Bourbon County, Kansas, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Bourbon County is in southeastern Kansas along the Missouri border, with Fort Scott as its county seat. The area belongs to the Osage Cuestas, a landscape of prairie, wooded slopes and low limestone ridges. The Marmaton River passes through Fort Scott, where a nineteenth-century Army post helped shape the area’s settlement. Farms and ranches remain part of the county’s economy alongside the communities around Fort Scott.