Morris County, Kansas

Morris County
	Morris County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	February 11, 1859
Seat	Council Grove
Largest City	Council Grove
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 703 sq mi (1,821 km²); 695 sq mi (1,800 km²); 7.6 sq mi (20 km²), 1.1%
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Thomas Morris

Morris County (standard abbreviation: MR) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,386 people lived there.^[1] The county seat is Council Grove. Council Grove is also the biggest city in Morris County.

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 703 square miles (1,820 km²). Of that, 695 square miles (1,800 km²) is land and 7.6 square miles (20 km²) (1.1%) is water.^[2]

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	770	—
1870	2,225	189.0%
1880	9,265	316.4%
1890	11,381	22.8%
1900	11,967	5.1%
1910	12,397	3.6%
1920	12,005	−3.2%
1930	11,859	−1.2%
1940	10,363	−12.6%
1950	8,485	−18.1%
1960	7,392	−12.9%
1970	6,432	−13.0%
1980	6,419	−0.2%
1990	6,198	−3.4%
2000	6,104	−1.5%
2010	5,923	−3.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3] 1790-1960^[4] 1900-1990^[5] 1990-2000^[6] 2010-2020^[1]

Age pyramid for 2000 census

Government

Presidential elections

Presidential election results

**Presidential Elections Results**^[7]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	73.3% 2,124	25.1% 729	1.6% 46
2016	69.4% 1,820	22.9% 601	7.7% 203
2012	69.2% 1,773	28.0% 718	2.8% 71
2008	66.0% 1,875	31.9% 907	2.1% 59
2004	66.8% 1,961	31.7% 931	1.5% 44
2000	60.6% 1,599	33.4% 882	6.1% 160
1996	52.0% 1,553	32.3% 965	15.8% 471
style="text-align:center;" style="background:Template:United States political party color"\|1992	34.4% 1,071	30.8% 957	34.8% 1,083^[a]
1988	58.1% 1,682	40.3% 1,165	1.6% 47
1984	72.2% 2,240	26.4% 820	1.4% 43
1980	65.6% 1,933	27.5% 810	7.0% 206
1976	54.7% 1,698	43.1% 1,337	2.2% 67
1972	76.1% 2,471	21.7% 704	2.2% 71
1968	60.0% 1,938	30.2% 976	9.8% 316
1964	50.7% 1,683	48.3% 1,605	1.1% 35
1960	67.4% 2,413	32.1% 1,148	0.5% 19
1956	68.6% 2,677	30.9% 1,208	0.5% 20
1952	74.1% 3,263	25.5% 1,124	0.4% 16
1948	56.5% 2,285	42.0% 1,701	1.5% 61
1944	62.1% 2,628	37.4% 1,584	0.5% 19
1940	61.6% 3,276	37.5% 1,992	0.9% 47
1936	49.3% 2,751	50.3% 2,805	0.4% 22
1932	49.7% 2,566	47.5% 2,452	2.8% 146
1928	79.5% 3,830	19.3% 929	1.2% 56
1924	64.7% 3,089	21.8% 1,040	13.5% 645
1920	66.2% 3,001	32.4% 1,467	1.5% 66
1916	45.7% 2,289	51.5% 2,577	2.8% 140
1912	16.5% 487	38.7% 1,144	44.8% 1,323^[b]
1908	57.5% 1,788	41.0% 1,273	1.5% 47
1904	70.3% 2,007	24.6% 702	5.1% 145
1900	55.2% 1,650	44.3% 1,326	0.5% 16
1896	49.9% 1,484	49.0% 1,456	1.1% 33
1892	50.9% 1,416		49.1% 1,366
1888	58.7% 1,612	30.6% 840	10.7% 293

Morris County is veru Republican. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have ever won the county – Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

Education

Unified school districts

USD 417, Morris County
- Council Grove, Dunlap, Rural Areas
USD 481, Rural Vista
- White City, Latimer, Rural Areas

District Office In Neighboring County

USD 397, Centre
- Burdick, Rural Areas
USD 284, Chase County
- Rural Areas

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Morris County (map legend)

Cities