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Republic County, Kansas

Republic County (standard abbreviation: RP) is a county in the state of Kansas. It is south from the Nebraska border. In 2020 census, 4,674 people lived there.[1] The county seat is Belleville. Belleville is also the biggest city in Republic County.[2]

Republic County, Kansas
Map
Map of Kansas highlighting Republic County
Location in the state of Kansas
Map of the USA highlighting Kansas
Kansas's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded February 27, 1860
Seat Belleville
Largest City Belleville
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water
720.31 sq mi (1,866 km²)
716.38 sq mi (1,855 km²)
3.93 sq mi (10 km²), 0.55%
Population
 -  Density

Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Republican River
June 24, 1947 flood of the Republican River on the border of Jewell County, Kansas and Republic County, Kansas near Hardy, Nebraska and Webber, Kansas, just south of Nebraska NE-8 on Kansas 1 Rd/CR-1 bridge over the Republican River. The normal flood stage for the river is at the tree line in the foreground.

History

Indian tribes lived in the area before white settlers came. The tribes included the Pawnee, Iowa, and Otoe.[3]

In 1860, Republic County was created by the Kansas legislature. The county is named after the Republican River.[3]

Daniel and Conrad Myers were the first white settlers. They arrived in February 1861.[4] By 1868, Republic County was holding elections.[5]

After the Civil War and during the 19th century, a lot of European immigrants (mostly from Sweden and the Czech Republic) came to Belleville and the area around it.[6][7][8]

In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska. This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior. This railroad was called "Strong City and Superior line". Later the name was shortened to the "Strong City line".

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 720.31 square miles (1,865.6 km2). Of that, 716.38 square miles (1,855.4 km2) (or 99.45%) is land and 3.93 square miles (10.2 km2) (or 0.55%) is water.[9][10]

People

 
Age pyramid
Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
18701,281
—
188014,9131064.2%
189019,00227.4%
190018,248−4.0%
191017,447−4.4%
192015,855−9.1%
193014,745−7.0%
194013,124−11.0%
195011,478−12.5%
19609,768−14.9%
19708,498−13.0%
19807,569−10.9%
19906,482−14.4%
20005,835−10.0%
20104,980−14.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]
1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13]
1990-2000[14] 2010-2020[1]

Government

Presidential elections

Presidential election results 

Republic County is very Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won the county except for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and 1916. Since 1996, the Republican candidate has won seventy percent of the county’s vote.

Education

Unified school districts

Communities

 
2005 KDOT map of Republic County (map legend)

Incorporated cities

Republic County, Kansas Media

  • 1915 railroad map of Republic County

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickFacts: Republic County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Savage., I. O. (1901). Carolyn Ward, transcribed July 2006 (ed.). A history of Republic County, Kansas : embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01. Jones & Chubbic, Beloit, KS. p. 32. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  4. ↑ Savage., I. O. (1901). Carolyn Ward, transcribed July 2006 (ed.). A history of Republic County, Kansas : embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01. Jones & Chubbic, Beloit, KS. p. 35. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  5. ↑ Savage., I. O. (1901). Carolyn Ward, transcribed July 2006 (ed.). A history of Republic County, Kansas : embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01. Jones & Chubbic, Beloit, KS. p. 115. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  6. ↑ I. O. Savage, History of Republic County (1883), p. 68; New Scandinavia's Ninety-Three Years, 1868–1961 (Scandia, 1961), pp. 3-5.
  7. ↑ Nemcova, Bozena. "People of Czech Bohemian Descent in Republic County, Kansas." Master's thesis, University of Kansas, 1950. (Reel: LM 205).
  8. ↑ https://www.kshs.org/p/bohemians-czechs-and-moravians-to-kansas-a-bibliography/13535 |Kansas Historical Society, Bohemians, Czechs, Moravians Bibliography
  9. ↑ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties". United States Census. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
  10. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  11. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".

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