Greenwood County, Kansas
Greenwood County | |
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Congressional district | 4th |
Website | GreenwoodCounty.org |
Greenwood County is a
History
Early history
For many
19th century
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Greenwood County was established, and named for Alfred B. Greenwood,[3] a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas.
The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879.[4]
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Lyon County (north)
- Coffey County (northeast)
- Woodson County (east)
- Wilson County (southeast)
- Elk County (south)
- Butler County (west)
- Chase County (northwest)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 769 | — | |
1870 | 3,484 | 353.1% | |
1880 | 10,548 | 202.8% | |
1890 | 16,309 | 54.6% | |
1900 | 16,196 | −0.7% | |
1910 | 16,060 | −0.8% | |
1920 | 14,715 | −8.4% | |
1930 | 19,235 | 30.7% | |
1940 | 16,495 | −14.2% | |
1950 | 13,574 | −17.7% | |
1960 | 11,253 | −17.1% | |
1970 | 9,141 | −18.8% | |
1980 | 8,764 | −4.1% | |
1990 | 7,847 | −10.5% | |
2000 | 7,673 | −2.2% | |
2010 | 6,689 | −12.8% | |
2020 | 6,016 | −10.1% | |
2023 (est.) | 5,870 | [6] | −2.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1] |
As of the
of any race were 1.72% of the population.There were 3,234 households, out of which 27.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 30.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.86.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.
The
Government
Greenwood county is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a Democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Presidential elections
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 2,444 | 79.43% | 569 | 18.49% | 64 | 2.08% |
2016 | 2,160 | 76.06% | 485 | 17.08% | 195 | 6.87% |
2012 | 1,590 | 74.89% | 478 | 22.52% | 55 | 2.59% |
2008 | 1,619 | 71.04% | 622 | 27.29% | 38 | 1.67% |
2004 | 2,282 | 70.35% | 911 | 28.08% | 51 | 1.57% |
2000 | 2,392 | 67.17% | 1,027 | 28.84% | 142 | 3.99% |
1996 | 1,932 | 53.15% | 1,108 | 30.48% | 595 | 16.37% |
1992 | 1,411 | 36.62% | 1,262 | 32.75% | 1,180 | 30.63% |
1988 | 2,217 | 59.66% | 1,421 | 38.24% | 78 | 2.10% |
1984 | 2,901 | 70.45% | 1,173 | 28.48% | 44 | 1.07% |
1980 | 2,685 | 64.62% | 1,241 | 29.87% | 229 | 5.51% |
1976 | 2,319 | 55.96% | 1,737 | 41.92% | 88 | 2.12% |
1972 | 3,157 | 74.49% | 951 | 22.44% | 130 | 3.07% |
1968 | 2,937 | 65.99% | 1,122 | 25.21% | 392 | 8.81% |
1964 | 2,717 | 56.59% | 2,048 | 42.66% | 36 | 0.75% |
1960 | 3,758 | 67.46% | 1,804 | 32.38% | 9 | 0.16% |
1956 | 4,164 | 70.01% | 1,763 | 29.64% | 21 | 0.35% |
1952 | 4,974 | 73.70% | 1,743 | 25.83% | 32 | 0.47% |
1948 | 3,553 | 57.31% | 2,574 | 41.52% | 73 | 1.18% |
1944 | 3,959 | 63.99% | 2,187 | 35.35% | 41 | 0.66% |
1940 | 4,893 | 60.34% | 3,160 | 38.97% | 56 | 0.69% |
1936 | 4,146 | 49.68% | 4,176 | 50.04% | 23 | 0.28% |
1932 | 3,592 | 46.37% | 4,002 | 51.66% | 153 | 1.97% |
1928 | 5,863 | 78.53% | 1,554 | 20.81% | 49 | 0.66% |
1924 | 4,181 | 64.02% | 1,794 | 27.47% | 556 | 8.51% |
1920 | 3,422 | 68.34% | 1,478 | 29.52% | 107 | 2.14% |
1916 | 2,971 | 48.28% | 2,956 | 48.03% | 227 | 3.69% |
1912 | 954 | 25.83% | 1,334 | 36.11% | 1,406 | 38.06% |
1908 | 2,370 | 59.16% | 1,545 | 38.57% | 91 | 2.27% |
1904 | 2,458 | 63.70% | 1,211 | 31.38% | 190 | 4.92% |
1900 | 2,204 | 53.28% | 1,917 | 46.34% | 16 | 0.39% |
1896 | 1,835 | 46.79% | 2,064 | 52.63% | 23 | 0.59% |
1892 | 1,734 | 49.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,804 | 50.99% |
1888 | 2,242 | 56.89% | 1,110 | 28.17% | 589 | 14.95% |
Laws
Greenwood County was a prohibition, or
The county narrowly voted "No" on the
Education
Unified school districts
- School district office in neighboring county
- West Elk USD 282 (serving Severy and southern Greenwood county)
- Fredonia USD 484 (serving Fall River and southeastern corner of Greenwood county)
Communities
† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
Cities
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Townships
Greenwood County is divided into fifteen townships. The city of Eureka is considered governmentally independent and is excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.
Township | FIPS |
Population center |
Population | Population density /km2 (/sq mi) |
Land area km2 (sq mi) |
Water area km2 (sq mi) |
Water % | Geographic coordinates |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bachelor | 03625 | 230 | 1 (4) | 155 (60) | 1 (0) | 0.70% | 37°49′57″N 96°12′21″W / 37.83250°N 96.20583°W | |
Eureka | 21825 | 451 | 3 (8) | 149 (58) | 2 (1) | 1.50% | 37°50′41″N 96°17′49″W / 37.84472°N 96.29694°W | |
Fall River | 22800 | 229 | 1 (4) | 154 (60) | 2 (1) | 1.13% | 37°42′36″N 96°12′4″W / 37.71000°N 96.20111°W | |
Janesville | 35000 | 548 | 1 (4) | 371 (143) | 2 (1) | 0.62% | 37°59′4″N 96°11′29″W / 37.98444°N 96.19139°W | |
Lane | 38425 | 167 | 1 (3) | 138 (53) | 1 (0) | 0.52% | 37°58′36″N 96°0′59″W / 37.97667°N 96.01639°W | |
Madison | 44075 | 1,155 | 4 (9) | 320 (124) | 3 (1) | 0.85% | 38°7′32″N 96°12′11″W / 38.12556°N 96.20306°W | |
Otter Creek | 53650 | 211 | 1 (2) | 290 (112) | 2 (1) | 0.55% | 37°40′20″N 96°24′0″W / 37.67222°N 96.40000°W | |
Pleasant Grove | 56375 | 52 | 0 (1) | 150 (58) | 2 (1) | 1.57% | 37°47′21″N 96°1′41″W / 37.78917°N 96.02806°W | |
Quincy | 58175 | 163 | 1 (3) | 155 (60) | 1 (0) | 0.38% | 37°51′8″N 96°2′59″W / 37.85222°N 96.04972°W | |
Salem | 62650 | 35 | 0 (0) | 233 (90) | 2 (1) | 0.89% | 38°1′45″N 96°24′29″W / 38.02917°N 96.40806°W | |
Salt Springs | 62875 | 463 | 3 (7) | 182 (70) | 10 (4) | 5.16% | 37°38′55″N 96°3′59″W / 37.64861°N 96.06639°W | |
Shell Rock | 64600 | 173 | 1 (3) | 136 (53) | 1 (0) | 0.87% | 38°5′53″N 96°1′18″W / 38.09806°N 96.02167°W | |
South Salem | 66925 | 127 | 1 (1) | 224 (87) | 3 (1) | 1.13% | 37°52′42″N 96°27′4″W / 37.87833°N 96.45111°W | |
Spring Creek | 67425 | 154 | 1 (3) | 139 (54) | 1 (1) | 0.93% | 37°47′49″N 96°26′50″W / 37.79694°N 96.44722°W | |
Twin Grove | 71825 | 601 | 4 (11) | 148 (57) | 1 (0) | 0.57% | 37°38′7″N 96°14′3″W / 37.63528°N 96.23417°W | |
Sources: "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files". U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002. |
See also
- Community information for Kansas
- Kansas locations by per capita income
- List of counties in Kansas
- List of townships in Kansas
- List of cities in Kansas
- List of unincorporated communities in Kansas
- List of ghost towns in Kansas
References
- ^ a b c "QuickFacts; Greenwood County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 144.
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 795.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- ^ "Map of Wet and Dry Counties". Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue. November 2006. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Panetta, Grace (August 3, 2022). "14 of the 19 Kansas counties that rejected an anti-abortion amendment voted for Trump in 2020". Business Insider. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
- Notes
Further reading
- Handbook of Greenwood County, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 37 pages; 1880s.
- Standard Atlas of Greenwood County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 78 pages; 1922.
- Plat Book of Greenwood County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 58 pages; 1903.
- Handbook of Greenwood County, Kansas; C. S. Burch Publishing Co; 37 pages; 1880 to 1890.
External links
- County
- Maps