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Elk County

Official County Record

Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026

Board of County Commissioners meets: 2nd and last Monday of each month at 1:00 p.m.
Meeting location: County Commissioners' Room, 1st Floor, Elk County Courthouse, 127 N. Pine St., Howard, KS 67349.
County Clerk: Kerry Harrod · 127 N. Pine, PO Box 606 Howard, KS 67349
Agendas posted at: https://elkcountyks.org/board-of-commissioners
Board of County Commissioners: Board of County Commissioners consisting of 3 members elected by district. District 1: Perry Russell. District 2 (Chairman): Doug Hendricks. District 3: Jake Liebau.

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These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.

Cities (5)

Elk Falls
Grenola
Howard
Longton
Moline

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024

School districts (2)

Elk Valley
West Elk

Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only

Emergency services districts (6)

Elk County Rural Fire District
Elk Falls Fire Department
Grenola Fire Department
Howard Fire Department
Longton Fire Department
Moline Fire Department

Source: Kansas Fire Districts (Kansas Forest Service)