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Meade CountyKansas
Meade County is a county in Kansas, on the border with Oklahoma, founded in 1873, with its seat at Meade.
- Founded1873
- County seatMeade
- Named forGeorge Meade
- Land area978 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
- Population4,055 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped5,439 checked 15 October 2026
Where it is
Meade on the map of Kansas
Kansas has 105 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Formed in 1873 from Ford County
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Meade County was created from unorganized territory on March 20, 1873, but remained attached to Ford County for judicial purposes. The county was abolished in 1883 when all its territory was transferred to Ford, Seward, and the newly created Finney County. Meade was re-created on March 13, 1885, from territory taken from Finney, Ford, and Seward counties, and was fully organized by November 1885.
- 1873Meade County created Meade created from Non-County Area 6; Meade not fully organized, attached to Ford "for judicial purposes." · Kans. Laws 1873, 13th leg., ch. 72, sec. 14/p. 149 and ch. 79, sec. 6/p. 166
- 1881Changed Meade remained attached to Ford "for judicial purposes." · Kans. Laws 1881, 19th leg., ch. 99, sec. 3/p. 200
- 1883
- 1885Meade County created Meade re-created from Finney, Ford, and Seward with slightly different boundaries from Meade that was abolished 22 February 1883. · Kans. Laws 1885, 21st leg., ch. 71, sec. 2/p. 110
- 1885Changed Meade attached to Comanche "for judicial purposes." · Kans. Laws 1885, 21st leg., ch. 119, sec. 2`/pp. 165-166
Show all 9 changes
- 1873Meade County created Meade created from Non-County Area 6; Meade not fully organized, attached to Ford "for judicial purposes." · Kans. Laws 1873, 13th leg., ch. 72, sec. 14/p. 149 and ch. 79, sec. 6/p. 166
- 1879Boundary clarified Meade boundaries redefined (no change).no change· Kans. Laws 1879, 18th leg., ch. 72, sec. 10/p. 145
- 1881Changed Meade remained attached to Ford "for judicial purposes." · Kans. Laws 1881, 19th leg., ch. 99, sec. 3/p. 200
- 1883
- 1885Meade County created Meade re-created from Finney, Ford, and Seward with slightly different boundaries from Meade that was abolished 22 February 1883. · Kans. Laws 1885, 21st leg., ch. 71, sec. 2/p. 110
- 1885Changed Meade attached to Comanche "for judicial purposes." · Kans. Laws 1885, 21st leg., ch. 119, sec. 2`/pp. 165-166
- 1885Changed Meade fully organized, detached from Comanche. · Blue Skyways, http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties, 23 November 2004
- 1886
- 1886
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Meade
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Good enough
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 5,439 parcels from Meade County. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
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Address points Good enough
One point per address, 2,517 in all from Meade County.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Meade by the Census
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
Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.
Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.
Records
County government
- County government
The official website of Meade County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Meade County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Meade County
- When was Meade County founded?
- Meade County was founded in 1873, formed from Ford County, and named after George Meade.
- What is the county seat of Meade County?
- The county seat of Meade County is Meade.
- Is there an online parcel map for Meade County?
- Yes. Meade County publishes a parcel map of 5,439 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Meade County's boundary or name changed?
- Meade County was created in 1873 from Ford County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 7 later changes, chiefly involving Seward County, Finney County and Ford County.
- Who issues septic and well permits in Meade County?
- The county's page on septic systems and wells: Health.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Meade 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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