Scott County, Kansas
Scott County | |
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![]() Location within the U.S. state ofKansas | |
![]() Kansas's location within theU.S. | |
Coordinates:38°28′00″N100°54′00″W/ 38.4667°N 100.9°W | |
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Founded | March 20, 1873 |
Named for | Winfield Scott[1] |
Seat | Scott City |
Largest city | Scott City |
Area | |
• Total | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
• Land | 718 sq mi (1,860 km2) |
• Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.02% |
Population | |
• Total | 5,151 |
• Density | 7.2/sq mi (2.8/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6(Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5(CDT) |
Congressional district | 1st |
Website | County Website |
Scott Countyis acountylocated in theU.S. stateofKansas.Itscounty seatisScott City,[3]the only incorporated city in the county. As of the2020 census,the county population was 5,151.[2]The county was named afterWinfield Scott,a general in the United States Army from 1814 to 1861.
History
[edit]Early history
[edit]For manymillennia,theGreat PlainsofNorth Americawas inhabited bynomadicNative Americans.From the 16th century to 18th century, theKingdom of Franceclaimed ownership of large parts ofNorth America.In 1762, after theFrench and Indian War,France secretly cededNew FrancetoSpain,per theTreaty of Fontainebleau.
19th century
[edit]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 formodern day Kansaswas acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mileLouisiana Purchasefor 2.83centsperacre.
In 1854, theKansas Territorywas organized, then in 1861Kansasbecame the 34thU.S. state.In 1873,Scott Countywas established.
Geography
[edit]According to theU.S. Census Bureau,the county has a total area of 718 square miles (1,860 km2), of which 718 square miles (1,860 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (0.02%) is water.[4]
Adjacent counties
[edit]- Gove County(northeast)
- Lane County(east)
- Finney County(south)
- Kearny County(southwest)
- Wichita County(west)
- Logan County(northwest)
Demographics
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Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | 43 | — | |
1890 | 1,262 | 2,834.9% | |
1900 | 1,098 | −13.0% | |
1910 | 3,047 | 177.5% | |
1920 | 3,121 | 2.4% | |
1930 | 3,976 | 27.4% | |
1940 | 3,773 | −5.1% | |
1950 | 4,921 | 30.4% | |
1960 | 5,228 | 6.2% | |
1970 | 5,606 | 7.2% | |
1980 | 5,782 | 3.1% | |
1990 | 5,289 | −8.5% | |
2000 | 5,120 | −3.2% | |
2010 | 4,936 | −3.6% | |
2020 | 5,151 | 4.4% | |
2023 (est.) | 4,922 | [5] | −4.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1790-1960[7]1900-1990[8] 1990-2000[9]2010-2020[2] |
As of thecensus[10]of 2000, there were 5,120 people, 2,045 households, and 1,435 families residing in the county. Thepopulation densitywas 7 people per square mile (2.7 people/km2). There were 2,291 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile (1.2/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 95.47%White,0.10%BlackorAfrican American,0.55%Native American,0.12%Asian,2.75% fromother races,and 1.02% from two or more races. 6.31% of the population wereHispanicorLatinoof any race.
There were 2,045 households, out of which 33.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.00% weremarried couplesliving together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.80% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.01.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 25.30% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 16.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.40 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $40,534, and the median income for a family was $50,549. Males had a median income of $32,166 versus $20,221 for females. Theper capita incomefor the county was $20,443. About 2.10% of families and 5.10% of the population were below thepoverty line,including 6.00% of those under age 18 and 8.10% of those age 65 or over.
Government
[edit]Presidential elections
[edit]Prior to 1940, Scott County was a swing county, voting for the national winner in every presidential election from 1904 to 1936. From 1940 on, it has become one of the most Republican counties in the entire nation, withBarry Goldwaterin 1964 being the lone Republican candidate since then to be held to single-digit margin of victory in the county. In addition, each of the last six presidential elections have resulted in the Republican candidate winning over 70 percent of the county's vote & the Democratic candidate being held under 20 percent.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 2,014 | 85.56% | 299 | 12.70% | 41 | 1.74% |
2016 | 1,865 | 84.70% | 236 | 10.72% | 101 | 4.59% |
2012 | 1,728 | 84.21% | 277 | 13.50% | 47 | 2.29% |
2008 | 1,823 | 83.66% | 321 | 14.73% | 35 | 1.61% |
2004 | 1,924 | 83.69% | 347 | 15.09% | 28 | 1.22% |
2000 | 1,811 | 78.64% | 418 | 18.15% | 74 | 3.21% |
1996 | 1,750 | 73.41% | 458 | 19.21% | 176 | 7.38% |
1992 | 1,426 | 56.27% | 480 | 18.94% | 628 | 24.78% |
1988 | 1,590 | 66.95% | 717 | 30.19% | 68 | 2.86% |
1984 | 2,017 | 81.13% | 427 | 17.18% | 42 | 1.69% |
1980 | 1,829 | 75.64% | 456 | 18.86% | 133 | 5.50% |
1976 | 1,195 | 54.74% | 919 | 42.10% | 69 | 3.16% |
1972 | 1,547 | 74.30% | 449 | 21.57% | 86 | 4.13% |
1968 | 1,374 | 66.25% | 500 | 24.11% | 200 | 9.64% |
1964 | 1,143 | 52.50% | 1,016 | 46.67% | 18 | 0.83% |
1960 | 1,514 | 71.28% | 598 | 28.15% | 12 | 0.56% |
1956 | 1,376 | 75.11% | 451 | 24.62% | 5 | 0.27% |
1952 | 1,681 | 78.33% | 443 | 20.64% | 22 | 1.03% |
1948 | 1,040 | 56.86% | 739 | 40.40% | 50 | 2.73% |
1944 | 903 | 60.93% | 565 | 38.12% | 14 | 0.94% |
1940 | 988 | 57.24% | 717 | 41.54% | 21 | 1.22% |
1936 | 625 | 36.25% | 1,096 | 63.57% | 3 | 0.17% |
1932 | 595 | 34.04% | 1,092 | 62.47% | 61 | 3.49% |
1928 | 886 | 65.78% | 450 | 33.41% | 11 | 0.82% |
1924 | 734 | 50.87% | 445 | 30.84% | 264 | 18.30% |
1920 | 636 | 58.51% | 379 | 34.87% | 72 | 6.62% |
1916 | 416 | 33.15% | 684 | 54.50% | 155 | 12.35% |
1912 | 56 | 9.24% | 247 | 40.76% | 303 | 50.00% |
1908 | 324 | 47.09% | 294 | 42.73% | 70 | 10.17% |
1904 | 275 | 62.64% | 79 | 18.00% | 85 | 19.36% |
1900 | 128 | 44.14% | 159 | 54.83% | 3 | 1.03% |
1896 | 91 | 35.97% | 161 | 63.64% | 1 | 0.40% |
1892 | 142 | 45.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 167 | 54.05% |
1888 | 294 | 54.65% | 182 | 33.83% | 62 | 11.52% |
Laws
[edit]Although theKansas Constitutionwas amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Scott County has remained a prohibition, or"dry",county,[12]with 3.2% cereal-malt beverages available in grocery stores.
Education
[edit]Unified school districts
[edit]Library
[edit]The Scott County Public Library is located at 110 West 8th in Scott City. The Scott County Library was the first free county public library in the state of Kansas. It was started in September 1923 with the five members of the library committee each checking out a book for herself and one for her husband thus the library checked out ten books on the first day that it was open. Two rooms on the second floor of the Cretcher Lumber Company office building were made available for the library. L. W. Cretcher, owner of the lumber yard, gave the library a boost by painting the rooms, furnishing a stove, shelves, cupboards, lights, and free rent. In November 1924 a proposal was placed on the ballot for the library to be a county funded entity. A room was set aside in the basement of the newly built courthouse for the library, which at that time possessed 861 books. The library in the courthouse was opened to the public in July 1925. The library remained in the basement of the Scott County Courthouse until a separate library building was constructed at 110 West 8th Street in 1964. This building was 4,150 square feet (386 m2) with a 660-square-foot (61 m2) meeting room available to the public. In 2004, the Scott County Library Board began a fundraising effort for a Library Building expansion of 7,350 feet (2,240 m). The Library expansion and remodel to 12,160 square feet (1,130 m2) was completed in May 2009.[13]
Communities
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List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Scott County.[14]
† means a community is designated aCensus-Designated Place(CDP) by theUnited States Census Bureau.
Cities
[edit]- Scott City(county seat)
Unincorporated communities
[edit]Townships
[edit]Scott County is divided into seventownships.Scott Cityis consideredgovernmentally independentand 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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Beaver | 05175 | 302 | 1 (3) | 309 (119) | 0 (0) | 0.10% | 38°37′11″N100°59′58″W/ 38.61972°N 100.99944°W | |
Isbel | 34575 | 110 | 1 (1) | 206 (80) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°28′52″N101°2′52″W/ 38.48111°N 101.04778°W | |
Keystone | 36600 | 106 | 1 (1) | 206 (80) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°30′17″N100°45′4″W/ 38.50472°N 100.75111°W | |
Lake | 37850 | 95 | 0 (1) | 311 (120) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°20′23″N100°49′39″W/ 38.33972°N 100.82750°W | |
Michigan | 46175 | 88 | 0 (1) | 308 (119) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°36′23″N100°48′23″W/ 38.60639°N 100.80639°W | |
Scott | 63575 | 309 | 2 (4) | 202 (78) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°29′31″N100°55′0″W/ 38.49194°N 100.91667°W | |
Valley | 73125 | 255 | 1 (2) | 311 (120) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°21′6″N100°58′13″W/ 38.35167°N 100.97028°W |
See also
[edit]- El CuartelejoApache and Puebloan site
- Lake Scott State Park
- Dry counties
- 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
[edit]- ^"Welcome to the Scott County website".Scott County, Kansas.RetrievedNovember 4,2012.
- ^abc"QuickFacts; Scott County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010".United States Census Bureau.Archivedfrom the original on August 19, 2021.RetrievedAugust 19,2021.
- ^"Find a County".National Association of Counties.RetrievedJune 7,2011.
- ^"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990".United States Census Bureau.February 12, 2011.RetrievedApril 23,2011.
- ^"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedApril 3,2024.
- ^"U.S. Decennial Census".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedJuly 29,2014.
- ^"Historical Census Browser".University of Virginia Library.RetrievedJuly 29,2014.
- ^"Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedJuly 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.RetrievedJuly 29,2014.
- ^"U.S. Census website".United States Census Bureau.RetrievedJanuary 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 2004. Archived fromthe originalon October 8, 2007.RetrievedJanuary 21,2007.
- ^History of Early Scott County,Scott County Historical Society, 1977. pp. 306-307.
- ^ab"General Highway Map of Scott County, Kansas"(PDF).Kansas Department of Transportation(KDOT). November 2009.Archived(PDF)from the original on July 27, 2023.
- Notes
Further reading
[edit]- Standard Atlas of Scott County, Kansas;Western Publishing Co; 34 pages; 1910.
- Handbook of Scott County, Kansas;C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 20 pages; 1887.
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