Leavenworth County, Kansas

County in Kansas, United States

County in Kansas

Leavenworth County

County

Leavenworth County Courthouse in Leavenworth

Leavenworth County Courthouse in Leavenworth

Map of Kansas highlighting Leavenworth County

Location within the U.S. state of Kansas

Kansas's location within the U.S.

Country|  United States
State|  Kansas
Founded| August 25, 1855
Named for| Henry Leavenworth
Seat| Leavenworth
Largest city| Leavenworth
Area

• Total| 469 sq mi (1,210 km2)
• Land| 463 sq mi (1,200 km2)
• Water| 6.1 sq mi (16 km2)  1.3%%
Population

(2020)[1]

• Total| 81,881
• Estimate

(2021 )[2]

| 82,184
• Density| 176.8/sq mi (68.3/km2)
Time zone| UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district| 2nd
Website| leavenworthcounty.gov

Leavenworth County (county code LV) is located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881.[1] Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth.[4]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Early history
* 1.2 19th century
* 2 Geography
* 2.1 Adjacent counties
* 3 Demographics
* 4 Government
* 4.1 Presidential elections
* 4.2 Laws
* 5 Education
* 5.1 Colleges and universities
* 5.2 Unified school districts
* 6 Communities
* 6.1 Cities
* 6.2 Unincorporated communities
* 6.3 Townships
* 7 Notable people
* 8 See also
* 9 References
* 10 Further reading
* 11 External links

## History

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### Early history

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See also: History of Kansas

For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau.

### 19th century

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In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre.

In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Leavenworth County was established, and is among the first 33 counties, which were formed by the first territorial government. It was named, as was its county seat, after Henry Leavenworth, an officer in the War of 1812.[5]

Leavenworth County had the first Kansas State University extension agent in the State.

## Geography

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According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 469 square miles (1,210 km2), of which 463 square miles (1,200 km2) is land and 6.1 square miles (16 km2) (1.3%) is water.[6] It is the fifth-smallest county in Kansas by total area.

This county's watershed connects with both the Kansas River basin on the south via Stranger Creek and has a Missouri River port city to the east.[7][8]

### Adjacent counties

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* Platte County, Missouri (north)
* Wyandotte County (east)
* Johnson County (southeast)
* Douglas County (southwest)
* Jefferson County (west)
* Atchison County (northwest)

## Demographics

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Historical population

Census | Pop. |  | %±
1860| 12,606| | —
1870| 32,444| | 157.4%
1880| 32,355| | −0.3%
1890| 38,485| | 18.9%
1900| 40,940| | 6.4%
1910| 41,207| | 0.7%
1920| 38,402| | −6.8%
1930| 42,673| | 11.1%
1940| 41,112| | −3.7%
1950| 42,361| | 3.0%
1960| 48,524| | 14.5%
1970| 53,340| | 9.9%
1980| 54,809| | 2.8%
1990| 64,371| | 17.4%
2000| 68,691| | 6.7%
2010| 76,227| | 11.0%
2020| 81,881| | 7.4%
2021 (est.)| 82,184| [2]| 0.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
1790-1960[10] 1900-1990[11]
1990-2000[12] 2010-2020[1]
File:USA Leavenworth County, Kansas age pyramid.svgPopulation pyramid

The county is a part of the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

As of the census of 2000, there were 68,691 people, 23,071 households, and 17,210 families residing in the county. The population density was 148 people per square mile (57/km2). There were 24,401 housing units at an average density of 53 per square mile (20/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 84.2% White, 10.4% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.8% of the population.

There were 23,071 households, out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.15.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 113.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $48,114, and the median income for a family was $55,805. Males had a median income of $40,047 versus $26,029 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,292. About 4.8% of families and 6.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

## Government

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### Presidential elections

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United States presidential election results for Leavenworth County, Kansas[13] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 21,610  | 59.22% | 13,886  | 38.05%  | 994  | 2.72%
2016 | 17,638  | 57.57% | 10,209  | 33.32%  | 2,792  | 9.11%
2012 | 17,059  | 58.65% | 11,357  | 39.05%  | 669  | 2.30%
2008 | 16,791  | 54.89% | 13,255  | 43.33%  | 545  | 1.78%
2004 | 15,949  | 58.35% | 11,039  | 40.39%  | 343  | 1.25%
2000 | 12,583  | 54.07% | 9,733  | 41.82%  | 955  | 4.10%
1996 | 10,778  | 47.90% | 9,098  | 40.44%  | 2,624  | 11.66%
1992 | 7,738  | 33.39%  | 8,077  | 34.86% | 7,357  | 31.75%
1988 | 9,913  | 52.53% | 8,797  | 46.62%  | 160  | 0.85%
1984 | 11,194  | 62.29% | 6,604  | 36.75%  | 172  | 0.96%
1980 | 9,157  | 54.98% | 6,354  | 38.15%  | 1,145  | 6.87%
1976 | 8,407  | 50.11% | 8,022  | 47.81%  | 349  | 2.08%
1972 | 10,762  | 67.70% | 4,727  | 29.74%  | 408  | 2.57%
1968 | 7,081  | 48.35% | 5,546  | 37.87%  | 2,018  | 13.78%
1964 | 5,544  | 42.36%  | 7,479  | 57.14% | 66  | 0.50%
1960 | 7,870  | 53.06% | 6,926  | 46.70%  | 36  | 0.24%
1956 | 8,826  | 61.55% | 5,480  | 38.22%  | 33  | 0.23%
1952 | 9,046  | 61.19% | 5,698  | 38.54%  | 39  | 0.26%
1948 | 6,474  | 48.61%  | 6,740  | 50.61% | 103  | 0.77%
1944 | 7,282  | 58.55% | 5,097  | 40.98%  | 59  | 0.47%
1940 | 8,503  | 58.25% | 6,053  | 41.46%  | 42  | 0.29%
1936 | 8,532  | 51.39% | 7,996  | 48.17%  | 73  | 0.44%
1932 | 6,484  | 40.24%  | 9,507  | 59.00% | 123  | 0.76%
1928 | 8,472  | 56.27% | 6,539  | 43.43%  | 45  | 0.30%
1924 | 9,429  | 68.05% | 2,982  | 21.52%  | 1,445  | 10.43%
1920 | 6,846  | 65.05% | 3,409  | 32.39%  | 269  | 2.56%
1916 | 5,536  | 45.46%  | 6,002  | 49.29% | 640  | 5.26%
1912 | 2,562  | 33.05%  | 3,099  | 39.97% | 2,092  | 26.98%
1908 | 4,846  | 53.87% | 3,818  | 42.44%  | 332  | 3.69%
1904 | 5,771  | 64.15% | 2,775  | 30.85%  | 450  | 5.00%
1900 | 4,162  | 49.84% | 4,109  | 49.20%  | 80  | 0.96%
1896 | 4,004  | 45.83%  | 4,665  | 53.39% | 68  | 0.78%
1892 | 3,471  | 46.96%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 3,921  | 53.04%
1888 | 3,272  | 45.48%  | 3,516  | 48.87% | 406  | 5.64%

### Laws

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Leavenworth County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement.[14]

The county voted "No" on the 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment, an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 59% to 41% despite backing Donald Trump with 59% of the vote to Joe Biden's 38% in the 2020 presidential election.[15]

## Education

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### Colleges and universities

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* United States Army Command and General Staff College
* University of Saint Mary
* Leavenworth Normal School (closed)

### Unified school districts

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School districts include:[16]

* Basehor–Linwood USD 458 [1]
* Bonner Springs USD 204
* Easton USD 449 [2]
* Fort Leavenworth USD 207
* Jefferson County North USD 339
* Kansas City USD
* Lansing USD 469
* Lawrence USD 497
* Leavenworth USD 453
* McLouth USD 342
* Tonganoxie USD 464 [3]

## Communities

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File:Map of Leavenworth Co, Ks, USA.png2005 KDOT Map of Leavenworth County (map legend)

### Cities

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* Basehor
* Bonner Springs (part)
* De Soto (part)
* Easton
* Kansas City (part)
* Lansing
* Leavenworth
* Linwood
* Tonganoxie

### Unincorporated communities

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* Coldspur
* Fairmount
* Fall Leaf
* Hoge
* Jarbalo
* Kickapoo
* Lowemont
* Maltby
* Millwood
* Reno
* Springdale
* Wadsworth
* Bonner-Loring, also lies within Wyandotte County (Bonner Springs).

### Townships

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Leavenworth County is divided into ten townships. The cities of Lansing and Leavenworth are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

Township | FIPS | Population
center  | Population | Population
density
/km2 (/sq mi) | Land area
km2 (sq mi) | Water area
km2 (sq mi) | Water %  | Geographic coordinates

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Alexandria | 01100 |  | 859 | 7 (18) | 123 (48) | 1 (0) | 0.62% | 39°16′8″N 95°7′33″W﻿ / ﻿39.26889°N 95.12583°W﻿ / 39.26889; -95.12583
Delaware | 17450 |  | 1,361 | 22 (57) | 62 (24) | 3 (1) | 4.19% | 39°14′50″N 94°52′40″W﻿ / ﻿39.24722°N 94.87778°W﻿ / 39.24722; -94.87778
Easton | 19625 |  | 1,245 | 11 (30) | 109 (42) | 0 (0) | 0.11% | 39°21′57″N 95°7′27″W﻿ / ﻿39.36583°N 95.12417°W﻿ / 39.36583; -95.12417
Fairmount | 22325 | Basehor | 6,266 | 61 (159) | 102 (39) | 0 (0) | 0.39% | 39°8′4″N 94°56′26″W﻿ / ﻿39.13444°N 94.94056°W﻿ / 39.13444; -94.94056
High Prairie | 32125 |  | 1,768 | 14 (37) | 124 (48) | 0 (0) | 0.27% | 39°15′30″N 95°0′34″W﻿ / ﻿39.25833°N 95.00944°W﻿ / 39.25833; -95.00944
Kickapoo | 36700 |  | 1,760 | 15 (40) | 114 (44) | 3 (1) | 2.39% | 39°20′45″N 94°59′29″W﻿ / ﻿39.34583°N 94.99139°W﻿ / 39.34583; -94.99139
Reno | 58950 |  | 1,143 | 10 (27) | 111 (43) | 2 (1) | 1.56% | 39°1′8″N 95°8′8″W﻿ / ﻿39.01889°N 95.13556°W﻿ / 39.01889; -95.13556
Sherman | 65000 |  | 2,367 | 22 (57) | 108 (42) | 3 (1) | 2.44% | 39°0′59″N 95°0′27″W﻿ / ﻿39.01639°N 95.00750°W﻿ / 39.01639; -95.00750
Stranger | 68500 |  | 2,451 | 19 (50) | 127 (49) | 0 (0) | 0.17% | 39°8′16″N 95°2′2″W﻿ / ﻿39.13778°N 95.03389°W﻿ / 39.13778; -95.03389
Tonganoxie | 70825 | Tonganoxie (part) | 4,852 | 35 (91) | 137 (53) | 1 (0) | 0.66% | 39°7′0″N 95°6′35″W﻿ / ﻿39.11667°N 95.10972°W﻿ / 39.11667; -95.10972
Sources: "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files". U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002.

## Notable people

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See also: List of people from Leavenworth County, Kansas

* Sean Malto, professional skateboarder
* Wayne Simien, professional basketball player

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Leavenworth County, Kansas
* Lenape & Christian Munsee
* Ernest Fox Nichols \- Educator & MIT physicist
* Fort Leavenworth (Frontier Army Museum)
* Freedom's Frontier, NE Kansas National Heritage Area
* Kansas Sampler, shares insights on community character

Community information for Kansas

* Kansas locations by per capita income
* List of counties in Kansas
* List of townships in Kansas
* List of cities in Kansas
* List of unincorporated communities in Kansas
* List of ghost towns in Kansas

Education information for Kansas

* List of colleges and universities in Kansas
* List of high schools in Kansas
* List of unified school districts in Kansas

Historical information for Kansas

* List of museums in Kansas
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas

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## References

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1. ^ a b c "QuickFacts; Leavenworth County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 15, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
2. ^ a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". Retrieved October 16, 2022.
3. ^ "Population Data and Maps | MARC".
4. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
5. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 183.
6. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
7. ^ Big Stranger Creek Rogers, H.D., and Johnson, A. Keith. Kansas and Indian territory in The Atlas of the U.S. of North America, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Mexico, Central America, Cuba and Jamaica . London: E. Stanford, 1857 (no scale). A historical reference showing the Kansas Territory including parts of Colorado. Shows the westward trails.
8. ^ Lower Kansas (Surf Your Watershed)
9. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
10. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
11. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
12. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
13. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
14. ^ "Map of Wet and Dry Counties". Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue. November 2006. Archived from the original on October 8, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
15. ^ Panetta, Grace (August 3, 2022). "14 of the 19 Kansas counties that rejected an anti-abortion amendment voted for Trump in 2020". Business Insider. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
16. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Leavenworth County, KS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 5, 2022. \- Text list

## Further reading

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See also: List of books about Kansas, including historical information about its counties and cities

* History of Leavenworth County Kansas; Jesse Hall and LeRoy Hand; Historical Publishing; 684 pages; 1921.
* Standard Atlas of Leavenworth County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 42 pages; 1903.
* Atlas Map of Leavenworth County, Kansas; Missouri Publishing Co; 38 pages; 1878.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leavenworth County, Kansas.

Wikisource has the text of an 1879 American Cyclopædia article about Leavenworth County, Kansas.

County

* Leavenworth County - Official
* Leavenworth County - Directory of Public Officials

Maps

* Leavenworth County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

Places adjacent to Leavenworth County, Kansas

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Municipalities and communities of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Leavenworth

Cities|

* Basehor
* Bonner Springs‡
* De Soto‡
* Easton
* Lansing
* Leavenworth
* Linwood
* Tonganoxie

Map of Kansas highlighting Leavenworth CountyMap of Kansas highlighting Leavenworth County

Unincorporated
communities|

* Fairmount
* Fall Leaf
* Fort Leavenworth
* Hoge
* Jarbalo
* Kickapoo
* Lenape
* Lowemont
* Millwood
* Reno
* Springdale
* Wadsworth

Townships|

* Alexandria
* Delaware
* Easton
* Fairmount
* High Prairie
* Kickapoo
* Reno
* Sherman
* Stranger
* Tonganoxie

Ghost town|

* Delaware City

Footnotes|

‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.

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* Belton
* Excelsior Springs
* Gladstone
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* Leawood
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* Lee's Summit
* Lenexa
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* Merriam
* Ottawa
* Prairie Village
* Raymore
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Smaller Cities
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* De Soto
* Bonner Springs
* Basehor
* Edgerton
* Odessa
* Paola

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