Rice County, Kansas

Rice County (standard abbreviation: RC) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 10,083 people lived there. The county seat is Lyons. Lyons is also the biggest city in Rice County. The county was named after Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas.
History.
In 1867, Rice County was created.
Geography.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.2%) is water.