Anderson County Kansas info and links

Anderson County Kansas

Anderson County Kansas is approximately 584 square miles with an average county population of about 8,000. Anderson County has a wonderful Development Agency and encourages small business and growth in its rural towns. The Chamber of Commerce in Garnett is great start to finding out information about the area and the Experience Garnett website provides information about local events. Also check out the Anderson County Historical Society in Garnett and the local newspaper, the Anderson County Review. Check out Cornstock an annual festival about all things related to corn that happens every year.

One of the highlights of the county is the Prairie Spirit Trail which is about a 50 mile trail that you can hike, walk or bike ride. The trail goes through Ottawa, Princeton, Scipio, Richmond, Garnett, Welda, Colony, and Iola. It runs along Highways 59 and 169 in about 6-9 mile increments staring in Ottawa then to Princeton to Richmond to Garnett and to Welda. It is very easy to reach the Trail from Lawrence, Topeka or Kansas City and it is a great day outing on a nice day. Check out the video at the state parks website.

The towns of Anderson County include Bush City, Central, Colony, Garnett, Glenlock, Greeley, Harris, Kincaid, Lone Elm, Mount Ida, Scipio, Selma, Vance, Welda, and Westphalia.

The airports in Anderson County include the Garnett Kansas Municipal Airport and the privately owned Graham Farms Airport and the hospital is the Anderson County Hospital which is part of the Saint Luke’s Health System.

The Topography and Physical Land Features of Anderson County Kansas include the Garnett City Park Dam and Lake Garnett which also has a raceway and Sporting Club at Lake Garnett which provides a gun range for shooting sports. Lakes in Anderson County Kansas include Andrews Lake, Crystal Lake, Garrison Lake, Lake Garnett, Lake Welda, Snake Lake, Spencer Lake. The creeks of Anderson County are Bradshaw, Cedar, Cherry, Driftwood, Elm, Fish, Iantha, Kenoma, Little Indian, Little Mule, Rush, Sac, Saline, Salty, Sandy, South Fork Pottawatomie, Stink, Thomas Creek. Other streams include Medicine Lodge River, Rocky Run, and Skunk Branch. Other features may include Acreages, Airports, Aquaculture, Aquatic, Areas, Basins, Bays, Bends, Bluestem, Brush Area, Brushes, Canals, Capes, Cemeteries, Cliffs, Crossings, Dams, Falls, Fisheries, Fishing Lake, Flats, Forests, Forts, Gaps, Gas, Gasfields, Gaslines, Grassy Plains, Gulley, Gullies, Guts, Hills, Hilltop, Hilly, Hunting Areas, Islands, Knolls, Lakes, Levee, Locales, Lowlands, Marshes, Marshlands, Military Bases, Mineral, Mineral Rights, Mines, Mining Fields, Mud, Muddy, Mudflats, Native Grass, Natural Springs, Nature Trails, Oil, Oilfields, Parks, Pastures, Pillars, Plains, Post Offices, Ranges, Reservoirs, Ridges, Salt Mines, Springs, State Parks, Streams, Strip Mines, Summits, Swamps, Tallgrass, Thickets, Towers, Townships, Trails, Tributaries, Water Springs, Wells, Wildlife, Valleys, Viaducts

Anderson County Kansas Agricultural Links

The County Extension Office has information on 4H and farming practices or try the local USDA Farm Service County Office for more information on Ag, Agriculture, Alfalfa, Beef, Breeders, Bulls, Calf, Calves, Cattle, Corn, CRP, Dairy, Equipment, Farm Credit, Farm Loans, Farm Ownership, Farmers, Farming, Farmland, Feeds, Feedlots, Hay, Hayfields, Head, Irrigated, Irrigation, Land, Lands, Land Investing, Milk, Milking, Pounds, Programs, Purchase Land, Ranch, Rancher, Ranches, Registered, Seeds, Silo, Slaughter, Sorghums, Soybeans, Steers, Sunflowers, Supply, Supplies, Wheat, Wheatfield

Other Kansas links include Great Plains Society of American Foresters, Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams, Kansas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Kansas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Kansas Section of the Society for Range Management, Soil and Water Conservation Society

If you are looking for a livestock sale around the area try the Anderson County Sales Company, Parsons Livestock Market, Allen County Livestock Market or Paola Livestock Auction or visit the Livestock Marketing Association’s website for live auctions in your area.

Anderson County Kansas Parks and Recreation Links

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has information about Kansas recreational activities and wildlife including hunting, fishing, hiking, boating, license, permits, units, cover, upland birds, waterfowl, firearms, shotgun, crossbow, bow, archery, handgun, rifle, muzzleloading, pistol, muzzleload, quail, pheasant, prairie chicken, turkey, gobbler, hunters, hunt, cabins, ducks High Plain Zone, ducks Late Zone, Canada geese, white-fronted geese, light goose, doves, Eurasian collard dove, ringed turtle dove, squirrel, rabbit, extended archery antlerless whitetail deer, coyote, furbearer hunting, trapping, bobwhite quail, doe, deer, deer’s, big game, antelope, pronghorn, elk, mule deer, prairie dog, tallgrass prairie, lowland, brush thicket, streambottoms, controlled shooting areas, sandhill cranes, Kansas deer maps, blaze orange, badger, beaver, bobcat, gray fox, foxes, mink, muskrat, raccoon, red fox, river otter, otters, striped skunk, skunks, swift fox, opossum, ring-necked pheasant, greater prairie chicken, lesser prairie chicken, rails, snipe, crows, teal, woodcock, white-winged doves, mourning doves, pigeons, rock dove, rock pigeon, swans, cranes, soras, Virginia rail, Wilson’s snipe, shorebirds, dowitchers, mallard, wood duck, green-winged teal, American black duck, mottled duck, Northern pintail duck, Blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, Northern shoveler, gadwall, Eurasian wigeon, American wigeon, canvasback, redhead, ring-necked duck, greater scaup, lesser scaup, common eider, king eider, oldsquaw, black scoter, surf scoter, white-winged scoter, common goldeneye, Barrow’s Goldeneye, bufflehead, Ruddy duck, crow, whooping crane. Fishing in Kansas provides opportunities to catch many fish including bass, channel catfish, channel cat, flathead catfish, carp, longnose gar, drum, sauger, crappie, white bass

Anderson County Kansas Zip Codes

66014 – Centerville

66015 – Colony

66032 – Garnett

66033 – Greeley

66039 – Kincaid

66091 – Welda

66093 - Westphalia

The Townships in Anderson County Kansas are Indian Creek, Jackson, Lincoln, Lone Elm, Monroe, North Rich, Ozark, Putnam, Reeder, Rich, Walker, Washington, Welda, Westphalia.