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Barton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 25,493. Its county seat and most populous city is Great Bend. The county is named in honor of Clara Barton, responsible for the founding of the American Red Cross.
Pawnee Rock, the location of the meeting place for the American Indian tribes of the Comanche, Kiowa, Arapaho and Cheyenne, is located in the county. This is where they held their councils for war and peace. It was also a lookout for the Santa Fe Trail and was considered the most dangerous place on the trail for Indian encounters. The Plains Indians would keep watch for settlers and then ambush them. Much of Pawnee Rock was destroyed when the railroads came through in the 1870's. What is left is now a State Historic Site.
Adjacent Counties
Cities
- Albert
- Claflin
- Ellinwood
- Galatia
- Great Bend
- Hoisington
- Olmitz
- Pawnee Rock
- Susank
Townships & Communities
Beaver | Buffalo | Boyd | Cheyenne | Clarence | Cleveland | Comanche | Dartmouth | Dent Spur | Dubuque | Dundee | Eureka | Fairview | Farhman | Grant | Heizer | Hitschmann | Independent | Lakin | Liberty | Logan | Millard | North Homestead | Odin | Redwing | South Bend | South Hoisington | South Homestead | Stickney | Union | Walnut | Wheatland
Links
National Register of Historic Places
Barton County Historical Society & Museum
Barton County Kansas Genealogical Research
