, 1855, from McGee and Cherokee counties, and was fully organized on September 12, 1855. The county became part of the state of Kansas on January 29, 1861, and lost territory to the creation of Crawford County on August 3, 1867.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; the 5 that matter most are shown first.

  1. 1855
    Bourbon County created Bourbon created by Kansas Territory from non-county area; Bourbon not fully organized. McGee (now Cherokee) not fully organized, attached to Bourbon "for civil and military purposes."
    from McGeefrom Cherokee
    · Kans. Terr. Laws 1855, 1st leg., ch. 30, secs. 4, 34/pp. 206, 210
  2. 1855
    Changed Bourbon fully organized. · Kansas Counties, KSHS, http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.htm, 20 October 2004
  3. 1859
    Changed Dorn (now Neosho) detached from Allen, attached to Bourbon "for judicial purposes." McGee (now Cherokee) remained attached to Bourbon "for judicial purposes."
    DornNeoshoAllenMcGeeCherokee
    · Kans. Terr. Laws 1859, 5th leg., ch. 40, sec. 4/p. 330
  4. 1861
    Became part of Kansas Bourbon became a county in the state of Kansas. · U.S. Stat., vol. 12, ch. 20 [1861]/pp. 126-128; Van Zandt, 138-139
  5. 1867
    Lost territory Bourbon lost to creation of Crawford.
    to Crawford
    · Kans. Laws 1867, 7th leg., ch. 32/p. 50
Show all 8 changes (3 more)
  1. 1855
    Bourbon County created Bourbon created by Kansas Territory from non-county area; Bourbon not fully organized. McGee (now Cherokee) not fully organized, attached to Bourbon "for civil and military purposes."
    from McGeefrom Cherokee
    · Kans. Terr. Laws 1855, 1st leg., ch. 30, secs. 4, 34/pp. 206, 210
  2. 1855
    Changed Bourbon fully organized. · Kansas Counties, KSHS, http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.htm, 20 October 2004
  3. 1857
    Boundary clarified Bourbon boundaries redefined to run on federal land survey lines (no change).
    no change
    · Kans. Terr. Laws 1857, 2d leg., sec. 4/p. 38
  4. 1859
    Changed Dorn (now Neosho) detached from Allen, attached to Bourbon "for judicial purposes." McGee (now Cherokee) remained attached to Bourbon "for judicial purposes."
    DornNeoshoAllenMcGeeCherokee
    · Kans. Terr. Laws 1859, 5th leg., ch. 40, sec. 4/p. 330
  5. 1860
    Changed Cherokee remained attached to Bourbon "for judicial purposes." Dorn (now Neosho) detached from Bourbon, attached to Allen "for judicial purposes."
    CherokeeDornNeoshoAllen
    · Kans. Terr. Laws 1860, ch. 78, sec. 4/p. 133; HRS Kansas, Bourbon, 10
  6. 1861
    Became part of Kansas Bourbon became a county in the state of Kansas. · U.S. Stat., vol. 12, ch. 20 [1861]/pp. 126-128; Van Zandt, 138-139
  7. 1866
    Changed Cherokee fully organized, detached from Bourbon.
    Cherokee
    · Kansas Counties, KSHS, http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.htm, 20 October 2004
  8. 1867
    Lost territory Bourbon lost to creation of Crawford.
    to Crawford
    · Kans. Laws 1867, 7th leg., ch. 32/p. 50

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Bourbon

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Good enough
a reliable statewide or national copy
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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Bourbon by the Census

Population
14,360 2020 Census count
Housing units
6,770 2020 Census count
Land area
635 square miles
Water area
3.6 square miles
People per sq mi
23 population ÷ land area

Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Rules and offices

Who to ask before you build, dig or sell

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Records

GIS and maps

County government

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Questions

Common questions about Bourbon County

When was Bourbon County founded?
Bourbon County was founded in 1855, formed from McGee County and Cherokee County, and named after Bourbon County, Kentucky.
What is the county seat of Bourbon County?
The county seat of Bourbon County is Fort Scott.
Is there an online parcel map for Bourbon County?
Not that we have found yet. Lot lines and owners of record are kept by the county assessor's office. When a public parcel map appears, it shows here.
Has Bourbon County's boundary or name changed?
Bourbon County was created in 1855 from McGee County and Cherokee County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Cherokee County, Allen County and Dorn County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Bourbon County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

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