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Harvey County is located in south central Kansas, along the Little Arkansas River. The County encompasses 540 square miles, is 18 miles wide in its north-south dimension and 30 miles long in its east-west dimension. The County is located approximately 130 miles south-southeast of the geographic center of the continental United States. Harvey County contains seven cities. Motor vehicles can travel the entire length of the County in 30 minutes. The elevation of Harvey County averages 1,450 feet above sea level. Elevation at the Newton City-County Airport, located three miles east of Newton, is 1,533 feet above sea level.
The ancestry of Harvey County residents is predominantly German with approximately 45 percent of the population reporting some German background.
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The government and judicial entities of Harvey County are located in the courthouse at the county seat, the City of Newton. |
http://www.harveycounty.com/
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