Greenwood County, Kansas

Greenwood County
	Greenwood County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	August 25, 1855
Seat	Eureka
Largest City	Eureka
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 1,153 sq mi (2,986 km²); 1,143 sq mi (2,960 km²); 9.3 sq mi (24 km²), 0.8%
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Alfred B. Greenwood

Greenwood County (county code GW) is a county in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 6,016 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Eureka. Eureka is also the biggest city in Greenwood County.^[2]

In 1855, Greenwood County was created. It was named after Alfred B. Greenwood,^[3] a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas.

The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879.^[4]

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 1,153 square miles (2,990 km²). Of that, 1,143 square miles (2,960 km²) is land and 9.3 square miles (24 km²) (0.8%) is water.^[5] It is the fifth-largest county in Kansas by area.

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	769	—
1870	3,484	353.1%
1880	10,548	202.8%
1890	16,309	54.6%
1900	16,196	−0.7%
1910	16,060	−0.8%
1920	14,715	−8.4%
1930	19,235	30.7%
1940	16,495	−14.2%
1950	13,574	−17.7%
1960	11,253	−17.1%
1970	9,141	−18.8%
1980	8,764	−4.1%
1990	7,847	−10.5%
2000	7,673	−2.2%
2010	6,689	−12.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 1790-1960^[7] 1900-1990^[8] 1990-2000^[9] 2010-2020^[1]

Population pyramid

Government

Greenwood county is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Presidential elections

Presidential Elections Results

Education

Unified school districts

Madison-Virgil USD 386
Eureka USD 389
Hamilton USD 390
West Elk USD 282 (serving Severy and extreme southern GW county)

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Greenwood County (map legend)

Cities

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "QuickFacts: Greenwood County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 144.
↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 795. ISBN 9780722249055.
↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".

Notes

↑ This total comprises 1,125 votes (30.45%) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and 281 votes (7.6%) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.

Other websites

County

Maps

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

Coordinates: 37°52′N 96°16′W / 37.867°N 96.267°W / 37.867; -96.267

[2020QF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "QuickFacts: Greenwood County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 1, 2023.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[3] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 144.

[4] Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 795. ISBN 9780722249055.

[GR1-5] "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.

[6] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

[7] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

[8] "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

[9] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.

[10] "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".

[11] This total comprises 1,125 votes (30.45%) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and 281 votes (7.6%) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.

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Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	79.4% 2,444	18.5% 569	2.1% 64
2016	76.1% 2,160	17.1% 485	6.9% 195
2012	74.9% 1,590	22.5% 478	2.6% 55
2008	71.0% 1,619	27.3% 622	1.7% 38
2004	70.4% 2,282	28.1% 911	1.6% 51
2000	67.2% 2,392	28.8% 1,027	4.0% 142
1996	53.2% 1,932	30.5% 1,108	16.4% 595
1992	36.6% 1,411	32.8% 1,262	30.6% 1,180
1988	59.7% 2,217	38.2% 1,421	2.1% 78
1984	70.5% 2,901	28.5% 1,173	1.1% 44
1980	64.6% 2,685	29.9% 1,241	5.5% 229
1976	56.0% 2,319	41.9% 1,737	2.1% 88
1972	74.5% 3,157	22.4% 951	3.1% 130
1968	66.0% 2,937	25.2% 1,122	8.8% 392
1964	56.6% 2,717	42.7% 2,048	0.8% 36
1960	67.5% 3,758	32.4% 1,804	0.2% 9
1956	70.0% 4,164	29.6% 1,763	0.4% 21
1952	73.7% 4,974	25.8% 1,743	0.5% 32
1948	57.3% 3,553	41.5% 2,574	1.2% 73
1944	64.0% 3,959	35.4% 2,187	0.7% 41
1940	60.3% 4,893	39.0% 3,160	0.7% 56
1936	49.7% 4,146	50.0% 4,176	0.3% 23
1932	46.4% 3,592	51.7% 4,002	2.0% 153
1928	78.5% 5,863	20.8% 1,554	0.7% 49
1924	64.0% 4,181	27.5% 1,794	8.5% 556
1920	68.3% 3,422	29.5% 1,478	2.1% 107
1916	48.3% 2,971	48.0% 2,956	3.7% 227
1912	25.8% 954	36.1% 1,334	38.1% 1,406^[a]
1908	59.2% 2,370	38.6% 1,545	2.3% 91
1904	63.7% 2,458	31.4% 1,211	4.9% 190
1900	53.3% 2,204	46.3% 1,917	0.4% 16
1896	46.8% 1,835	52.6% 2,064	0.6% 23
1892	49.0% 1,734		51.0% 1,804
1888	56.9% 2,242	28.2% 1,110	14.9% 589