An interesting "tidbit!"

[Bonnie M.]

On another subject, it was recently mentioned the number of counties in Kansas.  I got to thinking about how car tags used to have the numbers on them, according to the population of the counties.  I would have copied and pasted the entire article I found, but it's too long.  So, just to "remember back," for those of you who remember those days, you might click on the web-site, and see how the Kansas Car tags "evolved."

www.carnut.com/photo/tags/tagsp1.html

[W. Gray]

Back when a new tag was issued every year, I seem to recall some folks trying to be first in line at the courthouse on January 2 to get the lowest number possible on their tag, such as "EK 10."

The county officials probably got the lowest numbers.

[frawin]

I remember when Elk County was #68, Greenwood was #32, Sedgewick was #2, Wyandotte or Johnson was #1 (it was one in the Kansas City area.  I believe it was done by population at that time.  Later then, they started using EK, GW, SG, etc.

Myrna

[patyrn]

In South Dakota, they still have tag numbers assigned to counties according to population.  It makes it easy to recognize if you're from the "big" towns or the little bitty ones.

[Wilma]

The number designation was decided by the population of the county.  We lived in Sedgwick County and always had a no. 2 and that was the explantion my father gave me when I asked about it.  I like the EK designation.  Sometimes it sends us to the road map to find which county it is from.  And I kind of like using the same tag every year.  The tag I have now, I have had maybe ten years.  When I moved over here, Deanna just gave me an EK sticker to put over my SG.  That tag has been on 3 cars now.

[Janet Harrington]

That was so cool.

[doobie]

I remember in the 60's when my grandparents in Howard always got #63 it was their post office box number.