Rice County, Kansas

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Rice County, Kansas is a rural county in central Kansas known for its agricultural economy and small communities on the Great Plains.

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Rice County, Kansas canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
county in Kansas
areaLand approximately 726 square miles
areaTotal approximately 728 square miles
areaWater approximately 2 square miles
areaWaterPercent about 0.3 percent
borderedBy Barton County, Kansas NERFINISHED
Ellsworth County, Kansas NERFINISHED
McPherson County, Kansas NERFINISHED
Pawnee County, Kansas NERFINISHED
Reno County, Kansas NERFINISHED
Stafford County, Kansas NERFINISHED
climate humid continental climate
congressionalDistrict Kansas's 4th congressional district NERFINISHED
containsCity Alden, Kansas NERFINISHED
Chase, Kansas NERFINISHED
Geneseo, Kansas NERFINISHED
Little River, Kansas NERFINISHED
Lyons, Kansas NERFINISHED
Sterling, Kansas NERFINISHED
containsUnincorporatedCommunity Bushton, Kansas NERFINISHED
Mitchell, Kansas NERFINISHED
Pioneer, Kansas NERFINISHED
Raymond, Kansas NERFINISHED
country United States of America
countySeat Lyons, Kansas NERFINISHED
economyBasedOn agriculture
established February 26, 1867
FIPSCode 20-159
GNISID 00485277
hasSchoolDistrict Little River–Windom USD 444 NERFINISHED
Lyons USD 405 NERFINISHED
Sterling USD 376 NERFINISHED
largestCity Lyons, Kansas NERFINISHED
locatedIn Great Plains
central Kansas
majorCrops corn
sorghum
soybeans
wheat
majorHighway K-14 NERFINISHED
K-19
K-4
U.S. Route 56 NERFINISHED
majorIndustries crop farming
livestock production
namedAfter Samuel Allen Rice NERFINISHED
organized 1871
partOf United States Great Plains region NERFINISHED
population approximately 9,000 (2020 census)
populationDensity about 12 people per square mile
state Kansas
timeZone Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Daylight Time

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Ellsworth County, Kansas borderedByCounty Rice County, Kansas
McPherson County, Kansas borders Rice County, Kansas
Barton County, Kansas borders Rice County, Kansas
Stafford County, Kansas borders Rice County, Kansas
Reno County, Kansas adjacentTo Rice County, Kansas
south-central Kansas containsCounty Rice County, Kansas