Trego County, Kansas

Trego County
	Trego County, Kansas
	Map
	; Location in the state of Kansas
	; Kansas's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	June 21, 1879
Seat	WaKeeney
Largest City	WaKeeney
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 900 sq mi (2,331 km²); 889 sq mi (2,302 km²); 10 sq mi (26 km²), 1.1
Population; - Density	; ;
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Edgar Poe Trego

Trego County (standard abbreviation: TR) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,808 people lived there.^[2] Its county seat is WaKeeney. WaKeeney is also the biggest city in Trego County.^[3]

History

19th century

In 1879, Trego County was created.

Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 900 square miles (2,300 km²). Of that, 889 square miles (2,300 km²) is land and 10 square miles (26 km²) (1.1%) is water.^[4]

Major highways

People

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1870	166	—
1880	2,535	1427.1%
1890	2,535	0.0%
1900	2,722	7.4%
1910	5,398	98.3%
1920	5,880	8.9%
1930	6,470	10.0%
1940	5,822	−10.0%
1950	5,868	0.8%
1960	5,473	−6.7%
1970	4,436	−18.9%
1980	4,165	−6.1%
1990	3,694	−11.3%
2000	3,319	−10.2%
2010	3,001	−9.6%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5] 1790-1960^[6] 1900-1990^[7] 1990-2000^[8] 2010-2020^[2]

Age pyramid

Government

Presidential elections

Republican candidates often win Trego County. The last time a democratic candidate has won this county was in 1964.

Presidential Elections Results

**Presidential Elections Results**^[9]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	83.6% 1,363	14.8% 242	1.5% 25
2016	82.8% 1,227	13.4% 198	3.9% 57
2012	79.9% 1,261	18.4% 291	1.7% 27
2008	73.3% 1,225	25.1% 420	1.6% 26
2004	72.7% 1,225	25.7% 434	1.6% 27
2000	66.4% 1,220	28.1% 516	5.5% 101
1996	61.1% 1,205	27.8% 548	11.1% 219
1992	38.0% 727	31.8% 608	30.2% 577
1988	53.5% 979	43.4% 795	3.1% 57
1984	70.4% 1,491	28.2% 598	1.4% 29
1980	65.4% 1,340	25.5% 523	9.0% 185
1976	49.6% 1,025	48.5% 1,003	1.9% 40
1972	66.9% 1,369	30.4% 621	2.7% 56
1968	58.7% 1,211	30.2% 623	11.1% 230
1964	45.1% 974	54.4% 1,177	0.5% 11
1960	61.8% 1,426	37.9% 875	0.4% 8
1956	69.4% 1,668	30.2% 726	0.4% 9
1952	75.6% 1,915	24.0% 608	0.4% 10
1948	51.8% 1,237	46.8% 1,117	1.4% 33
1944	62.0% 1,459	37.5% 883	0.5% 12
1940	57.6% 1,571	41.8% 1,140	0.6% 17
1936	36.0% 1,012	63.4% 1,783	0.6% 16
1932	33.8% 918	64.4% 1,751	1.8% 50
1928	57.7% 1,359	41.7% 982	0.6% 13
1924	58.1% 1,121	20.7% 399	21.2% 408
1920	75.0% 1,299	22.8% 395	2.1% 37
1916	42.1% 867	53.1% 1,094	4.9% 100
1912	14.3% 160	40.2% 449	45.4% 507^[a]
1908	54.8% 617	40.6% 458	4.6% 52
1904	60.8% 526	30.5% 264	8.7% 75
1900	48.4% 360	48.5% 361	3.1% 23
1896	42.7% 256	56.8% 340	0.5% 3
1892	50.5% 309		49.5% 303
1888	63.9% 477	29.5% 220	6.7% 50

Education

Unified school districts

WaKeeney USD 208

Communities

2005 KDOT Map of Trego County (map legend)

Cities