
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Finney County, Kansas.
Official Website
Finney County began about 1880 as Buffalo County and Sequoyah County, named after Sequoyah, the Cherokee Indian responsible for the development of the Cherokee alphabet. The two counties were renamed Finney County in honor of then Lieutenant Governor David Wesley Finney.
Charles "Buffalo" Jones, a co-founder of Garden City, was the first member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Finney County. He was known for his efforts to preserve the buffalo from extinction.
Adjacent Counties
- Scott County
- Lane County
- Ness County
- Hodgeman County
- Haskell County
- Gray County
- Grant County
- Kearny County
Cities & Townships
- Garden City
- Garfield
- Holcomb
- Ivanhoe
- Pierceville
- Pleasant Valley
- Sherlock
- Terry
Other Towns & Communities: Amazon, Eminence, Essex, Friend, Imperial, Kalvesta, Knauston, Leeser, Lowe, Loya, Mansfield, Pierceville, Pitt, Plymell, Ravanna, Ritchall, Rodkey, Quinby and Terryton
Cemeteries
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National Register of Historic Places
