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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.
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Fredonia is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County,...
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Wilson County (standard abbreviation: WL) is a county in the...
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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. It is named in honor of Col. Hiero T. Wilson (1806-1892), sutler, postmaster, and prominent citizen of Fort Scott ...
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County Seat: Fredonia ; Origin of Name: In honor of Col. Hiero T. Wilson (1806-1892), sutler, postmaster, and prominent citizen of Fort Scott. History: When originally created, the county was within the Osage Reserve and not open to white settlement. However, settlers began arriving as early as 1857.
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.
Wilson County, Kansas, located in the southwest part of the state, was one of the original counties established by the Territorial Legislature in 1855. It was named for Colonel Hiero T. Wilson, a successful Indian trader who had been the first white settler of Fort Scott, Kansas, and had served as postmaster and sutler at the Fort.
