Greenwood County, Kansas

Greenwood County (county code GW) is a county in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 6,689 people lived there. Its county seat is Eureka. Eureka is also the biggest city in Greenwood County.
In 1855, Greenwood County was created. It was named after Alfred B. Greenwood, a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas.
The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879.
Geography.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (0.8%) is water. It is the fifth-largest county in Kansas by area.
Government.
Greenwood county is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.