Labette County | |
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![]() Big Hill Lake (2015) | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Kansas | |
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Coordinates: 37°12′N 95°17′W / 37.200°N 95.283°W | |
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Founded | February 26, 1867 |
Named for | Pierre La Bette |
Seat | Oswego |
Largest city | Parsons |
Area | |
• Total | 653 sq mi (1,690 km2) |
• Land | 645 sq mi (1,670 km2) |
• Water | 7.8 sq mi (20 km2) 1.2% |
Population | |
• Total | 20,184 |
• Density | 31.3/sq mi (12.1/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Area code | 620 |
Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | LabetteCounty.com |
Labette County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Oswego,[2] and its most populous city is Parsons. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 20,184.[1] The county was named after LaBette creek,[3][4] the second-largest creek in the county, which runs roughly NNW-SSE from near Parsons to Chetopa. The creek in turn was named after French-Canadian fur trapper Pierre LaBette who had moved to the area, living along the Neosho River, and marrying into the Osage tribe in the 1830s and 1840s.[4]
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