Kansas Counties and Abbreviations

Kansas License Plate

Kansas has 105 counties, the 6th highest total of any state. Many of the counties in the eastern portion of the state are named after important American figures from the late 1700s and early to mid 1800s.  Counties in the central and western parts of the state bear the name of persons in the American Civil War.  Counties throughout the state have names coming from Native American origins.

Kansas license plates use county codes to identify the county of residence for citizens or companies.  The codes are two letter based originating from the first letter of and another letter appearing in the name of the county.  There is no exact protocol from choosing the codes.  For example, Johnson County uses the first two letters, JO, while Sedgwick county uses, SG, its first letter an another appearing in its name.  The two-letter code began appearing on Kansas license plates in 1951, prior to that the county code was numerically based. Since then, the letters are on a sticker applied to the upper-left corner of the plate.

The following is a list of all 105 Kansas Counties, their abbreviations, and the county seat (map below):

AL - Allen                 Iola
AN - Anderson        Garnett         
AT - Atchison          Atchison        
BA - Barber             Medicine Lodge  
BT - Barton              Great Bend      
BB - Bourbon          Fort Scott      
BR - Brown              Hiawatha        
BU - Butler                El Dorado       
CS - Chase               Cottonwood Falls
CQ - Chautauqua    Sedan           
CK - Cherokee         Columbus        
CN - Cheyenne        St. Francis     
CA - Clark                 Ashland         
CY - Clay                  Clay Center     
CD - Cloud               Concordia       
CF - Coffey                Burlington      
CM - Comanche      Coldwater       
CL - Cowley             Winfield        
CR - Crawford         Girard          
DC - Decatur            Oberlin         
DK - Dickinson         Abilene         
DP - Doniphan         Troy            
DG - Douglas            Lawrence        
ED - Edwards           Kinsley         
EK - Elk                     Howard          
EL - Ellis                  Hays            
EW - Ellsworth        Ellsworth       
FI - Finney               Garden City     
FO - Ford                 Dodge City      
FR - Franklin           Ottawa          
GE - Geary              Junction City   
GO - Gove                Gove            
GH - Graham           Hill City       
GT - Grant               Ulysses         
GY - Gray                Cimarron        
GL - Greeley            Tribune         
GW - Greenwood    Eureka          
HM - Hamilton        Syracuse        
HP - Harper             Anthony         
HV - Harvey           Newton          
HS - Haskell           Sublette        
HG - Hodgeman    Jetmore         
JA - Jackson           Holton          
JF - Jefferson          Oskaloosa       
JW - Jewell             Mankato         
JO - Johnson          Olathe          
KE - Kearny            Lakin           
KM - Kingman        Kingman         
KW - Kiowa            Greensburg      
LB - Labette            Oswego          
LE - Lane                 Dighton         
LV - Leavenworth  Leavenworth     
LC - Lincoln            Lincoln         
LN - Linn                 Mound City      
LG - Logan              Oakley          
LY - Lyon                 Emporia         
MN - Marion            Marion          
MS - Marshall          Marysville      
MP - McPherson    McPherson       
ME - Meade            Meade           
MI - Miami               Paola           
MC - Mitchell          Beloit          
MG - Montgomery  Independence    
MR - Morris             Council Grove   
MT - Morton            Elkhart         
NM - Nemaha          Seneca          
NO - Neosho           Erie            
NS - Ness                 Ness City       
NT - Norton              Norton          
OS - Osage              Lyndon          
OB - Osborne          Osborne         
OT - Ottawa              Minneapolis     
PN - Pawnee            Larned          
PL - Phillips             Phillipsburg    
PT - Pottawatomie   Westmoreland    
PR - Pratt                  Pratt           
RA - Rawlins           Atwood          
RN - Reno                Hutchinson      
RP - Republic          Belleville      
RC - Rice                 Lyons           
RL - Riley                Manhattan       
RO - Rooks              Stockton        
RH - Rush                La Crosse       
RS - Russell             Russell         
SA - Saline               Salina          
SC - Scott                Scott City      
SG - Sedgwick        Wichita         
SW - Seward           Liberal         
SN - Shawnee          Topeka          
SD - Sheridan          Hoxie           
SH - Sherman          Goodland        
SM - Smith               Smith Center    
SF - Stafford            St. John
ST - Stanton             Johnson
SV - Stevens            Hugoton
SU - Sumner            Wellington 
TH - Thomas            Colby 
TR - Trego               WaKeeney
WB - Wabaunsee    Alma 
WA - Wallace          Sharon Springs 
WS - Washington   Washington  
WH - Wichita           Leoti
WL - Wilson             Fredonia
WO - Woodson       Yates Center
WY - Wyandotte      Kansas City

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