Grant County, Kansas
Grant County | |
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Grant County courthouse in Ulysses (2015) | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Kansas | |
![]() Kansas's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 37°35′00″N 101°19′59″W / 37.5833°N 101.333°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | March 20, 1873 |
Named for | Ulysses S. Grant |
Seat | Ulysses |
Largest city | Ulysses |
Area | |
• Total | 575 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
• Land | 575 sq mi (1,490 km2) |
• Water | 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) 0.06% |
Population | |
• Total | 7,352 |
• Density | 12.8/sq mi (4.9/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | GrantCoKS.org |
Grant County (county code GT) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 7,352 people lived there.[1] Its county seat and only city is Ulysses.[2]
History
[change | change source]In 1873, the part of Kansas that is west of Range 25 was divided into 25 new counties. The new counties were Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Thomas, Sherman, Lane, Buffalo, Foote, Meade, Scott, Sequoyah, Arapahoe, Seward, Wichita, Kearny, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Kansas, Stevens, and Grant.[3]
Grant County, Kansas was named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). He was incumbent president at the time of the county's creation.[4] The initial survey creating the county borders was in the summer of 1874.[4]
In 1883, Kearny, Sequoyah, Arapahoe, Kansas, Stevens, Meade, Clark and Grant counties disappeared. Hamilton, Ford, Seward, and Hodgeman counties became bigger, and Finney County was created. Grant County was split with the western part becoming a part of Hamilton County and the eastern part becoming a part of the newly-created Finney County.[3]
On June 9, 1888, Grant County was created again as a Kansas county, with original county borders. The first officers of the new Grant County were sworn in on June 18, 1888.[3]
![Grant County, Kansas Historical Map 1905-1915.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Grant_county_kansas_map_1905_MSTR.png/220px-Grant_county_kansas_map_1905_MSTR.png)
In October 1888, the county seat election for Grant County resulted in victory for Ulysses, Kansas. The election results were:.[3]
Town Name | Vote count |
---|---|
Ulysses | 578 |
Appomattox | 268 |
Shockeyville | 41 |
Golswn | 31 |
Spurgeon | 2 |
Early Settlements
[change | change source]- "Old" Ulysses, then moved to New Ulysses in 1909[4]
- Surprise-Tilden[4]
- Cincinnati-Appomattox[4]
- Shockey (Shockeyville)[4]
- Golden[4]
- Zionville[4]
- Lawson[4]
- Waterford[4]
- Gognac[4]
- Spurgeon[4]
Geography
[change | change source]The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 575 square miles (1,490 km2). Of that, 575 square miles (1,490 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) (0.06%) is water.[5]
Major highways
[change | change source]People
[change | change source]Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1890 | 1,308 | — | |
1900 | 422 | −67.7% | |
1910 | 1,087 | 157.6% | |
1920 | 1,087 | 0.0% | |
1930 | 3,092 | 184.5% | |
1940 | 1,946 | −37.1% | |
1950 | 4,638 | 138.3% | |
1960 | 5,269 | 13.6% | |
1970 | 5,961 | 13.1% | |
1980 | 6,977 | 17.0% | |
1990 | 7,159 | 2.6% | |
2000 | 7,909 | 10.5% | |
2010 | 7,829 | −1.0% | |
2020 | 7,352 | −6.1% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8] 1990-2000[9] 2010-2020[1] |
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/USA_Grant_County%2C_Kansas_age_pyramid.svg/175px-USA_Grant_County%2C_Kansas_age_pyramid.svg.png)
Government
[change | change source]Presidential elections
[change | change source]Grant County is very republican. Lyndon B. Johnson was the last democrat to win the county, and Jimmy Carter barely lost the county in 1976.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
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2020 | 77.4% 1,936 | 20.7% 518 | 1.9% 47 |
2016 | 75.5% 1,804 | 18.5% 441 | 6.0% 144 |
2012 | 78.5% 1,811 | 19.8% 456 | 1.7% 39 |
2008 | 75.0% 1,995 | 23.9% 635 | 1.2% 31 |
2004 | 78.6% 2,169 | 20.3% 561 | 1.0% 28 |
2000 | 74.4% 2,126 | 23.9% 683 | 1.7% 47 |
1996 | 66.5% 1,772 | 23.8% 633 | 9.7% 259 |
1992 | 51.7% 1,561 | 20.5% 619 | 27.8% 839 |
1988 | 63.7% 1,654 | 34.9% 907 | 1.4% 36 |
1984 | 76.3% 2,043 | 23.0% 615 | 0.8% 21 |
1980 | 66.0% 1,711 | 26.4% 683 | 7.6% 198 |
1976 | 50.6% 1,226 | 47.5% 1,151 | 1.9% 45 |
1972 | 73.2% 1,469 | 23.7% 476 | 3.1% 62 |
1968 | 57.2% 1,121 | 31.5% 618 | 11.3% 222 |
1964 | 41.0% 727 | 57.6% 1,023 | 1.4% 25 |
1960 | 63.6% 1,235 | 36.2% 702 | 0.3% 5 |
1956 | 69.5% 1,058 | 30.1% 459 | 0.4% 6 |
1952 | 71.0% 1,277 | 27.9% 502 | 1.1% 19 |
1948 | 53.3% 742 | 44.9% 625 | 1.7% 24 |
1944 | 66.4% 566 | 33.1% 282 | 0.6% 5 |
1940 | 61.0% 614 | 38.0% 382 | 1.0% 10 |
1936 | 43.6% 476 | 56.4% 616 | 0.0% 0 |
1932 | 33.7% 395 | 62.9% 737 | 3.4% 40 |
1928 | 76.4% 635 | 22.3% 185 | 1.3% 11 |
1924 | 67.1% 459 | 21.6% 148 | 11.3% 77 |
1920 | 73.7% 339 | 23.5% 108 | 2.8% 13 |
1916 | 44.5% 200 | 46.3% 208 | 9.1% 41 |
1912 | 20.8% 56 | 29.7% 80 | 49.4% 133 |
1908 | 54.8% 178 | 40.9% 133 | 4.3% 14 |
1904 | 65.9% 81 | 28.5% 35 | 5.7% 7 |
1900 | 51.8% 58 | 47.3% 53 | 0.9% 1 |
1896 | 46.0% 51 | 54.1% 60 | 0.0% 0 |
1892 | 53.6% 151 | 46.5% 131 | |
1888 | 50.5% 390 | 31.7% 245 | 17.9% 138 |
Education
[change | change source]Unified school districts
[change | change source]Communities
[change | change source]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Map_of_Grant_Co%2C_Ks%2C_USA.png/250px-Map_of_Grant_Co%2C_Ks%2C_USA.png)
City
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "QuickFacts: Grant County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Ulysses 1885-1909 From Boom to Bust; compiled by The Historic Adobe Museum Staff of Ulysses, Kansas; 2009.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Bessire, Fern (1982). Grant County, Kansas. Grant County History Commission.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. 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. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
Other websites
[change | change source]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- County
- Maps
- Grant County Map Archived 2009-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, GrantCoKs.org
- Grant 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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