'''Chautauqua County''' (county code '''CQ''') is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in [[Southeast Kansas]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the county population was 3,250379.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/chautauquacountykansas,US/PST045219|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/601cw5ly2?url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/20019.html|archive-date=July 8, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] and most populous city is [[Sedan, Kansas|Sedan]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> Chautauqua County is [[List of Kansas county name etymologies|named]] for [[Chautauqua County, New York]], the birthplace of Edward Jaquins, a Kansas politician who was instrumental in getting the county established.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:CQ | title=Chautauqua County, Kansas | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | access-date=6 June 2014}}</ref>
