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Rice CountyKansas

Rice County is in Kansas and has its county seat in Lyons. The county was formed on February 26, 1867, and named after Samuel Allen Rice.

  • Founded1867
  • County seatLyons
  • Named forSamuel Allen Rice
  • Land area726 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
  • Population9,427 2020 Census
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EllsworthRenoMcPhersonBarton Lyons Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Rice on the map of Kansas

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History

Formed in 1867 from Marion County

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

Rice County was created from Marion County on February 26, 1867, but was not fully organized at the time. For several years, Rice was attached to neighboring counties for judicial purposes: Marion from 1867, then Ellsworth from 1868 until the county became fully organized and detached from Ellsworth on August 18, 1871. In 1872, Rice County lost territory to Reno County, though it gained a small area back from Reno in 1886.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

  1. 1867
    Rice County created Rice created from Marion; Rice not fully organized.
    from Marion
    · Kans. Laws 1867, 7th leg., ch. 33, sec. 16/p. 53
  2. 1867
    Changed Rice attached to Marion "for judicial purposes."
    Marion
    · Kans. Laws 1867, 7th leg., ch. 52, sec. 9/p. 87
  3. 1868
    Changed Rice detached from Marion, attached to Ellsworth "for judicial purposes."
    MarionEllsworth
    · Kans. Laws 1868, 8th leg., gen., ch. 28, sec. 2/p. 310
  4. 1869
    Changed Rice remained attached to Ellsworth "for judicial purposes."
    Ellsworth
    · Kans. Laws 1869, 9th leg., ch. 36, sec. 8/p. 121
  5. 1871
    Changed Rice fully organized, detached from Ellsworth.
    Ellsworth
    · Andreas, 753; Kans. Laws 1872, 12th leg., ch. 28/p. 32
  6. 1872
    Lost territory Rice lost to Reno.
    to Reno
    · Kans. Laws 1872, 12th leg., ch. 97, sec. 1/p. 183; Andreas, 755
  7. 1886
    Gained territory Rice gained small area from Reno.
    from Reno
    · Kans. Laws 1886, spec. sess., ch. 36/p. 56

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Rice

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from the office that keeps the record
Good enough
a reliable statewide or national copy
Fallback
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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Rice by the Census

Population
9,427 2020 Census count
Housing units
4,377 2020 Census count
Land area
726 square miles
Water area
1.7 square miles
People per sq mi
13 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

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.

Zoning and code

County government

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Questions

Common questions about Rice County

When was Rice County founded?
Rice County was founded in 1867, formed from Marion County, and named after Samuel Allen Rice.
What is the county seat of Rice County?
The county seat of Rice County is Lyons.
Is there an online parcel map for Rice 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 Rice County's boundary or name changed?
Rice County was created in 1867 from Marion County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Ellsworth County, Marion County and Reno County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Rice 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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