Sumner County, Kansas
Sumner County | |
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| Area code | 620 |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Website | County website |
Sumner County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wellington.[3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,382.[1] The county is named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts who was a leader of Reconstruction politics.
History
Early history
For many
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 1848, after the Mexican–American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Spain brought into the United States all or part of land for ten future states, including southwest Kansas. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.
19th century
On February 26, 1867, Sumner County was created from parts of
In 1887, the
21st century
In December 2011, the Kansas Star Casino opened approximately 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the center of Mulvane, adjacent to an exit on the Kansas Turnpike that was added in the mid-1980s. The casino is located just west of the turnpike exit.[5]
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Sedgwick County (north)
- Butler County (northeast)
- Cowley County (east)
- Kay County, Oklahoma (southeast)
- Grant County, Oklahoma (southwest)
- Harper County (west)
- Kingman County (northwest)
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 | 22 | — | |
| 1880 | 20,812 | 94,500.0% | |
| 1890 | 30,271 | 45.4% | |
| 1900 | 25,631 | −15.3% | |
| 1910 | 30,654 | 19.6% | |
| 1920 | 29,213 | −4.7% | |
| 1930 | 28,960 | −0.9% | |
| 1940 | 26,163 | −9.7% | |
| 1950 | 23,646 | −9.6% | |
| 1960 | 25,316 | 7.1% | |
| 1970 | 23,553 | −7.0% | |
| 1980 | 24,928 | 5.8% | |
| 1990 | 25,841 | 3.7% | |
| 2000 | 25,946 | 0.4% | |
| 2010 | 24,132 | −7.0% | |
| 2020 | 22,382 | −7.3% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 22,334 | [7] | −0.2% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2020[1] | |||
Sumner County is part of the
As of the
There were 9,888 households, out of which 34.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.90% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.10.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.50% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $39,415, and the median income for a family was $46,739. Males had a median income of $36,616 versus $23,020 for females. The
Government
Presidential elections
Sumner County, like many neighboring counties, often votes for the Republican Party in presidential elections. However, in 1992 independent candidate Ross Perot came within two percent of winning the county against George H. W. Bush. The last time the county voted for a Democratic candidate was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2024 | 7,810 | 73.81% | 2,527 | 23.88% | 244 | 2.31% |
| 2020 | 8,105 | 74.17% | 2,591 | 23.71% | 232 | 2.12% |
| 2016 | 6,984 | 71.84% | 2,076 | 21.35% | 662 | 6.81% |
| 2012 | 6,260 | 68.48% | 2,658 | 29.08% | 223 | 2.44% |
| 2008 | 6,737 | 65.17% | 3,353 | 32.44% | 247 | 2.39% |
| 2004 | 7,092 | 67.62% | 3,217 | 30.67% | 179 | 1.71% |
| 2000 | 6,176 | 60.36% | 3,549 | 34.69% | 507 | 4.96% |
| 1996 | 5,952 | 54.22% | 3,638 | 33.14% | 1,387 | 12.64% |
| 1992 | 4,087 | 35.27% | 3,564 | 30.76% | 3,937 | 33.97% |
| 1988 | 5,394 | 53.71% | 4,417 | 43.99% | 231 | 2.30% |
| 1984 | 6,942 | 64.32% | 3,708 | 34.36% | 143 | 1.32% |
| 1980 | 6,038 | 57.53% | 3,761 | 35.83% | 697 | 6.64% |
| 1976 | 4,645 | 44.92% | 5,385 | 52.08% | 310 | 3.00% |
| 1972 | 6,941 | 68.08% | 2,685 | 26.34% | 569 | 5.58% |
| 1968 | 5,622 | 54.48% | 3,562 | 34.52% | 1,136 | 11.01% |
| 1964 | 4,760 | 45.55% | 5,574 | 53.34% | 116 | 1.11% |
| 1960 | 7,219 | 61.51% | 4,462 | 38.02% | 55 | 0.47% |
| 1956 | 7,024 | 62.95% | 4,088 | 36.64% | 46 | 0.41% |
| 1952 | 8,134 | 68.95% | 3,567 | 30.24% | 96 | 0.81% |
| 1948 | 5,922 | 55.42% | 4,571 | 42.78% | 192 | 1.80% |
| 1944 | 6,343 | 59.87% | 4,187 | 39.52% | 64 | 0.60% |
| 1940 | 6,585 | 51.86% | 5,988 | 47.16% | 125 | 0.98% |
| 1936 | 4,946 | 38.23% | 7,966 | 61.57% | 27 | 0.21% |
| 1932 | 4,926 | 42.40% | 6,353 | 54.68% | 340 | 2.93% |
| 1928 | 8,951 | 79.64% | 2,108 | 18.75% | 181 | 1.61% |
| 1924 | 5,552 | 54.93% | 2,556 | 25.29% | 2,000 | 19.79% |
| 1920 | 5,830 | 60.49% | 3,454 | 35.84% | 354 | 3.67% |
| 1916 | 4,079 | 39.37% | 5,519 | 53.27% | 763 | 7.36% |
| 1912 | 781 | 12.21% | 2,557 | 39.97% | 3,060 | 47.83% |
| 1908 | 3,235 | 51.30% | 2,772 | 43.96% | 299 | 4.74% |
| 1904 | 3,264 | 61.61% | 1,489 | 28.10% | 545 | 10.29% |
| 1900 | 3,184 | 50.61% | 2,982 | 47.40% | 125 | 1.99% |
| 1896 | 2,515 | 44.76% | 3,048 | 54.24% | 56 | 1.00% |
| 1892 | 3,503 | 45.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,192 | 54.48% |
| 1888 | 3,499 | 49.72% | 2,139 | 30.39% | 1,400 | 19.89% |
Laws
Following amendment to the
Education
Unified school districts
- Mulvane USD 263
- Wellington USD 353
- Conway Springs USD 356
- Belle Plaine USD 357
- Oxford USD 358
- Argonia USD 359
- Caldwell USD 360
- South Haven USD 509
Communities
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Sumner County.[15]
Cities
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
Unincorporated communities
† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
Ghost towns
Townships
Sumner County is divided into thirty townships. The cities of Caldwell and Wellington are considered governmentally independent and are 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avon | 03575 | 319 | 3 (9) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.03% | 37°15′58″N 97°18′56″W / 37.26611°N 97.31556°W | |
| Belle Plaine | 05525 | 3,504 | 33 (87) | 105 (40) | 1 (0) | 0.69% | 37°24′33″N 97°17′19″W / 37.40917°N 97.28861°W | |
| Bluff | 07750 | 74 | 1 (1) | 136 (53) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°3′19″N 97°44′18″W / 37.05528°N 97.73833°W | |
| Caldwell | 09925 | 200 | 1 (4) | 136 (52) | 0 (0) | 0.02% | 37°3′42″N 97°37′52″W / 37.06167°N 97.63111°W | |
| Chikaskia | 13150 | 69 | 1 (2) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.02% | 37°10′4″N 97°38′4″W / 37.16778°N 97.63444°W | |
| Conway | 15300 | 1,286 | 14 (35) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°24′33″N 97°39′4″W / 37.40917°N 97.65111°W | |
| Creek | 16300 | 241 | 3 (7) | 95 (37) | 0 (0) | 0.05% | 37°20′10″N 97°44′18″W / 37.33611°N 97.73833°W | |
| Dixon | 18200 | 738 | 8 (20) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°15′55″N 97°45′44″W / 37.26528°N 97.76222°W | |
| Downs | 18525 | 159 | 2 (5) | 91 (35) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°10′43″N 97°31′12″W / 37.17861°N 97.52000°W | |
| Eden | 19800 | 452 | 5 (12) | 95 (37) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°25′45″N 97°45′36″W / 37.42917°N 97.76000°W | |
| Falls | 22875 | 187 | 1 (3) | 139 (54) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°4′48″N 97°31′52″W / 37.08000°N 97.53111°W | |
| Gore | 26975 | 2,220 | 27 (70) | 83 (32) | 1 (1) | 1.69% | 37°26′56″N 97°12′28″W / 37.44889°N 97.20778°W | |
| Greene | 28525 | 80 | 1 (2) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.10% | 37°10′28″N 97°18′26″W / 37.17444°N 97.30722°W | |
| Guelph | 29175 | 164 | 1 (3) | 141 (55) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°4′10″N 97°19′21″W / 37.06944°N 97.32250°W | |
| Harmon | 30125 | 277 | 3 (9) | 79 (31) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°21′31″N 97°19′6″W / 37.35861°N 97.31833°W | |
| Illinois | 33800 | 178 | 2 (5) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.05% | 37°25′20″N 97°31′6″W / 37.42222°N 97.51833°W | |
| Jackson | 34925 | 153 | 2 (4) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.02% | 37°10′36″N 97°24′38″W / 37.17667°N 97.41056°W | |
| London | 42400 | 774 | 7 (19) | 107 (41) | 1 (0) | 0.93% | 37°26′4″N 97°24′32″W / 37.43444°N 97.40889°W | |
| Morris | 48375 | 35 | 0 (1) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°10′35″N 97°44′17″W / 37.17639°N 97.73806°W | |
| Osborne | 53335 | 273 | 3 (8) | 92 (35) | 1 (0) | 1.30% | 37°15′11″N 97°32′9″W / 37.25306°N 97.53583°W | |
| Oxford | 53875 | 1,403 | 14 (37) | 99 (38) | 1 (0) | 1.08% | 37°16′29″N 97°10′31″W / 37.27472°N 97.17528°W | |
| Palestine | 54175 | 249 | 3 (9) | 72 (28) | 1 (0) | 1.26% | 37°21′7″N 97°13′5″W / 37.35194°N 97.21806°W | |
| Ryan | 61950 | 239 | 3 (7) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°15′37″N 97°38′51″W / 37.26028°N 97.64750°W | |
| Seventy Six | 64000 | 238 | 3 (7) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°21′15″N 97°24′40″W / 37.35417°N 97.41111°W | |
| South Haven | 66675 | 670 | 5 (12) | 140 (54) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°2′44″N 97°24′51″W / 37.04556°N 97.41417°W | |
| Springdale | 67575 | 761 | 8 (21) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°21′57″N 97°38′54″W / 37.36583°N 97.64833°W | |
| Sumner | 69225 | 150 | 2 (4) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°21′8″N 97°31′12″W / 37.35222°N 97.52000°W | |
| Valverde | 73350 | 147 | 2 (4) | 93 (36) | 1 (0) | 0.76% | 37°11′5″N 97°12′13″W / 37.18472°N 97.20361°W | |
| Walton | 75300 | 431 | 3 (8) | 139 (54) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°4′43″N 97°11′36″W / 37.07861°N 97.19333°W | |
| Wellington | 76500 | 344 | 4 (11) | 81 (31) | 0 (0) | 0.06% | 37°16′17″N 97°25′16″W / 37.27139°N 97.42111°W |
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; Sumner County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Rock Island Rail History". Archived from the original on June 19, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ Kansas Star Casino Plans To Open; The Wichita Eagle; December 7, 2011.
- ^ "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 29, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 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 29, 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 26, 2007.
- ^ a b "General Highway Map of Sumner County, Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). May 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 19, 2024.
- Notes
Further reading
- Year Book; Automobile Club of Wichita; 92 pages; 1909 to 1910. Contains detailed maps of roads and railroads in City of Wichita, and Sedgwick / Harvey / Sumner / Harper / Rice / Pawnee Counties.
- Standard Atlas of Sumner County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 100 pages; 1918.
- Standard Atlas of Sumner County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 68 pages; 1902.
- Edwards' Historical Atlas of Sumner County, Kansas; John P. Edwards; 59 pages; 1883.
External links
- County
- Historical
- Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Society
- Sumner County Historical and Genealogical Research Center
- Maps
- Sumner County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society
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