Atchison County, Kansas
Atchison County (county code AT) is a county in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. In 2020, 16,348 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Atchison. Atchison is also the biggest city in the county.[2] The county is named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri.[3]
| Atchison County, Kansas | |
| Map | |
| Map of Kansas highlighting Atchison County Location in the state of Kansas | |
| Map of the USA highlighting Kansas Kansas's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | August 25, 1855 |
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| Seat | Atchison |
| Largest City | Atchison |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
434 sq mi (1,124 km²) 431 sq mi (1,116 km²) 2.6 sq mi (7 km²), 0.6% |
| Population - Density |
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| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Named for: David Rice Atchison | |
Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 434 square miles (1,120 km2). Of that, 431 square miles (1,120 km2) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2) (0.6%) is water.[4] It is the fourth-smallest county by area in Kansas.
On July 4, 1804, to mark Independence Day, the Lewis and Clark Expedition named Independence Creek near the city of Atchison (see Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition).
Major highways
People
| Historical populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 7,729 | ||
| 1870 | 15,507 | 100.6% | |
| 1880 | 26,668 | 72.0% | |
| 1890 | 26,758 | 0.3% | |
| 1900 | 28,606 | 6.9% | |
| 1910 | 28,107 | −1.7% | |
| 1920 | 23,411 | −16.7% | |
| 1930 | 23,945 | 2.3% | |
| 1940 | 22,222 | −7.2% | |
| 1950 | 21,496 | −3.3% | |
| 1960 | 20,898 | −2.8% | |
| 1970 | 19,165 | −8.3% | |
| 1980 | 18,397 | −4.0% | |
| 1990 | 16,932 | −8.0% | |
| 2000 | 16,774 | −0.9% | |
| 2010 | 16,924 | 0.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1] | |||
Atchison County is in the Atchison, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area.
Government
Presidential elections
Atchison County has been a swing county for most of its history. It has had multiple extended streaks of being a bellwether county, the first running from 1896 to 1936. After voting more Republican than the nation in the 1940s & voting for losing candidate Richard Nixon in 1960, another bellwether streak ran from 1964 to 2004. Since then, the county has become significantly more Republican, with Barack Obama failing to win the county in both of his victories & Hillary Clinton losing it by over 30 percent to Donald Trump in 2016.
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67.4% 4,911 | 30.2% 2,201 | 2.4% 172 |
| 2020 | 65.9% 4,906 | 31.7% 2,359 | 2.4% 175 |
| 2016 | 61.6% 4,049 | 30.3% 1,989 | 8.2% 537 |
| 2012 | 58.7% 3,917 | 38.5% 2,567 | 2.9% 190 |
| 2008 | 52.7% 3,791 | 45.1% 3,241 | 2.2% 159 |
| 2004 | 54.5% 3,880 | 43.8% 3,120 | 1.7% 118 |
| 2000 | 49.0% 3,378 | 46.0% 3,171 | 5.1% 351 |
| 1996 | 43.3% 2,828 | 44.8% 2,926 | 12.0% 784 |
| 1992 | 33.5% 2,521 | 39.3% 2,959 | 27.2% 2,050 |
| 1988 | 49.0% 3,243 | 48.0% 3,177 | 2.9% 194 |
| 1984 | 62.5% 4,537 | 36.4% 2,641 | 1.1% 77 |
| 1980 | 53.9% 4,084 | 40.4% 3,063 | 5.7% 434 |
| 1976 | 48.3% 4,030 | 49.2% 4,108 | 2.5% 206 |
| 1972 | 67.8% 5,471 | 29.8% 2,404 | 2.4% 191 |
| 1968 | 46.0% 3,644 | 42.7% 3,379 | 11.4% 899 |
| 1964 | 38.2% 3,147 | 61.2% 5,037 | 0.6% 45 |
| 1960 | 52.3% 4,793 | 47.3% 4,336 | 0.3% 31 |
| 1956 | 64.1% 5,608 | 35.8% 3,134 | 0.1% 9 |
| 1952 | 64.6% 6,004 | 35.3% 3,283 | 0.1% 9 |
| 1948 | 51.0% 4,141 | 48.2% 3,910 | 0.8% 62 |
| 1944 | 58.6% 4,731 | 41.2% 3,325 | 0.3% 20 |
| 1940 | 56.1% 5,921 | 43.2% 4,557 | 0.8% 82 |
| 1936 | 47.6% 5,312 | 52.1% 5,817 | 0.3% 31 |
| 1932 | 45.2% 4,778 | 53.3% 5,640 | 1.5% 157 |
| 1928 | 63.7% 6,647 | 36.0% 3,756 | 0.4% 37 |
| 1924 | 63.8% 6,246 | 22.5% 2,199 | 13.7% 1,341 |
| 1920 | 65.0% 5,872 | 34.1% 3,082 | 0.9% 77 |
| 1916 | 48.6% 4,624 | 48.7% 4,634 | 2.7% 254 |
| 1912 | 27.4% 1,535 | 43.7% 2,449 | 28.9% 1,618 |
| 1908 | 54.9% 3,244 | 43.9% 2,593 | 1.2% 68 |
| 1904 | 64.3% 3,542 | 33.6% 1,854 | 2.1% 117 |
| 1900 | 55.5% 3,390 | 43.9% 2,682 | 0.5% 32 |
| 1896 | 52.7% 3,326 | 46.9% 2,963 | 0.4% 28 |
| 1892 | 49.2% 2,666 | 50.8% 2,756 | |
| 1888 | 52.1% 3,219 | 42.1% 2,603 | 5.8% 357 |
Education
Unified school districts
Communities
Cities
References
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- ↑ National Atlas Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files
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More reading
- Standard Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 40 pages; 1903.
Other websites
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- Official sites
- Atchison County - Official
- Atchison County - Directory of Public Officials
- Atchison County - Chamber of Commerce
- Historical
- Atchison County - History, Kansas State Historical Society
- Atchison County - Historical Society
- Maps
- Atchison County Maps: Current Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Historic Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine, KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current Archived 2016-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, Historic Archived 2010-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current Archived 2016-05-07 at the Wayback Machine, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society