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Named after a Missouri senator, David R. Atchison, this county was one of the original thirty-three
created by the first Territorial legislature, in 1855.
Famous flyer, Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison.
Atchison is the largest population center and the county seat; besides the incorporated cities listed on the left,
other communities include: Arrington, Cummings, Dalbey, Farmington, Good Intent, Hawthorne, Kennekuk, Larkinburg,
Monrovia, Oak Mills, Pardee, Parnell, Port Williams, Potter, St. Pats and Shannon
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