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IN THIS SECTION:

Pottawatomie County population: 18,209

Communities with a population over 500:

Westmoreland: County Seat
Population: 631
Commute to Fort Riley

Wamego
Population: 4,246
Commute to Fort Riley:

St. Marys
Population: 2,198
Commute to Fort Riley:

Onaga
Population: 704
Commute to Fort Riley:

 
 

Pottawatomie County

Pottawatomie County was organized in 1857 and was named for the Pottawatomie Indians, whose reservation at the opening of the Kansas Territory for settlement, and for years afterward, embraced a large portion of the geographical area of the County.

  map of Pottawatomie County

The county seat is the community of Westmoreland – which boasts the second largest hand-dug well in Kansas – and the community with the largest population is Wamego. With its eye on the future and its values molded by the past, Wamego offers the unique blend of progressive spirit and hometown tradition. A growing community of more than 4,000, Wamego is steeped in history and filled with recreational opportunities. Kansas' only authentic stone Dutch Mill towers over the beautiful City Park, the perfect place for picnicing and horseshoes, feeding the ducks and fishing in the pond, or strolling through the beautiful Flower Garden.

Adjoining the park, the museum and historical complex forge the link with Wamego's colorful past. To the northeast of town, the Louis Vieux Elm, proclaimed in 1978 as the largest American Elm in the United States, is sentinal to the Vermillion River where Louis Vieux, a Pottawatomie Indian, once operated the first ferry along the Oregon Trail. Wamego is also the birthplace of Walter P. Chrysler and the home where he was born still stands on the south edge of town.

County/City Contact Information

Libraries

Museums

  • OZ Museum
    511 Lincoln
    Wamego, KS 66547
    (866) 458-TOTO (8686)

  • Rock Creek Valley Historical Society Museum Complex
    Sixth & State
    Westmoreland, KS 66549
    (785) 457-3624
    Three museum buildings plus a two story log cabin
    Open afternoons from Memorial Day to Labor Day

  • Wamego Historical Museum 
    East Fourth
    Wamego, KS 66968
    (785) 325-2284
    Includes old school, jail, & log cabin

Newspapers

  • The Onaga Herald
    302 Leonard St.
    Onaga, KS 66521
    (785) 889-4681

  • St. Marys Star
    517 W. Bertrand
    St. Marys, KS 66536
    (785) 437-2935

  • Wamego Smoke Signal
    407 Lincoln
    Wamego, KS 66547
    (785) 456-2602

  • Wamego Times
    416 Lincoln
    Wamego, KS 66547
    (785) 456-7838

  • Westmoreland Recorder
    106 N. 2nd
    P.O. Box 128
    Westmoreland, KS 66549
    (785) 457-3411

Pottawatomie County School Systems

Hospitals

  • Community Hospital-Onaga
    120 E 8th St.
    Onaga, KS 66521
    (785) 889-4274

  • Dechairo Hospital
    208 N. 1st
    Westmoreland, KS 66549
    (785) 457-3311

  • Wamego City Hospital
    711 Genn Dr
    Wamego, KS 66547
    (785) 456-2295

Pottawatomie County Offices

  

 

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