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 | |
 Location in the state of Kansas | |
 Kansas's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | August 25, 1855 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickFacts: Atchison County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Profile for Atchison County, Kansas". ePodunk. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ National Atlas Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
More reading
- Standard Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 40 pages; 1903.
Other websites
- 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