Kearny County, Kansas, USA
County or equivalent
Location overview
Kearny County is in southwestern Kansas, with Lakin as its county seat. Its landscape includes the High Plains and the Arkansas River Lowlands, with farmland and irrigated agriculture shaping much of the countryside. The county was established in 1873, organized in 1888 and named for Gen. Philip Kearny. The Santa Fe Trail crossed the area, where travelers chose between the Mountain and Cimarron routes. Lakin and Deerfield are its principal incorporated communities.