Grant County, Kansas

Grant County
	Grant County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	March 20, 1873
Seat	Ulysses
Largest City	Ulysses
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 575 sq mi (1,489 km²); 575 sq mi (1,489 km²); 0.3 sq mi (1 km²), 0.06%
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Ulysses S. Grant

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

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]

Legend: Green Lines = present highways, Purple circles = springs, at least in wet years, Blue = creeks, major ravines, & river basins, Gold dot triangles = Indian camps, burial sites, Red 1 = Military Redoubt, Red 2 = "Old" Ulysses. Red 3 = Surprise-Tilden, Red 4 = Cincinnati-Appomattox, Red 5 = Lawson, Red 6 = Waterford, Red 7 = Zionville, Red 8 = Golden, Red 9 = Spanish sword found, Red 10 = Shockeyville, Red 11 = "New" Ulysses

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

"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

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

People

Historical populations
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%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 1790-1960^[7] 1900-1990^[8] 1990-2000^[9] 2010-2020^[1]

Population pyramid

Government

Presidential elections

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.

Presidential Elections Results

**Presidential Elections Results**^[10]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
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

Unified school districts

Ulysses USD 214 Archived 2019-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Grant County (map legend)

City

Ulysses