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Wyandotte County, Kansas

Wyandotte County (/ˈwaɪ.əndɒt/; county code WY) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010 census, 157,505 people lived there.[1] This would make it the county with the fourth-most number of people Kansas. Its county seat is Kansas City.[2] Kansas City is also the biggest city in Wyandotte County. It has a unified government. Wyandotte County west of Kansas City, Missouri.

Wyandotte County, Kansas
Map
Map of Kansas highlighting Wyandotte County
Location in the state of Kansas
Map of the USA highlighting Kansas
Kansas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded January 29, 1859
Seat Kansas City
Largest City Kansas City
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
156 sq mi (404 km²)
152 sq mi (394 km²)
4.6 sq mi (12 km²), 2.9%
PopulationEst.
 - (2016)
 - Density
163,831
1,039/sq mi (401/km²)
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Wyandot people

History

The Wyandot

The county is named after the Wyandot (also known as Wyandott or Wyandotte) Native Americans. They were called the Huron by the French in Canada, but they called themselves Wendat. They were distantly related to the Iroquois. They had hoped to stop white Americans from moving into their territory. They also hoped to make the Ohio River the border between the United States and Canada.[3]

Other historical facts

The county was organized in 1859.[4] Tenskwatawa (Tecumseh's brother), "the Prophet", fought at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. He was buried at Shawnee Native American historical site Whitefeather Spring. The Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company employed over 250 men during the 1880s.

The Delaware Crossing (or "Military Crossing"; sometimes "the Secondine") was where the old Indian trail met the waters of the Kaw River. Circa 1831, Moses Grinter (one of the earliest permanent white settlers in the area) created the Grinter Ferry on the Kansas River here. His house was known as the Grinter Place. The ferry was used by people (such as traders, freighters, and soldiers) traveling between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott on the military road. Others would cross this area on their way to Santa Fe.

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 156 square miles (400 km2). Of that, 152 square miles (390 km2) is land and 4.6 square miles (12 km2) (2.9%) is water.[5] It is the smallest county by area in Kansas.[6]

People

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
18602,609
—
187010,015283.9%
188019,14391.1%
189054,407184.2%
190073,22734.6%
1910100,06836.7%
1920122,21822.1%
1930141,21115.5%
1940145,0712.7%
1950165,31814.0%
1960185,49512.2%
1970186,8450.7%
1980172,335−7.8%
1990161,993−6.0%
2000157,882−2.5%
2010157,505−0.2%
Est. 2016163,831[7]3.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10]
1990-2000[11] 2010-2016[1]
 
Population pyramid

Wyandotte County is included in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Government

Presidential elections

Presidential election results 

Unlike almost every other county in Kansas, Wyandotte County has been solidly Democratic ever since the New Deal. The only Democrat to lose Wyandotte County since 1932 has been George McGovern in 1972. Wyandotte was the only county in Kansas to vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944,[b] Adlai Stevenson II in both 1952 and 1956, Hubert Humphrey in 1968, Jimmy Carter in 1980, and Walter Mondale in 1984.

Economy

Village West, has helped the economy in KCK and Wyandotte County grow. At Village West, there are companies like Hollywood Casino,[13] Legends Outlets Kansas City, Schlitterbahn Vacation Village, Cabela's, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Great Wolf Lodge, T-Bones Stadium (home to the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association) and Children's Mercy Park (home of Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer).

Education

Colleges and universities

Public

Private

School Districts

  • Turner USD 202
  • Piper USD 203
  • Bonner Springs USD 204
  • Kansas City USD 500

Private schools

Primary

  • Resurrection Grade School (formerly St. Peter's Cathedral Grade School)
  • St. Patrick's Grade School
  • Christ the King Grade School

Secondary

Other schools

Communities

Incorporated cities

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ Pritzker, Barry (1998). Native Americans: Southwest - California - Northwest Coast - Great Basin - Plateau. ABC-CLIO. p. 682. ISBN 978-0-87436-836-9.
  4. ↑ History of Wyandotte County Kansas and its people; Perl W. Morgan; Lewis Publishing; 1911. Archived 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  6. ↑ Brackman, Barbara (1997). Kansas Trivia. Thomas Nelson Inc. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4185-5381-4.
  7. ↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Home | Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway". Hollywoodcasinokansas.com. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
Notes
  1. ↑ This comprises 8,109 votes (43.02 percent) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt (who carried the county) and 1,262 votes (6.70 percent) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.
  2. ↑ Along with only winning Androscoggin County in Maine in 1932, this is the fewest counties FDR carried in any state during any of his four Presidential campaigns.

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Coordinates: 39°07′N 94°43′W / 39.117°N 94.717°W / 39.117; -94.717

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