Lyon County, Kansas

Coordinates: 38°27′N 96°09′W / 38.450°N 96.150°W / 38.450; -96.150
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Not to be confused with Lyons, Kansas.

Lyon County
UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district2nd
WebsiteLyonCounty.org

Lyon County is a

2020 census, the county population was 32,179.[1] The county was named for Nathaniel Lyon, a general who was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek during the American Civil War.[3]

History

Early history

See also: History of Kansas

For many

nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau
.

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 1806,

St Louis, Missouri, of which part of their journey followed the Cottonwood River through Lyon County.[4]

In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1862, Lyon County was established from the county formerly known as Breckinridge County.[5]

In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton.[6]

Geography

According to the

U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 855 square miles (2,210 km2), of which 847 square miles (2,190 km2) is land and 7.9 square miles (20 km2) (0.9%) is water.[7]

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics

Population pyramid based on 2000 census age data
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18708,014—
188017,326116.2%
189023,19633.9%
190025,0748.1%
191024,927−0.6%
192026,1544.9%
193029,24011.8%
194026,424−9.6%
195026,5760.6%
196026,9281.3%
197032,07119.1%
198035,1089.5%
199034,732−1.1%
200035,9353.5%
201033,690−6.2%
202032,179−4.5%
2023 (est.)32,172[8]0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1790-1960[10] 1900-1990[11]
1990-2000[12] 2010-2020[1]

Lyon County comprises the Emporia, KS

Micropolitan Statistical Area
.

As of the

Latino
of any race.

There were 13,691 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.80% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.90% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.70% under the age of 18, 16.20% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 19.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,819, and the median income for a family was $43,112. Males had a median income of $28,865 versus $21,338 for females. The

poverty line
, including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Presidential elections

Lyon County has been strongly Republican for most of its history. In only seven presidential elections from 1880 to the present has the county failed to back the Republican candidate, the most recent being Lyndon B. Johnson in his national landslide of 1964. The Republican party did come close to losing the county in 1992 and 2008, however.

Presidential election results
United States presidential election results for Lyon County, Kansas[14]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 7,550 53.74% 6,055 43.10% 444 3.16%
2016 6,552 52.53% 4,649 37.28% 1,271 10.19%
2012 6,470 54.48% 5,111 43.04% 294 2.48%
2008 6,698 51.88% 5,924 45.88% 289 2.24%
2004 7,951 59.16% 5,234 38.94% 255 1.90%
2000 6,652 53.41% 5,190 41.67% 613 4.92%
1996 6,612 50.01% 4,884 36.94% 1,725 13.05%
1992 5,090 34.73% 4,811 32.83% 4,755 32.44%
1988 6,820 55.29% 5,314 43.08% 200 1.62%
1984 9,796 69.37% 4,188 29.66% 137 0.97%
1980 8,431 57.94% 4,680 32.16% 1,440 9.90%
1976 7,062 52.59% 5,634 41.96% 732 5.45%
1972 9,157 69.67% 3,720 28.30% 266 2.02%
1968 6,558 57.30% 4,020 35.12% 868 7.58%
1964 5,184 45.23% 6,197 54.07% 81 0.71%
1960 7,470 60.90% 4,755 38.77% 41 0.33%
1956 8,021 67.34% 3,831 32.16% 59 0.50%
1952 8,544 67.98% 3,944 31.38% 80 0.64%
1948 5,941 50.03% 5,708 48.06% 227 1.91%
1944 5,710 52.88% 4,984 46.15% 105 0.97%
1940 6,918 52.33% 6,170 46.68% 131 0.99%
1936 6,005 44.73% 7,340 54.67% 80 0.60%
1932 6,044 47.38% 6,365 49.90% 347 2.72%
1928 8,753 75.49% 2,761 23.81% 81 0.70%
1924 6,290 57.32% 2,750 25.06% 1,934 17.62%
1920 5,492 61.09% 3,303 36.74% 195 2.17%
1916 4,215 40.28% 5,584 53.36% 665 6.36%
1912 962 17.41% 2,363 42.77% 2,200 39.82%
1908 2,973 50.87% 2,562 43.84% 309 5.29%
1904 3,450 62.12% 1,461 26.31% 643 11.58%
1900 3,083 50.72% 2,865 47.13% 131 2.15%
1896 2,860 45.91% 3,276 52.59% 93 1.49%
1892 2,591 48.48% 0 0.00% 2,753 51.52%
1888 3,014 60.10% 1,377 27.46% 624 12.44%

Laws

Lyon County was a prohibition, or

Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement. The food sales requirement was removed with voter approval in 1992.[15]

The county voted "No" on the

2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment, an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 63% to 37% despite backing Donald Trump with 54% of the vote to Joe Biden's 43% in the 2020 presidential election.[16]

Education

Colleges and universities

Unified school districts

School district office in neighboring county

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Lyon County (map legend)

Cities

Unincorporated communities

Townships

Lyon County is divided into eleven townships. The city of Emporia 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.

Sources: 2000 U.S. Gazetteer from the
U.S. Census Bureau
.
Township
FIPS
 Population
center 		Population Population
density
/km2 (/sq mi) 		Land area
km2 (sq mi)		 Water area
km2 (sq mi)		 Water % Geographic coordinates
Agnes City 00525 430 2 (4) 279 (108) 0 (0) 0.15% 38°39′54″N 96°13′50″W / 38.66500°N 96.23056°W / 38.66500; -96.23056
Americus 01700 1,503 7 (17) 225 (87) 1 (0) 0.35% 38°31′12″N 96°16′0″W / 38.52000°N 96.26667°W / 38.52000; -96.26667
Center 11800 1,198 4 (10) 308 (119) 3 (1) 0.82% 38°14′17″N 96°13′13″W / 38.23806°N 96.22028°W / 38.23806; -96.22028
Elmendaro 20687 788 4 (10) 257 (99) 1 (0) 0.31% 38°15′31″N 96°1′8″W / 38.25861°N 96.01889°W / 38.25861; -96.01889
Emporia 21300 907 8 (21) 143 (55) 2 (1) 1.20% 38°23′7″N 96°10′13″W / 38.38528°N 96.17028°W / 38.38528; -96.17028
Fremont 24750 903 5 (12) 184 (71) 1 (0) 0.33% 38°29′35″N 96°9′17″W / 38.49306°N 96.15472°W / 38.49306; -96.15472
Ivy 34700 269 3 (9) 88 (34) 0 (0) 0.07% 38°38′23″N 96°5′25″W / 38.63972°N 96.09028°W / 38.63972; -96.09028
Jackson 34825 979 4 (11) 227 (88) 1 (1) 0.62% 38°23′39″N 96°0′37″W / 38.39417°N 96.01028°W / 38.39417; -96.01028
Pike 55825 1,034 6 (17) 139 (54) 0 (0) 0.35% 38°24′13″N 96°17′39″W / 38.40361°N 96.29417°W / 38.40361; -96.29417
Reading 58625 487 3 (8) 175 (67) 1 (1) 0.79% 38°31′35″N 95°59′56″W / 38.52639°N 95.99889°W / 38.52639; -95.99889
Waterloo 75925 284 2 (5) 154 (59) 1 (0) 0.40% 38°41′32″N 96°0′26″W / 38.69222°N 96.00722°W / 38.69222; -96.00722

Notable people

See also: List of people from Lyon County, Kansas

Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story
films.

College of Emporia and Emporia State.[17][18] He is also credited with inventing the huddle.[19]

Jerry Kill was the head football coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. He has over 100 wins in his career as a head coach, having worked as a head coach through several institutions at the college level.[20]

Final Fours.[22]

Progressive movement. Between 1896 and his death White became the iconic spokesman for middle America. He won a 1923 Pulitzer Prize for his editorial "To an Anxious Friend," published July 27, 1922, after being arrested in a dispute over free speech following objections to the way the state of Kansas handled the men who participated in the Great Railroad Strike of 1922
.

Maud Wagner was the first known female tattoo artist in the United States. She was a circus performer and traveled with her husband as both tattoo artists and as "tattooed attractions."

See also

Community information for Kansas

References

  1. ^ a b c "QuickFacts; Lyon County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 196.
  4. ^ "1806 Pike Expedition map through Lyon County" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "Breckinridge County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society".
  6. ^ Santa Fe Rail History
  7. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  8. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  9. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  10. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  11. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
  12. ^ "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 26, 2014.
  13. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  14. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ Emporia Gazette, 1910 Forward Pass
  18. ^ Definitive use of forward pass and the option pass in 1910 by Bill Hargiss
  19. ^ http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv11/CFHSNv11n2c.pdf#2 [bare URL PDF]
  20. ^ DeLassus, David. "Jerry Kill Records by Year (Jerry Kill)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  21. ^ "NCAA stats". NCAA. NCAA. Archived from the original on October 8, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2007.
  22. ^ "Dean Smith Biography". Hall of Famers. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
Notes

Further reading

See also: List of books about Kansas, including historical information about its counties and cities
See also: List of books about William Allen White

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