{"id":3646,"date":"2023-05-22T16:32:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T16:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:17:30","slug":"gray-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/gray-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gray County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the High Plains of the state&#8217;s southwest quarter. It had a population of 5,653 at the 2020 census and covers 869 square miles (2,250 km2) centred near 37\u00b044\u2032N 100\u00b026\u2032W.<\/p>\n<p>Cimarron is the county seat and largest city, and its postal code is 67835. The county has five incorporated cities, two unincorporated communities and seven civil townships, and it lies in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Gray County<\/h2>\n<p>Gray County has five incorporated cities and two unincorporated communities. Cimarron, Copeland, Ensign, Ingalls and Montezuma are all cities; Charleston and Haggard are unincorporated. Herron MH Park and Wettick, both carried on the old list, are not recognised places in current Census Bureau or postal records and are omitted here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cimarron<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>Cimarron<\/td>\n<td>2,127<\/td>\n<td>67835<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montezuma<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Montezuma<\/td>\n<td>977<\/td>\n<td>67867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ingalls<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Ingalls<\/td>\n<td>309<\/td>\n<td>67853<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copeland<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Copeland<\/td>\n<td>174<\/td>\n<td>67837<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ensign<\/td>\n<td>City<\/td>\n<td>Foote<\/td>\n<td>179<\/td>\n<td>67841<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Charleston<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>East Hess<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67835<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Haggard<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>Logan<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>67867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Townships<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Township<\/th>\n<th>Pop. (2020)<\/th>\n<th>Main settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Cimarron<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Cimarron, Charleston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montezuma<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Montezuma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ingalls<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Ingalls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Copeland<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Copeland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Foote<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Ensign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Logan<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>Haggard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>East Hess<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>rural, no town<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kansas Census Bureau county subdivision figures for individual townships were not confirmed at time of writing, so populations are shown as unavailable rather than estimated.<\/p>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>67835 &mdash; Cimarron (also serves Charleston)<\/li>\n<li>67867 &mdash; Montezuma (also serves Haggard)<\/li>\n<li>67853 &mdash; Ingalls<\/li>\n<li>67837 &mdash; Copeland<\/li>\n<li>67841 &mdash; Ensign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Gray County sits on flat to gently rolling High Plains terrain drained by the Arkansas River, which crosses the county&#8217;s northeast corner near Cimarron, and by Crooked Creek in the south. The county is bordered by <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/finney-county\/\">Finney County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/hodgeman-county\/\">Hodgeman County<\/a> to the northeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/ford-county-kansas\/\">Ford County<\/a> to the east, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/meade-county\/\">Meade County<\/a> to the south and <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/haskell-county\/\">Haskell County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Gray County had 5,653 residents at the 2020 census. Cimarron (2,127) and Montezuma (977) are the two largest communities, together holding more than half the county&#8217;s population. Gray County&#8217;s median household income runs below the Kansas median of $70,333, typical of the county&#8217;s agriculture-dependent rural economy. Population density is about 6.5 people per square mile.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Irrigated corn, wheat and cattle feeding anchor the county&#8217;s economy, alongside oil and natural gas production in the surrounding Hugoton gas field. Since 2001, NextEra Energy Resources has operated a 170-turbine, 110-megawatt wind farm near Montezuma, one of the earliest large wind projects in Kansas. Gray County also has an unusually large Church of God in Christ, Mennonite population, a distinctive presence in the county&#8217;s civic and social life.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Gray County was organised on March 13, 1881, and named for Alfred Gray, a 19th-century Kansas politician and secretary of the state board of agriculture. From 1887 to 1893 the county fought a bitter county-seat war between Cimarron and Ingalls, drawing in Old West figures including Bat Masterson, Bill Tilghman and Ben Daniels before Cimarron secured the seat for good.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 56 cross the county, both running through Cimarron.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dodge City &mdash; 18 miles east<\/li>\n<li>Garden City &mdash; 22 miles northwest<\/li>\n<li>Ingalls &mdash; 10 miles west of Cimarron<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial airport is Dodge City Regional Airport, east of the county in Ford County.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Gray County, Kansas?<\/strong><br \/>It is in southwest Kansas, between Dodge City and Garden City, crossed by U.S. Route 50.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Gray County?<\/strong><br \/>5,653 people, per the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Gray County?<\/strong><br \/>869 square miles (2,250 km2), nearly all of it land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Gray County?<\/strong><br \/>Cimarron, which won a violent county-seat war against Ingalls in the 1880s and 1890s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Gray County?<\/strong><br \/>Five incorporated cities &mdash; Cimarron, Copeland, Ensign, Ingalls and Montezuma &mdash; plus the unincorporated communities of Charleston and Haggard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Gray County?<\/strong><br \/>67835 (Cimarron), 67837 (Copeland), 67841 (Ensign), 67853 (Ingalls) and 67867 (Montezuma).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is a wind farm near Montezuma significant?<\/strong><br \/>NextEra Energy Resources&#8217; 170-turbine, 110-megawatt project there was one of the first large wind farms built in Kansas, running since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/kansas\/\">Towns and villages in Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gray County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the High Plains of the state&#8217;s southwest quarter. It had a population of 5,653 at the 2020 census and covers 869 square miles (2,250 km2) centred near 37\u00b044\u2032N 100\u00b026\u2032W. Cimarron is the county seat and largest city, and its postal code is 67835. 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