Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County (county code GL) is a located in West Central, in the. The county's population was estimated to be 1,331 in the year 2006, making it the smallest in the state. Its and most populous city is.

Law and government
Although the was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Greeley County has remained a prohibition, or, county.

On, , nearly 73% of voters in rural Greeley County and in Tribune approved a of the county and the city. Such a system has previously been used in Kansas only in the urbanized, the location of. The resulting government will consist of a five-member commission with two members elected by city residents, two by rural residents, and one at-large. Similar to Wyandotte County, the only other consolidated city-county in the state, part of the county will not be included: Horace decided against consolidation. A movement toward this consolidation had begun in 2004.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 2,015 (778 ), of which 2,015 km² (778 sq mi) is land and none is water. It is the largest of five United States counties and twelve (Virginia) that officially have no water area.

Adjacent counties

 * (north)
 * (east)
 * (south)
 * (southwest)
 * (west)
 * (northwest)

Demographics
Greeley County's population was estimated to be 1,331 in the year 2006, a decrease of 209, or -13.6%, over the previous six years; it is the smallest population in the state. Neighboring has the second smallest population.

As of the, there were 1,534 people, 602 households, and 414 families residing in the county. The was 1/km² (2/sq mi). There were 712 housing units at an average density of 0/km² (1/sq mi). The of the county was 93.09%, 0.26% , 0.20%  or , 0.13% , 0.07% , 5.22% from other races, and 1.04% from. or of any race were 11.54% of the population.



There were 602 s out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.10% were living together, 4.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.20% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 19.90% from 45 to 64, and 17.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males.

The in the county was $34,605, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $29,018 versus $18,984 for females. The for the county was $19,974. About 8.20% of families and 11.60% of the population were below the, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over.

Incorporated cities
Name and population (2004 estimate):
 * , 758 (county seat)
 * , 135

Townships
Greeley County is divided into three. None of the cities within the county are considered governmentally independent, and all figures for the townships include those of the cities. 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.

Unified school districts

 * Greeley County USD 200

Trivia

 * In "", an episode of the television series , is in a Greeley County courthouse, being arraigned on capital murder charges.