{"id":3816,"date":"2023-06-05T21:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T21:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:16:13","slug":"seward-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/seward-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Seward County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seward County is a county in Kansas, United States, on the state’s southwestern border with Oklahoma. It had a population of 21,964 at the 2020 census and covers 640 square miles (1,700 km2) centred near 37\u00b012\u2032N 100\u00b050\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Liberal is the county seat and largest city; its postal code is 67901. The county has 2 incorporated cities, 1 unincorporated community, and 3 townships. It sits in the Central time zone and carries FIPS code 20175.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Seward County<\/h2>\n

Seward County has a small number of named places: two incorporated cities and one unincorporated community, plus a handful of long-closed mobile-home and trailer parks that once had informal names on old maps. City · seat marks the county seat; Unincorp. marks a community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Liberal<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nLiberal<\/td>\n19,957<\/td>\n67901<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kismet<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nFargo<\/td>\n452<\/td>\n67857<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hayne<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSeward<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Arkalon, once a rail siding town on the Cimarron River, is now a ghost town with no remaining population. The old site’s list of “MH Park” and “Trailer Court” entries (Cimarron MH Park, Dirks MH Park, Downtown MH Park, Dunlap MH Park, Four U MH Park, Gas Light Village MH Park, Gitgood Trailer Park, Hi-Klass MH Park, Sage MH Park, Scantlins MH Park, Southlawn Trailer Court, Sunnyside MH Park, Supreme Cattle Feed MH Park, Western MH Park North, and Western MH Park South) are mobile-home parks inside Liberal’s city limits, not separate settlements, and are omitted here as duplicates of Liberal.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Liberal<\/td>\n19,957<\/td>\nLiberal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fargo<\/td>\n452<\/td>\nKismet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seward<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nHayne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n