List of all cities and towns in Riley County
Riley County (standard abbreviation: RL) is a county in Kansas, United States.
Manhattan is the county seat and the major city.
The population was 71,959 at the time of the 2020 census.
The county was named for Bennet Riley, California’s seventh governor and a Mexican-American War hero.
Fort Riley and Kansas State University are located in Riley County.
Riley County, named after Mexican-American War general Bennett Riley, was one of the 33 initial counties formed by the Kansas Territorial Legislature in August 1855.
Riley County was initially tied to Geary County and the property west of Riley County, across Kansas Territory into present-day Colorado, for organizational purposes.
The county has a total area of 622 square miles (1,610 km2), of which 610 square miles (1,600 km2) is land and 12 square miles (31 km2) (2.0%) is water, according to the United States Census Bureau.
Here is a list of cities, towns, places, and villages in Riley County, Kansas: