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{{Infobox U.S. county
|county = Harper County
|state = Kansas
|type = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image = Harper County Courthouse.png
|ex image cap = Harper County Courthouse (2015)
|founded = February 26, 1867
|named for = Marion Harper
|seat wl = Anthony
|largest city wl = Anthony
|area_total_sq_mi = 803
|area_land_sq_mi = 801
|area_water_sq_mi = 1.5
|area percentage = 0.2%
|census estimate yr = 2016 <!-- "census yr" (for decade census) otherwise "census estimate yr" -->
|pop = 5685
|density_sq_mi = 7.5
|district = 4th
|time zone = Central
|website = {{URL|http://www.HarperCountyKS.gov|HarperCountyKS.gov}}
|nocat = true
}}
'''Harper County''' (county code '''HP''') is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]]. In [[2010 United States Census|2010]], 6,034 people lived there.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/20077.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806013250/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/20077.html|archivedate=August 6, 2011}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Anthony, Kansas|Anthony]]. Anthony is also the biggest city in Harper County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was named after Sergeant Marion Harper of the [[2nd Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry|2nd Kansas Cavalry]]. He died of wounds suffered near [[Waldron, Arkansas]], in December 1863.<ref>Kansas Place-Names, John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, {{ISBN|0-8061-0994-7}}</ref>
==History==
===19th century===
In 1867, '''Harper County''' was created.
The original organization of Harper County was one of the biggest [[fraud]]s in county government. In 1873, a group of three men organized Harper County. They designated the then-fake city of "Bluff City" as the county seat. The petition for organization used many names from a [[Cincinnati]] city directory to represent as residents of Harper County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8X5krq3fP8C&dq=harper+county+kansas+cincinnati&source=gbs_navlinks_s | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912}}</ref> In 1874, the state attorney general investigated. He didn't find any resident of the county. The "creators" of the county had sold $40,000 worth of bonds.<ref name=cutler>{{cite book| last=Cutler| first=William G.| title=History of the State of Kansas|year=1883|publisher=A.T. Andreas|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/harper/harper-co-p1.html}}</ref>
===21st century===
Due to new and high-paying jobs at oil fields and wind farms, Harper County had an economic boom. In 2012, rental housing and office space in towns such as Danville, Harper, and Anthony had become four times more expensive.<ref>{{cite web| title= Where trailer homes rent for $2,000 a month | url= http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/01/pf/kansas-housing-america-boomtown/ | date= June 1, 2012 | author= Blake Ellis | work= CNN Money| publisher= CNN.com| accessdate=2012-06-02}}</ref> However, by 2016, the oil [[fracking]] boom had ended. The economies of Harper County were hurt.<ref>[http://www.kansasagland.com/news/stateagnews/downward-flow-s-ripples-oil-gas-downturn-hitting-counties-on/article_b928e615-cd5b-570e-b1f6-2618e5164136.html Downward flow's ripples: Oil, gas downturn hitting counties on many levels], ''Kansas Agland'', Amy Bickel, Feb 13, 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.</ref>
==Geography==
The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] says taht the county has a total area of {{convert|803|sqmi}}. Of that, {{convert|801|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
==People==
{{US Census population
|1880= 4133
|1890= 13266
|1900= 10310
|1910= 14748
|1920= 13656
|1930= 12823
|1940= 12068
|1950= 10263
|1960= 9541
|1970= 7871
|1980= 7778
|1990= 7124
|2000= 6536
|2010= 6034
|estyear=2016
|estimate=5685
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2016<ref name="QF"/>
}}
[[Image:USA Harper County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|150px|left|[[Population pyramid]]]]
==Government==
===Presidential elections===
{{Hidden begin
|titlestyle = background:#ccccff;
|title = Presidential Elections Results
}}
{| align="center" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|+ '''Presidential Elections Results'''<ref>http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2016|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''77.4%''' ''1,996''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.2% ''393''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% ''189''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2012|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.6%''' ''1,759''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.0% ''550''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% ''80''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.5%''' ''1,999''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.3% ''736''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''61''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2004|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.5%''' ''2,154''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.8% ''727''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% ''49''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2000|2000]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.0%''' ''2,076''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.5% ''869''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% ''110''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1996|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.4%''' ''1,941''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.5% ''836''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.1% ''382''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1992|1992]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''40.6%''' ''1,371''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.0% ''845''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.4% ''1,162''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1988|1988]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.4%''' ''1,941''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.8% ''1,235''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% ''92''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1984|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.1%''' ''2,521''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.9% ''893''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''35''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1980|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.2%''' ''2,254''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.2% ''990''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.6% ''268''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1976|1976]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.0%''' ''1,777''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.3% ''1,681''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''96''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1972|1972]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.7%''' ''2,628''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.0% ''729''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% ''114''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1968|1968]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.0%''' ''2,351''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.6% ''1,015''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.4% ''308''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1964|1964]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.7%''' ''1,969''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.6% ''1,813''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% ''28''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1960|1960]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.3%''' ''3,158''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.1% ''1,439''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''25''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1956|1956]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.0%''' ''3,111''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.5% ''1,311''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''23''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''78.6%''' ''3,575''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.4% ''927''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''45''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.3%''' ''2,702''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.4% ''1,752''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% ''106''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.8%''' ''2,849''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.2% ''1,573''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''46''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.7%''' ''3,205''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.1% ''2,478''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% ''68''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.7% ''2,441''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''3,391''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% ''22''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.1% ''2,116''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.6%''' ''2,860''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% ''169''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''77.9%''' ''3,712''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.1% ''1,005''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% ''51''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.3%''' ''2,280''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.9% ''1,321''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|15.9% ''681''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.7%''' ''2,593''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.3% ''1,486''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% ''127''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.8% ''1,797''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.2%''' ''2,648''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% ''439''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Progressive}}|'''[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.6% ''365''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.6% ''1,274''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''47.8%''' ''1,499''{{efn|This total comprises 1,296 votes ('''41.30 percent''') for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who carried the county) and 203 votes (6.47 percent) for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]].}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1908 United States presidential election|1908]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.5%''' ''1,490''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.7% ''1,404''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% ''181''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1904 United States presidential election|1904]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.7%''' ''1,459''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.3% ''597''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.0% ''308''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1900 United States presidential election|1900]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.0% ''1,190''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.8%''' ''1,261''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% ''79''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1896 United States presidential election|1896]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.4% ''812''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.3%''' ''1,332''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''29''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Populist}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1892|1892]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.6% ''1,288''
|
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''61.4%''' ''2,051''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1888 United States presidential election|1888]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.8%''' ''1,490''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.8% ''940''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|20.4% ''624''
|}
{{Hidden end}}
==Education==
===Unified school districts===
* [http://www.usd361.org/ Anthony-Harper USD 361]
* [http://www.usd511.net/ Attica USD 511]
==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Harper Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] Map of Harper County ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
===Cities===
* [[Anthony, Kansas|Anthony]]
* [[Attica, Kansas|Attica]]
* [[Bluff City, Kansas|Bluff City]]
* [[Danville, Kansas|Danville]]
* [[Harper, Kansas|Harper]]
* [[Waldron, Kansas|Waldron]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
;Notes
{{Notelist}}
==More reading==
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223954/ ''Standard Atlas of Harper County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 75 pages; 1919.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209388/ ''Standard Atlas of Harper County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 54 pages; 1902.
==Other websites==
{{Commons category|Harper County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|http://www.HarperCountyKS.gov|Harper County - Official}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160510181230/http://www.lkm.org/directory/counties.php?ID=51 Harper County - Directory of Public Officials]
* [http://www.harpercounty.com/ Harper County - Economic Development Council]
;Maps
* Harper County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/harper.PDF Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society
{{Kansas}}
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[[Category:Harper County, Kansas| ]]
[[Category:1867 establishments in Kansas]]
|county = Harper County
|state = Kansas
|type = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image = Harper County Courthouse.png
|ex image cap = Harper County Courthouse (2015)
|founded = February 26, 1867
|named for = Marion Harper
|seat wl = Anthony
|largest city wl = Anthony
|area_total_sq_mi = 803
|area_land_sq_mi = 801
|area_water_sq_mi = 1.5
|area percentage = 0.2%
|census estimate yr = 2016 <!-- "census yr" (for decade census) otherwise "census estimate yr" -->
|pop = 5685
|density_sq_mi = 7.5
|district = 4th
|time zone = Central
|website = {{URL|http://www.HarperCountyKS.gov|HarperCountyKS.gov}}
|nocat = true
}}
'''Harper County''' (county code '''HP''') is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]]. In [[2010 United States Census|2010]], 6,034 people lived there.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/20077.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806013250/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20/20077.html|archivedate=August 6, 2011}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Anthony, Kansas|Anthony]]. Anthony is also the biggest city in Harper County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was named after Sergeant Marion Harper of the [[2nd Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry|2nd Kansas Cavalry]]. He died of wounds suffered near [[Waldron, Arkansas]], in December 1863.<ref>Kansas Place-Names, John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, {{ISBN|0-8061-0994-7}}</ref>
==History==
===19th century===
In 1867, '''Harper County''' was created.
The original organization of Harper County was one of the biggest [[fraud]]s in county government. In 1873, a group of three men organized Harper County. They designated the then-fake city of "Bluff City" as the county seat. The petition for organization used many names from a [[Cincinnati]] city directory to represent as residents of Harper County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8X5krq3fP8C&dq=harper+county+kansas+cincinnati&source=gbs_navlinks_s | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912}}</ref> In 1874, the state attorney general investigated. He didn't find any resident of the county. The "creators" of the county had sold $40,000 worth of bonds.<ref name=cutler>{{cite book| last=Cutler| first=William G.| title=History of the State of Kansas|year=1883|publisher=A.T. Andreas|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/harper/harper-co-p1.html}}</ref>
===21st century===
Due to new and high-paying jobs at oil fields and wind farms, Harper County had an economic boom. In 2012, rental housing and office space in towns such as Danville, Harper, and Anthony had become four times more expensive.<ref>{{cite web| title= Where trailer homes rent for $2,000 a month | url= http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/01/pf/kansas-housing-america-boomtown/ | date= June 1, 2012 | author= Blake Ellis | work= CNN Money| publisher= CNN.com| accessdate=2012-06-02}}</ref> However, by 2016, the oil [[fracking]] boom had ended. The economies of Harper County were hurt.<ref>[http://www.kansasagland.com/news/stateagnews/downward-flow-s-ripples-oil-gas-downturn-hitting-counties-on/article_b928e615-cd5b-570e-b1f6-2618e5164136.html Downward flow's ripples: Oil, gas downturn hitting counties on many levels], ''Kansas Agland'', Amy Bickel, Feb 13, 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.</ref>
==Geography==
The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] says taht the county has a total area of {{convert|803|sqmi}}. Of that, {{convert|801|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.5|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
==People==
{{US Census population
|1880= 4133
|1890= 13266
|1900= 10310
|1910= 14748
|1920= 13656
|1930= 12823
|1940= 12068
|1950= 10263
|1960= 9541
|1970= 7871
|1980= 7778
|1990= 7124
|2000= 6536
|2010= 6034
|estyear=2016
|estimate=5685
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2016<ref name="QF"/>
}}
[[Image:USA Harper County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|150px|left|[[Population pyramid]]]]
==Government==
===Presidential elections===
{{Hidden begin
|titlestyle = background:#ccccff;
|title = Presidential Elections Results
}}
{| align="center" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|+ '''Presidential Elections Results'''<ref>http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2016|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''77.4%''' ''1,996''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|15.2% ''393''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% ''189''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2012|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.6%''' ''1,759''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|23.0% ''550''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% ''80''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.5%''' ''1,999''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.3% ''736''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% ''61''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2004|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.5%''' ''2,154''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.8% ''727''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% ''49''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2000|2000]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.0%''' ''2,076''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.5% ''869''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% ''110''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1996|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.4%''' ''1,941''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.5% ''836''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.1% ''382''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1992|1992]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''40.6%''' ''1,371''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.0% ''845''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.4% ''1,162''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1988|1988]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.4%''' ''1,941''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.8% ''1,235''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% ''92''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1984|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.1%''' ''2,521''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.9% ''893''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''35''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1980|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.2%''' ''2,254''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.2% ''990''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.6% ''268''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1976|1976]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.0%''' ''1,777''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.3% ''1,681''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''96''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1972|1972]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.7%''' ''2,628''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.0% ''729''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% ''114''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1968|1968]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.0%''' ''2,351''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.6% ''1,015''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.4% ''308''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1964|1964]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.7%''' ''1,969''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.6% ''1,813''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% ''28''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1960|1960]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.3%''' ''3,158''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.1% ''1,439''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''25''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1956|1956]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.0%''' ''3,111''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.5% ''1,311''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''23''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''78.6%''' ''3,575''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|20.4% ''927''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''45''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''59.3%''' ''2,702''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.4% ''1,752''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% ''106''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.8%''' ''2,849''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.2% ''1,573''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% ''46''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.7%''' ''3,205''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.1% ''2,478''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% ''68''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.7% ''2,441''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.9%''' ''3,391''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% ''22''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|41.1% ''2,116''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.6%''' ''2,860''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% ''169''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''77.9%''' ''3,712''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|21.1% ''1,005''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% ''51''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''53.3%''' ''2,280''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.9% ''1,321''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|15.9% ''681''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.7%''' ''2,593''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.3% ''1,486''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% ''127''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|36.8% ''1,797''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''54.2%''' ''2,648''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% ''439''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Progressive}}|'''[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.6% ''365''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|40.6% ''1,274''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''47.8%''' ''1,499''{{efn|This total comprises 1,296 votes ('''41.30 percent''') for [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (who carried the county) and 203 votes (6.47 percent) for [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] [[Eugene V. Debs]].}}
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1908 United States presidential election|1908]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.5%''' ''1,490''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|45.7% ''1,404''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% ''181''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1904 United States presidential election|1904]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''61.7%''' ''1,459''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|25.3% ''597''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.0% ''308''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1900 United States presidential election|1900]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.0% ''1,190''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''49.8%''' ''1,261''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% ''79''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1896 United States presidential election|1896]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|37.4% ''812''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''61.3%''' ''1,332''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''29''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Populist}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1892|1892]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.6% ''1,288''
|
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''61.4%''' ''2,051''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1888 United States presidential election|1888]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.8%''' ''1,490''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.8% ''940''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|20.4% ''624''
|}
{{Hidden end}}
==Education==
===Unified school districts===
* [http://www.usd361.org/ Anthony-Harper USD 361]
* [http://www.usd511.net/ Attica USD 511]
==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Harper Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] Map of Harper County ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
===Cities===
* [[Anthony, Kansas|Anthony]]
* [[Attica, Kansas|Attica]]
* [[Bluff City, Kansas|Bluff City]]
* [[Danville, Kansas|Danville]]
* [[Harper, Kansas|Harper]]
* [[Waldron, Kansas|Waldron]]
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}
;Notes
{{Notelist}}
==More reading==
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223954/ ''Standard Atlas of Harper County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 75 pages; 1919.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209388/ ''Standard Atlas of Harper County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 54 pages; 1902.
==Other websites==
{{Commons category|Harper County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|http://www.HarperCountyKS.gov|Harper County - Official}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160510181230/http://www.lkm.org/directory/counties.php?ID=51 Harper County - Directory of Public Officials]
* [http://www.harpercounty.com/ Harper County - Economic Development Council]
;Maps
* Harper County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/harper.PDF Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society
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