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Rooks CountyKansas

Rooks County is a county in Kansas, with its seat at Stockton, formed on February 26, 1867.

  • Founded1867
  • County seatStockton
  • Land area891 sq mi + 4.6 sq mi water
  • Population4,919 2020 Census
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PhillipsOsborneGraham Stockton Census outline · seat marked

Where it is

Rooks on the map of Kansas

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History

Formed in 1867 from Riley County

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

Rooks County was created from Riley County and Non-County Area 2, though it was not fully organized at the time. For several years, Rooks was attached to Ellis County for judicial purposes, then fully organized in 1872. From 1873 onward, several neighboring counties were attached to Rooks for judicial purposes, including Graham, Sheridan, Sherman, and Thomas; these counties gradually detached as they became fully organized.

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

  1. 1867
    Rooks County created Rooks created from Non-County Area 2 attached to Riley; Rooks not fully organized.
    from Riley
    · Kans. Laws 1867, 7th leg., ch. 33, sec. 27/p. 55
  2. 1868
    Changed Rooks attached to Ellis "for judicial purposes."
    Ellis
    · Kans. Laws 1868, 8th leg., gen., ch. 28, sec. 2/p. 310
  3. 1872
    Changed Rooks fully organized, detached from Ellis.
    Ellis
    · Andreas, 1609
  4. 1873
    Changed Graham detached from Ellis, attached to Rooks "for judicial purposes." Sheridan, Sherman, and Thomas attached to Rooks "for judicial purposes."
    GrahamEllisSheridanShermanThomas
    · Kans. Laws 1873, 13th leg., ch. 76, sec. 2/p. 160
  5. 1880
    Changed Graham fully organized, detached from Rooks.
    Graham
    · Andreas, 1060; HRS Kansas, Graham, 4
  6. 1880
    Changed Sheridan fully organized, detached from Rooks.
    Sheridan
    · Andreas, 1520
  7. 1881
    Changed Sherman and Thomas detached from Rooks, attached to Sheridan "for judicial purposes."
    ShermanThomasSheridan
    · Kans. Laws 1881, 19th leg., ch. 100, sec. 3/p. 202

Land and parcels

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People and land

Rooks by the Census

Population
4,919 2020 Census count
Housing units
2,638 2020 Census count
Land area
891 square miles
Water area
4.6 square miles
People per sq mi
6 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

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Questions

Common questions about Rooks County

When was Rooks County founded?
Rooks County was founded in 1867, formed from Riley County.
What is the county seat of Rooks County?
The county seat of Rooks County is Stockton.
Is there an online parcel map for Rooks 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 Rooks County's boundary or name changed?
Rooks County was created in 1867 from Riley County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 6 later changes, chiefly involving Ellis County, Sheridan County and Graham County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Rooks 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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