Washington County, Kansas
Washington County | |
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UTC−5 (CDT) | |
Area code | 785 |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | WashingtonCountyKS.gov |
Washington County is a
History
Early history
For
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 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1857, Washington County was established. The Oregon-California Trail, the Overland Stage Line, and the Pony Express all ran through Washington County. The Hollenberg Way Station opened in 1857 and operated until 1872 in the northeast corner of the county.[3][4]
21st century
In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was constructed north to south through Washington County, with much concern over tax exemption and environmental issues when a leak occurs.[5][6] The pipeline was shutdown on December 7, 2022, after a leak was detected near the community of Washington.[7] It reopened on December 29, 2022.[8]
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Jefferson County, Nebraska (north)
- Gage County, Nebraska (northeast)
- Marshall County (east)
- Riley County (southeast)
- Clay County (south)
- Cloud County (southwest)
- Republic County (west)
- Thayer County, Nebraska (northwest)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1860 | 383 | — | |
1870 | 4,081 | 965.5% | |
1880 | 14,910 | 265.4% | |
1890 | 22,894 | 53.5% | |
1900 | 21,963 | −4.1% | |
1910 | 20,229 | −7.9% | |
1920 | 17,984 | −11.1% | |
1930 | 17,112 | −4.8% | |
1940 | 15,921 | −7.0% | |
1950 | 12,977 | −18.5% | |
1960 | 10,739 | −17.2% | |
1970 | 9,249 | −13.9% | |
1980 | 8,543 | −7.6% | |
1990 | 7,073 | −17.2% | |
2000 | 6,483 | −8.3% | |
2010 | 5,799 | −10.6% | |
2020 | 5,530 | −4.6% | |
2023 (est.) | 5,504 | [10] | −0.5% |
U.S. Decennial Census[11] 1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13] 1990-2000[14] 2010-2020[1] |
As of the
There were 2,673 households, out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.40% were married couples living together, 4.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 31.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.96.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 22.90% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 25.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 100.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.80 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $29,363, and the median income for a family was $37,260. Males had a median income of $25,074 versus $18,000 for females. The
Government
Presidential elections
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 2,363 | 81.96% | 475 | 16.48% | 45 | 1.56% |
2016 | 2,194 | 79.35% | 387 | 14.00% | 184 | 6.65% |
2012 | 2,316 | 80.17% | 524 | 18.14% | 49 | 1.70% |
2008 | 2,248 | 75.44% | 659 | 22.11% | 73 | 2.45% |
2004 | 2,498 | 78.31% | 643 | 20.16% | 49 | 1.54% |
2000 | 2,446 | 74.87% | 687 | 21.03% | 134 | 4.10% |
1996 | 2,397 | 67.39% | 804 | 22.60% | 356 | 10.01% |
1992 | 1,740 | 47.00% | 893 | 24.12% | 1,069 | 28.88% |
1988 | 2,269 | 67.13% | 1,063 | 31.45% | 48 | 1.42% |
1984 | 2,979 | 75.69% | 889 | 22.59% | 68 | 1.73% |
1980 | 3,058 | 74.90% | 784 | 19.20% | 241 | 5.90% |
1976 | 2,543 | 60.36% | 1,564 | 37.12% | 106 | 2.52% |
1972 | 3,301 | 75.13% | 996 | 22.67% | 97 | 2.21% |
1968 | 3,177 | 68.29% | 1,131 | 24.31% | 344 | 7.39% |
1964 | 2,654 | 56.41% | 2,015 | 42.83% | 36 | 0.77% |
1960 | 3,707 | 68.09% | 1,706 | 31.34% | 31 | 0.57% |
1956 | 4,220 | 74.81% | 1,389 | 24.62% | 32 | 0.57% |
1952 | 5,135 | 81.39% | 1,148 | 18.20% | 26 | 0.41% |
1948 | 3,894 | 66.19% | 1,894 | 32.19% | 95 | 1.61% |
1944 | 5,040 | 77.11% | 1,455 | 22.26% | 41 | 0.63% |
1940 | 5,792 | 73.29% | 2,061 | 26.08% | 50 | 0.63% |
1936 | 4,809 | 58.70% | 3,355 | 40.95% | 28 | 0.34% |
1932 | 3,324 | 43.43% | 4,234 | 55.32% | 95 | 1.24% |
1928 | 4,781 | 67.37% | 2,267 | 31.94% | 49 | 0.69% |
1924 | 4,120 | 60.98% | 1,528 | 22.62% | 1,108 | 16.40% |
1920 | 4,390 | 76.06% | 1,287 | 22.30% | 95 | 1.65% |
1916 | 3,766 | 51.72% | 3,316 | 45.54% | 200 | 2.75% |
1912 | 1,326 | 28.41% | 1,914 | 41.01% | 1,427 | 30.58% |
1908 | 2,711 | 57.51% | 1,904 | 40.39% | 99 | 2.10% |
1904 | 3,066 | 68.13% | 1,259 | 27.98% | 175 | 3.89% |
1900 | 2,960 | 56.02% | 2,252 | 42.62% | 72 | 1.36% |
1896 | 2,514 | 50.67% | 2,391 | 48.19% | 57 | 1.15% |
1892 | 2,323 | 44.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,862 | 55.20% |
1888 | 2,999 | 62.28% | 1,511 | 31.38% | 305 | 6.33% |
Washington County is overwhelmingly Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Washington County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, and Roosevelt remains the solitary Democrat to ever win a majority in the county. Since 1940 only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 has reached forty percent of Washington County's vote for the Democratic Party.
Laws
Washington County was a prohibition, or
Education
The county is served by:
- School district office in neighboring county
Communities
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
Cities
- Barnes
- Clifton‡
- Greenleaf
- Haddam
- Hanover
- Hollenberg
- Linn
- Mahaska
- Morrowville
- Palmer
- Vining‡
- Washington (county seat)
Unincorporated communities
Ghost towns
Townships
Washington County is divided into twenty-five townships. The city of Washington 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 |
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Barnes | 04275 | 233 | 3 (6) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°41′59″N 96°51′41″W / 39.69972°N 96.86139°W | |
Brantford | 08250 | 91 | 1 (3) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°42′0″N 97°19′19″W / 39.70000°N 97.32194°W | |
Charleston | 12625 | 99 | 1 (3) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.03% | 39°52′36″N 96°58′54″W / 39.87667°N 96.98167°W | |
Clifton | 14225 | 459 | 5 (13) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°35′19″N 97°18′11″W / 39.58861°N 97.30306°W | |
Coleman | 14750 | 64 | 1 (2) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°46′39″N 97°11′24″W / 39.77750°N 97.19000°W | |
Farmington | 23275 | 192 | 2 (5) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°51′52″N 97°6′1″W / 39.86444°N 97.10028°W | |
Franklin | 24525 | 139 | 2 (4) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.24% | 39°57′33″N 96°59′20″W / 39.95917°N 96.98889°W | |
Grant | 28175 | 25 | 0 (1) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°46′24″N 97°19′21″W / 39.77333°N 97.32250°W | |
Greenleaf | 28650 | 450 | 5 (13) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°42′33″N 96°59′5″W / 39.70917°N 96.98472°W | |
Haddam | 29425 | 246 | 3 (7) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°51′51″N 97°18′28″W / 39.86417°N 97.30778°W | |
Hanover | 29900 | 884 | 9 (25) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.05% | 39°52′54″N 96°52′10″W / 39.88167°N 96.86944°W | |
Highland | 32025 | 22 | 0 (1) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.45% | 39°57′16″N 97°5′30″W / 39.95444°N 97.09167°W | |
Independence | 33950 | 169 | 2 (5) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.03% | 39°57′28″N 96°51′50″W / 39.95778°N 96.86389°W | |
Kimeo | 36850 | 75 | 1 (2) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°36′11″N 96°57′57″W / 39.60306°N 96.96583°W | |
Lincoln | 41250 | 84 | 1 (2) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°37′2″N 96°51′12″W / 39.61722°N 96.85333°W | |
Linn | 41450 | 599 | 6 (17) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.03% | 39°41′5″N 97°5′16″W / 39.68472°N 97.08778°W | |
Little Blue | 41500 | 93 | 1 (3) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.09% | 39°46′38″N 96°51′59″W / 39.77722°N 96.86639°W | |
Logan | 42300 | 109 | 1 (3) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.05% | 39°47′11″N 96°57′56″W / 39.78639°N 96.96556°W | |
Lowe | 43025 | 76 | 1 (2) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°57′29″N 97°12′5″W / 39.95806°N 97.20139°W | |
Mill Creek | 46750 | 274 | 3 (8) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°52′4″N 97°11′20″W / 39.86778°N 97.18889°W | |
Sheridan | 64775 | 119 | 1 (3) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°37′3″N 97°11′19″W / 39.61750°N 97.18861°W | |
Sherman | 65125 | 249 | 3 (7) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°37′2″N 97°6′3″W / 39.61722°N 97.10083°W | |
Strawberry | 68550 | 130 | 1 (4) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 39°41′32″N 97°12′30″W / 39.69222°N 97.20833°W | |
Union | 72475 | 161 | 2 (5) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.04% | 39°57′58″N 97°19′30″W / 39.96611°N 97.32500°W | |
Washington | 75850 | 218 | 2 (6) | 91 (35) | 0 (0) | 0.04% | 39°47′12″N 97°4′38″W / 39.78667°N 97.07722°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; Washington County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Hollenberg Way Station". December 19, 2021.
- ^ "Pony Express - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society".
- ^ Keystone Pipeline - Marion County Commission calls out Legislative Leadership on Pipeline Deal; April 18, 2010. Archived October 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Keystone Pipeline - TransCanada inspecting pipeline; December 10, 2010.
- ^ "Keystone pipeline shut after 14,000-barrel oil spill in Kansas", reuters.com, December 9, 2022
- ^ "Milepost 14 Incident".
- ^ "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 28, 2007.
Further reading
- 70th Anniversary Edition Supplement; Washington County Register; 88 pages; September 16, 1938.
- Plat Book of Washington County, Kansas; Brown-Scoville Publishing Co; 81 pages; 1906.
- Historical Plat Book of Washington County, Kansas; J.S. Bird; 90 pages; 1882.
External links
- County
- Maps