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Laws

Finney County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.

Education

Unified school districts

  • Holcomb USD 363
  • Garden City USD 457

Communities

[[Image:Map of Finney Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Finney County<br/>

† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.

Cities

  • Garden City (county seat)
  • Holcomb

Unincorporated communities

  • Friend
  • Gano
  • Kalvesta
  • Lowe
  • Mansfield
  • Peterson
  • Pierceville†
  • Plymell
  • Quinby
  • Ritchal
  • Rodkey
  • Tennis
  • Wolf

Ghost towns

  • Eminence
  • Ravanna

Townships

Finney County is divided into seven townships. The city of Garden City is considered governmentally independent and is excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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! Township !! FIPS !! Population<br/>center

! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>

! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %

! Geographic coordinates

|-

| Garden City|| 25350 || || 7,400 || 23 (59) || 327 (126) || 0 (0) || 0.11% ||

|-

| Garfield|| 25600 || || 331 || 0 (1) || 1,116 (431) || 1 (0) || 0.09% ||

|-

| Ivanhoe|| 34675 || || 666 || 2 (5) || 368 (142) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

|-

| Pierceville|| 55800 || || 551 || 1 (4) || 378 (146) || 0 (0) || 0.01% ||

|-

| Pleasant Valley|| 56550 || || 139 || 0 (1) || 371 (143) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

|-

| Sherlock|| 64800 || Holcomb || 2,758 || 7 (17) || 419 (162) || 0 (0) || 0.09% ||

|-

| Terry|| 70225 || || 227 || 1 (2) || 371 (143) || 0 (0) || 0.11% ||

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See also

thumb|Finney County Historical Museum in Garden City is located in Finnup Park.

  • Golden Triangle of Meat-packing
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Finney County, Kansas

References

;Notes

Further reading

  • Plat Book of Finney County, Kansas; Western Publishing Company; 50 pages; 1910.

;County

  • Finney County - Directory of Public Officials

;Maps

  • Finney County Township Map - Kansas Department of Transportation
  • Finney County Road Maps - Kansas Department of Transportation
  • Kansas State Highway Maps - Kansas Department of Transportation