Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County (county code GL) is a county in western Kansas. It is in the Central United States. In 2020, 1,284 people lived there. It is the county with the fewest number of people living in it in Kansas. Its county seat is Tribune. Tribune is also the biggest city in the county. The county is named after Horace Greeley of Chappaqua, New York, editor of the New York Tribune. Greeley helped western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".

Greeley County, Kansas
Map
Location in the state of Kansas
Kansas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	March 20, 1873
Seat	Tribune
Largest City	Tribune
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	778 sq mi (2,015 km²) 778 sq mi (2,015 km²) 0.0 sq mi (0 km²), 0.0%
Population  -  Density
Time zone	Mountain: UTC-7/-6
Named for: Horace Greeley

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 778 square miles (2,020 km²). All of it is land.

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1890	1,264		—
1900	493		−61.0%
1910	1,335		170.8%
1920	1,028		−23.0%
1930	1,712		66.5%
1940	1,638		−4.3%
1950	2,010		22.7%
1960	2,087		3.8%
1970	1,819		−12.8%
1980	1,845		1.4%
1990	1,774		−3.8%
2000	1,534		−13.5%
2010	1,247		−18.7%
U.S. Decennial Census 1790-1960 1900-1990 1990-2000 2010-2020

Population pyramid

County

Since January 1, 2009, Greeley County and Tribune have been a unified government.

Presidential elections

This county is often chooses Republican candidates. The last time a Democratic candidate won the county was in 1976. A Democratic candidate has only won the county three times in its history: 1932 (Franklin D. Roosevelt), 1964 (Lyndon B. Johnson), and most recently in 1976 by Jimmy Carter.

Presidential elections results 

Presidential elections results

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	85.6% 549	12.2% 78	2.2% 14
2016	82.2% 534	12.8% 83	5.1% 33
2012	81.0% 543	16.9% 113	2.1% 14
2008	79.3% 591	20.3% 151	0.4% 3
2004	79.5% 584	18.8% 138	1.8% 13
2000	78.2% 628	17.8% 143	4.0% 32
1996	72.0% 567	20.4% 161	7.6% 60
1992	57.7% 504	21.9% 191	20.4% 178
1988	59.3% 506	37.2% 317	3.5% 30
1984	73.3% 699	23.8% 227	2.9% 28
1980	63.4% 600	24.8% 235	11.8% 112
1976	43.4% 389	53.5% 479	3.1% 28
1972	68.5% 639	22.7% 212	8.8% 82
1968	59.9% 465	29.2% 227	10.9% 85
1964	44.8% 388	54.2% 469	1.0% 9
1960	70.6% 645	28.7% 262	0.8% 7
1956	77.1% 599	22.4% 174	0.5% 4
1952	79.1% 725	19.7% 181	1.2% 11
1948	53.3% 391	44.5% 326	2.2% 16
1944	63.0% 378	35.8% 215	1.2% 7
1940	64.6% 497	34.8% 268	0.7% 5
1936	50.5% 396	49.4% 388	0.1% 1
1932	42.6% 359	52.3% 440	5.1% 43
1928	78.3% 439	21.6% 121	0.2% 1
1924	64.2% 357	13.5% 75	22.3% 124
1920	69.5% 273	23.7% 93	6.9% 27
1916	43.6% 210	34.9% 168	21.6% 104
1912	35.6% 95	12.4% 33	52.1% 139
1908	64.6% 206	27.9% 89	7.5% 24
1904	85.6% 149	8.1% 14	6.3% 11
1900	75.6% 118	23.1% 36	1.3% 2
1896	60.8% 121	38.2% 76	1.0% 2
1892	67.9% 241		32.1% 114
1888	59.0% 422	25.2% 180	15.8% 113

Unified school districts

• Greeley County Schools, USD 200 Archived 2018-08-12 at the Wayback Machine

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Greeley County (map legend)

Cities

• Horace
• Tribune

References

Notes

Other websites

County

• Greeley County - Official
• Greeley County - Directory of Public Officials

Other

• Greeley County Library

Maps

• Greeley County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
• Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
• Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society