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  1. Wilson County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Fredonia. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 8,624. The county was named after Hiero Wilson, a colonel in the American Civil War.

  2. Welcome to Wilson County, Kansas. Wilson County is home to around 9,000 Kansans and stretches across 574 square miles in southeastern Kansas. Created in 1855 within the Osage Reserve, the first white settlers began arriving in 1857.

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  4. Established in 1855 as one of the original counties, Wilson County was named for Colonel Heiro T. Wilson, considered the founder of Fort Scot, who operated a mercantile business and post sutler before and during the Civil War. The county was once part of the Osage Indian reservation lands.

    • Fredonia
    • September 24, 1864
    • August 25, 1855
    • Southeast
  5. Fredonia is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,151. The city was founded in 1868, and saw considerable expansion in the early 20th century, with a fossil fuel boom.

  6. Buffalo is a city in Wilson County, Kansas, United States. [1] . As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 217. [3] History. Buffalo was founded in 1867. [4] . It took its name from Buffalo Creek, which was named after the American bison, commonly known as the buffalo. [5]

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