Marshall County, Kansas
Marshall County | |
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Area code | 785 |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | ks-marshall.manatron.com |
Marshall County is a
History
The Oregon Trail crosses Marshall County. The Infamous Donner Reed Party rested along the banks of the Big Blue river and lost one of its members, Sarah Keyes, who is still buried at Alcove Springs (located outside of Marysville). Many documented pioneer bodies are buried surrounding Alcove Spring.
In 1849 Francis James Marshall, from Weston, Missouri, came to Marshall County and established a ferry service on the Big Blue River at "Independence Crossing." A few years later Francis Marshall decided to stay on in Marshall County and make it his home. He moved his Ferry business to an upper crossing now known as Marysville (the city is named after Marshall's own wife Mary).[3]
On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" passed through Marshall county. This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale and had a damage path 800 yards (730 m) wide and 100 miles (160 km) long. Eighteen people were killed and sixty were injured.[4]
The Marshall County Historical Society resides in the county's historic courthouse, which is now a museum and research library.
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Pawnee County, Nebraska (northeast)
- Nemaha County (east)
- Pottawatomie County (south)
- Riley County (southwest)
- Washington County (west)
- Gage County, Nebraska (northwest)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1860 | 74 | — | |
1870 | 768 | 937.8% | |
1880 | 12,453 | 1,521.5% | |
1890 | 20,539 | 64.9% | |
1900 | 24,355 | 18.6% | |
1910 | 23,880 | −2.0% | |
1920 | 22,730 | −4.8% | |
1930 | 23,056 | 1.4% | |
1940 | 20,986 | −9.0% | |
1950 | 17,926 | −14.6% | |
1960 | 15,598 | −13.0% | |
1970 | 13,139 | −15.8% | |
1980 | 12,787 | −2.7% | |
1990 | 11,705 | −8.5% | |
2000 | 10,965 | −6.3% | |
2010 | 10,117 | −7.7% | |
2020 | 10,038 | −0.8% | |
2023 (est.) | 9,933 | [6] | −1.0% |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1] |
As of the
There were 4,458 households, out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.70% were married couples living together, 5.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 29.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.00% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 23.60% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 22.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $32,089, and the median income for a family was $39,705. Males had a median income of $28,361 versus $19,006 for females. The
Government
Presidential elections
Marshall County is a strongly Republican county. The county has not been carried by a Democratic candidate in a presidential election since 1932, & has only failed to back the Republican candidate in two other elections from 1888 on. The closest Democrats have came to winning the county since 1932 was in 1964 when Barry Goldwater only won it by 98 votes in the midst of a national landslide by Lyndon B. Johnson & 1992 when George H. W. Bush only won it by eight votes in conjunction with independent candidate Ross Perot winning a significant share of the vote.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 3,729 | 72.92% | 1,259 | 24.62% | 126 | 2.46% |
2016 | 3,307 | 70.77% | 1,072 | 22.94% | 294 | 6.29% |
2012 | 3,195 | 66.94% | 1,469 | 30.78% | 109 | 2.28% |
2008 | 3,157 | 62.69% | 1,784 | 35.42% | 95 | 1.89% |
2004 | 3,261 | 63.84% | 1,789 | 35.02% | 58 | 1.14% |
2000 | 3,066 | 59.94% | 1,831 | 35.80% | 218 | 4.26% |
1996 | 2,811 | 51.11% | 1,932 | 35.13% | 757 | 13.76% |
1992 | 2,030 | 34.65% | 2,022 | 34.52% | 1,806 | 30.83% |
1988 | 3,140 | 54.23% | 2,560 | 44.21% | 90 | 1.55% |
1984 | 4,098 | 68.49% | 1,813 | 30.30% | 72 | 1.20% |
1980 | 4,127 | 67.69% | 1,555 | 25.50% | 415 | 6.81% |
1976 | 6,187 | 52.17% | 5,366 | 45.24% | 307 | 2.59% |
1972 | 4,127 | 67.68% | 1,823 | 29.90% | 148 | 2.43% |
1968 | 3,835 | 58.85% | 1,949 | 29.91% | 733 | 11.25% |
1964 | 3,432 | 50.31% | 3,334 | 48.87% | 56 | 0.82% |
1960 | 4,932 | 62.50% | 2,931 | 37.14% | 28 | 0.35% |
1956 | 5,664 | 69.25% | 2,487 | 30.41% | 28 | 0.34% |
1952 | 6,851 | 75.35% | 2,215 | 24.36% | 26 | 0.29% |
1948 | 5,122 | 61.50% | 3,148 | 37.80% | 59 | 0.71% |
1944 | 6,184 | 69.59% | 2,681 | 30.17% | 21 | 0.24% |
1940 | 7,286 | 66.65% | 3,588 | 32.82% | 57 | 0.52% |
1936 | 5,929 | 52.98% | 5,238 | 46.81% | 24 | 0.21% |
1932 | 4,455 | 42.25% | 5,970 | 56.62% | 119 | 1.13% |
1928 | 6,918 | 67.06% | 3,329 | 32.27% | 69 | 0.67% |
1924 | 5,809 | 62.35% | 2,369 | 25.43% | 1,139 | 12.22% |
1920 | 5,706 | 71.47% | 2,026 | 25.38% | 252 | 3.16% |
1916 | 4,581 | 50.08% | 4,275 | 46.74% | 291 | 3.18% |
1912 | 1,492 | 26.98% | 2,278 | 41.20% | 1,759 | 31.81% |
1908 | 3,296 | 55.91% | 2,514 | 42.65% | 85 | 1.44% |
1904 | 3,530 | 66.14% | 1,564 | 29.30% | 243 | 4.55% |
1900 | 3,413 | 55.63% | 2,669 | 43.50% | 53 | 0.86% |
1896 | 3,052 | 51.75% | 2,776 | 47.07% | 70 | 1.19% |
1892 | 2,531 | 45.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,054 | 54.68% |
1888 | 2,547 | 48.33% | 1,815 | 34.44% | 908 | 17.23% |
Laws
Marshall County was a prohibition, or
Education
Unified school districts
- Historical
- Axtell USD 488 (Marshall County) and Sabetha USD 441 (Nemaha County) consolidated to create Prairie Hills USD 113.[14]
Communities
† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
Cities
- Axtell
- Beattie
- Blue Rapids
- Frankfort
- Marysville (county seat)
- Oketo
- Summerfield
- Vermillion
- Waterville
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Townships
Marshall County is divided into twenty-five townships. The city of Marysville 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.
Notable people
- Cleveland Indiansin 1924.
- Boston Bravesfrom 1943 to 1945.
- Don Songer (1899-1962) - pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1924 to 1927 and the New York Giants in 1927.
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; Marshall County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ History of Kansas Vol. 2 By Andreas
- ^ John Albert Sleicher (1883). Leslie's. F. Leslie.
- ^ "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 27, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 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 27, 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.
- ^ School consolidations in Kansas for past decade; Topeka-Capital Journal; July 24, 2011.
- ^ "Plat book of Marshall County, Kansas" 1904. https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209410
Further reading
- Atlas of Marshall County, Kansas; Anderson Publishing Co; 74 pages; 1922.
- Plat Book of Marshall County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 53 pages; 1904.
- Handbook of Marshall County, Kansas; Modern Argo; 12 pages; 1870s.
External links
- County
- Historical
- Tornados
- Maps