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Originally Sequoyah, from the celebrated Cherokee Indian of that name, the inventor of the alphabet of his language, and a most remarkable man. Changed in 1883 to Finney, in honor of D. W. Finney, then Lieutenant-Governor of the State.₁

SEQUOYAH County is 864 square miles in area, being twenty-four miles from east to west, and thirty-six miles from north to south.₂

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

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

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