Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Pottawatomie County
	Pottawatomie County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	February 20, 1857
Seat	Westmoreland
Largest City	Manhattan
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 862 sq mi (2,233 km²); 841 sq mi (2,178 km²); 21 sq mi (54 km²), 2.4%
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Potawatomi tribe

Pottawatomie County (standard abbreviation: PT) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 25,348 people lived there.^[1] The county seat is Westmoreland.^[2] The county is named after the Potawatomi group of Native Americans.

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 862 square miles (2,230 km²). Of that 841 square miles (2,180 km²) is land and 21 square miles (54 km²) (2.4%) is water.^[3]

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1860	1,529	—
1870	7,848	413.3%
1880	16,350	108.3%
1890	17,722	8.4%
1900	18,470	4.2%
1910	17,522	−5.1%
1920	16,154	−7.8%
1930	15,862	−1.8%
1940	14,015	−11.6%
1950	12,344	−11.9%
1960	11,957	−3.1%
1970	11,755	−1.7%
1980	14,782	25.8%
1990	16,128	9.1%
2000	18,209	12.9%
2010	21,604	18.6%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4] 1790-1960^[5] 1900-1990^[6] 1990-2000^[7] 2010-2020^[1]

Age pyramid

Pottawatomie County is part of the Manhattan Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Government

Presidential elections

Presidential election results

**Presidential Elections Results**^[8]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	72.2% 9,452	25.3% 3,313	2.4% 318
2016	71.2% 7,612	20.8% 2,225	8.0% 856
2012	71.8% 6,804	24.6% 2,335	3.6% 340
2008	70.2% 6,929	26.3% 2,599	3.5% 349
2004	71.7% 6,326	24.7% 2,176	3.6% 321
2000	64.5% 4,985	26.4% 2,037	9.2% 709
1996	58.2% 4,504	25.8% 1,997	16.1% 1,243
1992	38.9% 3,106	26.3% 2,099	34.9% 2,785
1988	59.5% 3,897	38.9% 2,544	1.7% 108
1984	71.1% 4,598	27.8% 1,798	1.1% 72
1980	63.4% 3,895	28.1% 1,724	8.6% 525
1976	59.1% 3,483	39.3% 2,316	1.7% 98
1972	73.5% 3,947	24.2% 1,298	2.3% 124
1968	63.7% 3,267	26.7% 1,368	9.7% 495
1964	51.4% 2,606	48.0% 2,432	0.6% 32
1960	63.2% 3,666	36.6% 2,125	0.2% 13
1956	75.0% 4,335	24.6% 1,422	0.4% 25
1952	77.9% 4,944	21.9% 1,387	0.2% 12
1948	62.6% 3,709	36.6% 2,167	0.8% 45
1944	70.0% 4,074	29.7% 1,727	0.3% 18
1940	69.1% 5,045	30.5% 2,226	0.4% 28
1936	53.8% 3,977	44.4% 3,284	1.9% 137
1932	45.5% 3,339	53.2% 3,910	1.3% 97
1928	65.3% 4,451	34.4% 2,341	0.4% 24
1924	68.3% 4,340	23.1% 1,471	8.6% 545
1920	77.0% 4,481	22.2% 1,293	0.8% 49
1916	55.7% 3,688	42.8% 2,834	1.6% 104
1912	25.1% 1,058	37.9% 1,599	37.0% 1,559
1908	60.8% 2,650	38.5% 1,680	0.7% 30
1904	69.9% 2,632	27.7% 1,045	2.4% 91
1900	56.4% 2,556	42.6% 1,929	1.0% 46
1896	50.0% 2,308	49.3% 2,276	0.8% 37
1892	49.8% 2,107		50.2% 2,124^[a]
1888	58.9% 2,419	35.8% 1,471	5.2% 214

Pottawatomie County is very Republican. The only Democratic presidential candidate to get a majority in Pottawatomie County was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1940 only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 has gotten as much as forty percent of the county’s vote.

Education

Unified school districts

The Unified School Districts that serve Pottawatomie County include:

Wamego USD 320 (Wamego, Louisville, Belvue)
Kaw Valley USD 321 (St. Marys, Emmett)
Onaga USD 322 (Onaga, Havensville, Wheaton)
Rock Creek USD 323
Riley County USD 378 (West-Central Pottawatomie County)
Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 (Southwest Pottawatomie County)
Blue Valley USD 384 (Olsburg, Fostoria)

Private schools

St. Marys Academy & College (St. Marys)
Flint Hills Christian School (Manhattan)

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Pottawatomie County (map legend)

Cities