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TREGO County is in the western part of Kansas, and is included in what was once known as the Great American Desert. It is located in the fourth tier of counties from the west line of the State, and in the third tier from the north line, and is about 315 miles west from Kansas City, or the eastern boundary line of the State. The county being thirty miles square, contains 570,000 acres or 900 square miles. It is bounded on the north by Graham County, on the south by Ness, on the east by Ellis, and on the west by Gove County.₁

Organized in 1879. County Seat, WaKeeney. Named in memory of Edward P. Trego, Captain of Company H, Eighth Kansas Infantry, killed September 19, 1863 at Chickamauga, Tenn.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Trego County Medical Directory 1920	2K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Submitter	Date
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	6 kb	Robert Tawney	Dec 97

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