Sibley is a

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Cloud County, Kansas Cloud County (county code CD) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,032. Its county seat and most populous city is Concordia. History Early history For many millennia, the Great ...

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History

Sibley was founded in 1869, and named for Lake Sibley. It was once in the running for the county seat but lost in an 1870 run-off election against Concordia. The area is now abandoned as a town and the land is privately owned and used for farming. It is considered a

Notable people

* May Louise Cowles, economist who studied clothing consumption and consumer behaviorUniversity of Wisconsin
May Louise Cowles, rural sociologist (1892-1978)

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* Cloud County maps
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