Sumner County, Kansas

Sumner County
	Sumner County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	December 20, 1870
Seat	Wellington
Largest City	Wellington
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 1,185 sq mi (3,069 km²); 1,182 sq mi (3,061 km²); 3.0 sq mi (8 km²), 0.3
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Charles Sumner

Sumner County (standard abbreviation: SU) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 22,382 people lived there.^[1] Its county seat is Wellington.^[2]

History

19th century

On February 26, 1867, Sumner County was created from parts of Marion County and Butler County. It was named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1811–74), who was wanted Kansas to be a free state.

In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a north-south railroad from Herington to Caldwell.^[3] This railroad connected Herington, Lost Springs, Lincolnville, Antelope, Marion, Aulne, Peabody, Elbing, Whitewater, Furley, Kechi, Wichita, Peck, Corbin, Wellington, Caldwell. By 1893, this railroad was slowly built to Fort Worth, Texas. This line is called the "OKT".

21st century

In December 2011, the Kansas Star Casino opened about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) west of the center of Mulvane.^[4]

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 1,185 square miles (3,070 km²). Of that, 1,182 square miles (3,060 km²) is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km²) (0.3%) is water.^[5]

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1870	22	—
1880	20,812	94500.0%
1890	30,271	45.4%
1900	25,631	−15.3%
1910	30,654	19.6%
1920	29,213	−4.7%
1930	28,960	−0.9%
1940	26,163	−9.7%
1950	23,646	−9.6%
1960	25,316	7.1%
1970	23,553	−7.0%
1980	24,928	5.8%
1990	25,841	3.7%
2000	25,946	0.4%
2010	24,132	−7.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 1790-1960^[7] 1900-1990^[8] 1990-2000^[9] 2010-2020^[1]

Age pyramid

Sumner County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

Government

Sumner County often votes for the Republican Party in Presidential elections. However, in 1992 George H. W. Bush won the county by less than two percent. The last time they have voted for a Democratic candidate was in 1976 for Jimmy Carter.

Presidential elections

Presidential Elections Results

**Presidential Elections Results**^[10]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	74.2% 8,105	23.7% 2,591	2.1% 232
2016	71.8% 6,984	21.4% 2,076	6.8% 662
2012	68.5% 6,260	29.1% 2,658	2.4% 223
2008	65.2% 6,737	32.4% 3,353	2.4% 247
2004	67.6% 7,092	30.7% 3,217	1.7% 179
2000	60.4% 6,176	34.7% 3,549	5.0% 507
1996	54.2% 5,952	33.1% 3,638	12.6% 1,387
1992	35.3% 4,087	30.8% 3,564	34.0% 3,937
1988	53.7% 5,394	44.0% 4,417	2.3% 231
1984	64.3% 6,942	34.4% 3,708	1.3% 143
1980	57.5% 6,038	35.8% 3,761	6.6% 697
1976	44.9% 4,645	52.1% 5,385	3.0% 310
1972	68.1% 6,941	26.3% 2,685	5.6% 569
1968	54.5% 5,622	34.5% 3,562	11.0% 1,136
1964	45.6% 4,760	53.3% 5,574	1.1% 116
1960	61.5% 7,219	38.0% 4,462	0.5% 55
1956	63.0% 7,024	36.6% 4,088	0.4% 46
1952	69.0% 8,134	30.2% 3,567	0.8% 96
1948	55.4% 5,922	42.8% 4,571	1.8% 192
1944	59.9% 6,343	39.5% 4,187	0.6% 64
1940	51.9% 6,585	47.2% 5,988	1.0% 125
1936	38.2% 4,946	61.6% 7,966	0.2% 27
1932	42.4% 4,926	54.7% 6,353	2.9% 340
1928	79.6% 8,951	18.8% 2,108	1.6% 181
1924	54.9% 5,552	25.3% 2,556	19.8% 2,000
1920	60.5% 5,830	35.8% 3,454	3.7% 354
1916	39.4% 4,079	53.3% 5,519	7.4% 763
1912	12.2% 781	40.0% 2,557	47.8% 3,060^[a]
1908	51.3% 3,235	44.0% 2,772	4.8% 299
1904	61.6% 3,264	28.1% 1,489	10.3% 545
1900	50.6% 3,184	47.4% 2,982	2.0% 125
1896	44.8% 2,515	54.2% 3,048	1.0% 56
1892	45.5% 3,503		54.5% 4,192
1888	49.7% 3,499	30.4% 2,139	19.9% 1,400

Education

Unified school districts

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Sumner County (map legend)

Cities