Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Wabaunsee County (standard abbreviation: WB) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 6,877 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Alma.[2] The county was created by the territorial legislature of Kansas Territory on March 25, 1859.[3] It was named after a chief of the Potawatomi Indians.[3]
Wabaunsee County | |
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Coordinates: 39°01′07″N 96°17′33″W / 39.0186°N 96.2925°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
Founded | 1859 |
Named for | Chief Waubonsie |
Seat | Alma |
Largest city | Alma |
Area | |
• Total | 800 sq mi (2,000 km2) |
• Land | 794 sq mi (2,060 km2) |
• Water | 5.3 sq mi (14 km2) 0.7% |
Population | |
• Total | 6,877 |
• Density | 8.7/sq mi (3.4/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | wabaunsee |
History change
19th century change
The first white people in the area were said to have been a group of criminals. This group was known as the McDaniel Gang.[3]
Wabaunsee County was created by the territorial legislature on March 25, 1859.[3] The name used since 1859 is from the Potawatomi "Wah-bon-seh". This means "dawn of day." It was the name of the chief of the Potawatomi Indians.[3] Originally, the county was named Richardson. This was named after William Alexander Richardson, a congressman from Illinois, who introduced the first Kansas and Nebraska Bill in the United States House of Representatives. This made certain Indian lands territories in 1854.[4]
The county's first church, Wabaunsee Church of Christ, was created in June 1857.[3]
The first railroad to be built through Wabaunsee County was the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe in 1880.[5] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a railroad from Topeka to Herington.[6] This railroad connected Topeka, Valencia, Willard, Maple Hill, Vera, Paxico, McFarland, Alma, Volland, Alta Vista, Dwight, White City, Latimer, Herington.
Geography change
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 800 square miles (2,100 km2). Of that, 794 square miles (2,060 km2) is land and 5.3 square miles (14 km2) (0.7%) is water.[7]
People change
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1860 | 1,023 | — | |
1870 | 3,362 | 228.6% | |
1880 | 8,756 | 160.4% | |
1890 | 11,720 | 33.9% | |
1900 | 12,813 | 9.3% | |
1910 | 12,721 | −0.7% | |
1920 | 11,424 | −10.2% | |
1930 | 10,830 | −5.2% | |
1940 | 9,219 | −14.9% | |
1950 | 7,212 | −21.8% | |
1960 | 6,648 | −7.8% | |
1970 | 6,397 | −3.8% | |
1980 | 6,867 | 7.3% | |
1990 | 6,603 | −3.8% | |
2000 | 6,885 | 4.3% | |
2010 | 7,053 | 2.4% | |
2020 | 6,877 | −2.5% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2020[1] |
Wabaunsee County is part of the Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Government change
Presidential elections change
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
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2020 | 72.9% 2,845 | 24.7% 964 | 2.4% 93 |
2016 | 70.2% 2,372 | 23.0% 776 | 6.9% 232 |
2012 | 69.1% 2,256 | 28.1% 918 | 2.9% 93 |
2008 | 68.0% 2,395 | 29.4% 1,036 | 2.6% 90 |
2004 | 70.2% 2,531 | 27.8% 1,001 | 2.0% 72 |
2000 | 63.8% 2,182 | 30.0% 1,025 | 6.2% 213 |
1996 | 55.7% 1,884 | 28.6% 966 | 15.8% 534 |
1992 | 37.2% 1,254 | 25.2% 851 | 37.6% 1,269 |
1988 | 58.5% 1,737 | 39.3% 1,166 | 2.2% 64 |
1984 | 72.7% 2,276 | 25.7% 805 | 1.6% 49 |
1980 | 68.0% 2,255 | 25.7% 853 | 6.3% 209 |
1976 | 57.6% 1,921 | 40.6% 1,354 | 1.8% 61 |
1972 | 76.8% 2,461 | 20.7% 662 | 2.5% 80 |
1968 | 64.2% 1,979 | 22.5% 695 | 13.3% 410 |
1964 | 58.3% 1,839 | 40.8% 1,287 | 0.8% 26 |
1960 | 70.6% 2,351 | 29.1% 969 | 0.3% 11 |
1956 | 76.6% 2,650 | 23.2% 802 | 0.2% 6 |
1952 | 81.0% 3,182 | 18.7% 736 | 0.2% 9 |
1948 | 66.8% 2,437 | 31.9% 1,162 | 1.3% 49 |
1944 | 76.0% 2,839 | 23.4% 873 | 0.7% 26 |
1940 | 73.6% 3,481 | 25.6% 1,212 | 0.7% 34 |
1936 | 55.5% 2,809 | 44.2% 2,235 | 0.3% 15 |
1932 | 47.4% 2,304 | 50.7% 2,465 | 1.9% 93 |
1928 | 71.9% 3,099 | 27.6% 1,189 | 0.5% 23 |
1924 | 65.9% 2,742 | 15.2% 633 | 18.9% 786 |
1920 | 77.6% 2,859 | 21.2% 782 | 1.1% 42 |
1916 | 59.0% 2,640 | 38.1% 1,706 | 3.0% 132 |
1912 | 26.8% 783 | 38.6% 1,128 | 34.6% 1,009 |
1908 | 60.3% 1,849 | 37.9% 1,163 | 1.9% 57 |
1904 | 71.4% 2,016 | 24.4% 688 | 4.2% 118 |
1900 | 58.1% 1,793 | 40.9% 1,263 | 1.0% 32 |
1896 | 51.8% 1,586 | 47.1% 1,442 | 1.1% 34 |
1892 | 46.8% 1,356 | 53.2% 1,540 | |
1888 | 62.5% 1,708 | 35.1% 960 | 2.3% 64 |
Wabaunsee County is very Republican. No Democratic Presidential candidate has won Wabaunsee County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.
Education change
Unified school districts change
Communities change
Cities change
- Alma
- Alta Vista
- Eskridge
- Harveyville
- Maple Hill
- McFarland
- Paxico
- St. Marys (part)
- Willard (part)
References change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "QuickFacts: Wabaunsee County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Kansapedia. (accessed July 27, 2013)
- ↑ "Wabaunsee County History". Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. p. 853.
- ↑ "Rock Island Rail History". Archived from the original on 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
More reading change
- Early History of Wabaunsee County, Kansas; Matt Thomson; 376 pages; 1901.
- Standard Atlas of Wabaunsee County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 76 pages; 1919.
- Standard Atlas of Wabaunsee County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 47 pages; 1902.
- Atlas of Wabaunsee County, Kansas; Gillen & Davy; 51 pages; 1885.
Other websites change
- County
- Historical
- Maps