Greenwood County, Kansas

County in Kansas, United States

County in Kansas

Greenwood County

County

AT&SF Railroad Depot in Eureka (2013)

AT&SF Railroad Depot in Eureka (2013)

Map of Kansas highlighting Greenwood 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| Alfred B. Greenwood
Seat| Eureka
Largest city| Eureka
Area

• Total| 1,153 sq mi (2,990 km2)
• Land| 1,143 sq mi (2,960 km2)
• Water| 9.3 sq mi (24 km2)  0.8%%
Population

(2020)[1]

• Total| 6,016
• Density| 5.3/sq mi (2.0/km2)
Time zone| UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district| 4th
Website| GreenwoodCounty.org

Greenwood County (county code GW) is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,016.[1] Its county seat and most populous city is Eureka.[2]

## 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 Unified school districts
* 6 Communities
* 6.1 Cities
* 6.2 Unincorporated communities
* 6.3 Ghost towns
* 6.4 Townships
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 Further reading
* 10 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, Greenwood County was established, and named for Alfred B. Greenwood,[3] a U.S. Congressman from Arkansas.

The first railroad in Greenwood County was built through that territory in 1879.[4]

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,153 square miles (2,990 km2), of which 1,143 square miles (2,960 km2) is land and 9.3 square miles (24 km2) (0.8%) is water.[5] It is the fifth-largest county in Kansas by area.

### Adjacent counties

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* Lyon County (north)
* Coffey County (northeast)
* Woodson County (east)
* Wilson County (southeast)
* Elk County (south)
* Butler County (west)
* Chase County (northwest)

## Demographics

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Historical population

Census | Pop. |  | %±
1860| 769| | —
1870| 3,484| | 353.1%
1880| 10,548| | 202.8%
1890| 16,309| | 54.6%
1900| 16,196| | −0.7%
1910| 16,060| | −0.8%
1920| 14,715| | −8.4%
1930| 19,235| | 30.7%
1940| 16,495| | −14.2%
1950| 13,574| | −17.7%
1960| 11,253| | −17.1%
1970| 9,141| | −18.8%
1980| 8,764| | −4.1%
1990| 7,847| | −10.5%
2000| 7,673| | −2.2%
2010| 6,689| | −12.8%
2020| 6,016| | −10.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8]
1990-2000[9] 2010-2020[1]
File:USA Greenwood County, Kansas age pyramid.svgPopulation pyramid

As of the 2000 census,[10] there were 7,673 people, 3,234 households, and 2,153 families residing in the county. The population density was 7 people per square mile (3/km2). There were 4,273 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile (1/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.53% White, 0.83% Native American, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.10% Asian, 0.81% from other races, and 1.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.72% of the population.

There were 3,234 households, out of which 27.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.50% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.40% were non-families. 30.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.86.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 23.20% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,169, and the median income for a family was $38,140. Males had a median income of $27,021 versus $19,356 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,976. About 8.20% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.20% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over.

## Government

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Greenwood county is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a Democratic candidate has carried this county was in 1936 by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

### Presidential elections

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United States presidential election results for Greenwood County, Kansas[11] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 2,444  | 79.43% | 569  | 18.49%  | 64  | 2.08%
2016 | 2,160  | 76.06% | 485  | 17.08%  | 195  | 6.87%
2012 | 1,590  | 74.89% | 478  | 22.52%  | 55  | 2.59%
2008 | 1,619  | 71.04% | 622  | 27.29%  | 38  | 1.67%
2004 | 2,282  | 70.35% | 911  | 28.08%  | 51  | 1.57%
2000 | 2,392  | 67.17% | 1,027  | 28.84%  | 142  | 3.99%
1996 | 1,932  | 53.15% | 1,108  | 30.48%  | 595  | 16.37%
1992 | 1,411  | 36.62% | 1,262  | 32.75%  | 1,180  | 30.63%
1988 | 2,217  | 59.66% | 1,421  | 38.24%  | 78  | 2.10%
1984 | 2,901  | 70.45% | 1,173  | 28.48%  | 44  | 1.07%
1980 | 2,685  | 64.62% | 1,241  | 29.87%  | 229  | 5.51%
1976 | 2,319  | 55.96% | 1,737  | 41.92%  | 88  | 2.12%
1972 | 3,157  | 74.49% | 951  | 22.44%  | 130  | 3.07%
1968 | 2,937  | 65.99% | 1,122  | 25.21%  | 392  | 8.81%
1964 | 2,717  | 56.59% | 2,048  | 42.66%  | 36  | 0.75%
1960 | 3,758  | 67.46% | 1,804  | 32.38%  | 9  | 0.16%
1956 | 4,164  | 70.01% | 1,763  | 29.64%  | 21  | 0.35%
1952 | 4,974  | 73.70% | 1,743  | 25.83%  | 32  | 0.47%
1948 | 3,553  | 57.31% | 2,574  | 41.52%  | 73  | 1.18%
1944 | 3,959  | 63.99% | 2,187  | 35.35%  | 41  | 0.66%
1940 | 4,893  | 60.34% | 3,160  | 38.97%  | 56  | 0.69%
1936 | 4,146  | 49.68%  | 4,176  | 50.04% | 23  | 0.28%
1932 | 3,592  | 46.37%  | 4,002  | 51.66% | 153  | 1.97%
1928 | 5,863  | 78.53% | 1,554  | 20.81%  | 49  | 0.66%
1924 | 4,181  | 64.02% | 1,794  | 27.47%  | 556  | 8.51%
1920 | 3,422  | 68.34% | 1,478  | 29.52%  | 107  | 2.14%
1916 | 2,971  | 48.28% | 2,956  | 48.03%  | 227  | 3.69%
1912 | 954  | 25.83%  | 1,334  | 36.11% | 1,406  | 38.06%
1908 | 2,370  | 59.16% | 1,545  | 38.57%  | 91  | 2.27%
1904 | 2,458  | 63.70% | 1,211  | 31.38%  | 190  | 4.92%
1900 | 2,204  | 53.28% | 1,917  | 46.34%  | 16  | 0.39%
1896 | 1,835  | 46.79%  | 2,064  | 52.63% | 23  | 0.59%
1892 | 1,734  | 49.01%  | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,804  | 50.99%
1888 | 2,242  | 56.89% | 1,110  | 28.17%  | 589  | 14.95%

### Laws

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Greenwood 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% food sales requirement.[12]

The county narrowly voted "No" on the 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment, an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 50.16% to 48.84% despite backing Donald Trump with 79% of the vote to Joe Biden's 18% in the 2020 presidential election.[13]

## Education

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### Unified school districts

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* Madison–Virgil USD 386
* Eureka USD 389
* Hamilton USD 390

School district office in neighboring county

* West Elk USD 282 (serving Severy and extreme southern GW county)

## Communities

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

### Cities

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* Climax
* Eureka
* Fall River
* Hamilton
* Madison
* Severy
* Virgil

### Unincorporated communities

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* Lamont
* Neal
* Piedmont
* Quincy
* Reece
* Tonovay

### Ghost towns

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* Blodgett
* Ivanpah
* Kenbro
* Lapland
* Sallyards
* Teeterville
* Thrall
* Utopia

### Townships

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Greenwood County is divided into fifteen townships. The city of Eureka is considered governmentally independent and is 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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Bachelor | 03625 |  | 230 | 1 (4) | 155 (60) | 1 (0) | 0.70% | 37°49′57″N 96°12′21″W﻿ / ﻿37.83250°N 96.20583°W﻿ / 37.83250; -96.20583
Eureka | 21825 |  | 451 | 3 (8) | 149 (58) | 2 (1) | 1.50% | 37°50′41″N 96°17′49″W﻿ / ﻿37.84472°N 96.29694°W﻿ / 37.84472; -96.29694
Fall River | 22800 |  | 229 | 1 (4) | 154 (60) | 2 (1) | 1.13% | 37°42′36″N 96°12′4″W﻿ / ﻿37.71000°N 96.20111°W﻿ / 37.71000; -96.20111
Janesville | 35000 |  | 548 | 1 (4) | 371 (143) | 2 (1) | 0.62% | 37°59′4″N 96°11′29″W﻿ / ﻿37.98444°N 96.19139°W﻿ / 37.98444; -96.19139
Lane | 38425 |  | 167 | 1 (3) | 138 (53) | 1 (0) | 0.52% | 37°58′36″N 96°0′59″W﻿ / ﻿37.97667°N 96.01639°W﻿ / 37.97667; -96.01639
Madison | 44075 |  | 1,155 | 4 (9) | 320 (124) | 3 (1) | 0.85% | 38°7′32″N 96°12′11″W﻿ / ﻿38.12556°N 96.20306°W﻿ / 38.12556; -96.20306
Otter Creek | 53650 |  | 211 | 1 (2) | 290 (112) | 2 (1) | 0.55% | 37°40′20″N 96°24′0″W﻿ / ﻿37.67222°N 96.40000°W﻿ / 37.67222; -96.40000
Pleasant Grove | 56375 |  | 52 | 0 (1) | 150 (58) | 2 (1) | 1.57% | 37°47′21″N 96°1′41″W﻿ / ﻿37.78917°N 96.02806°W﻿ / 37.78917; -96.02806
Quincy | 58175 |  | 163 | 1 (3) | 155 (60) | 1 (0) | 0.38% | 37°51′8″N 96°2′59″W﻿ / ﻿37.85222°N 96.04972°W﻿ / 37.85222; -96.04972
Salem | 62650 |  | 35 | 0 (0) | 233 (90) | 2 (1) | 0.89% | 38°1′45″N 96°24′29″W﻿ / ﻿38.02917°N 96.40806°W﻿ / 38.02917; -96.40806
Salt Springs | 62875 |  | 463 | 3 (7) | 182 (70) | 10 (4) | 5.16% | 37°38′55″N 96°3′59″W﻿ / ﻿37.64861°N 96.06639°W﻿ / 37.64861; -96.06639
Shell Rock | 64600 |  | 173 | 1 (3) | 136 (53) | 1 (0) | 0.87% | 38°5′53″N 96°1′18″W﻿ / ﻿38.09806°N 96.02167°W﻿ / 38.09806; -96.02167
South Salem | 66925 |  | 127 | 1 (1) | 224 (87) | 3 (1) | 1.13% | 37°52′42″N 96°27′4″W﻿ / ﻿37.87833°N 96.45111°W﻿ / 37.87833; -96.45111
Spring Creek | 67425 |  | 154 | 1 (3) | 139 (54) | 1 (1) | 0.93% | 37°47′49″N 96°26′50″W﻿ / ﻿37.79694°N 96.44722°W﻿ / 37.79694; -96.44722
Twin Grove | 71825 |  | 601 | 4 (11) | 148 (57) | 1 (0) | 0.57% | 37°38′7″N 96°14′3″W﻿ / ﻿37.63528°N 96.23417°W﻿ / 37.63528; -96.23417
Sources: "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files". U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division. Archived from the original on August 2, 2002.

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwood County, Kansas

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; Greenwood County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
3. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 144.
4. ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 795.
5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
6. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
7. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
8. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
9. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
11. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
12. ^ "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.
13. ^ 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.

Notes

## Further reading

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

* Handbook of Greenwood County, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 37 pages; 1880s.
* Standard Atlas of Greenwood County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 78 pages; 1922.
* Plat Book of Greenwood County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 58 pages; 1903.
* Handbook of Greenwood County, Kansas; C. S. Burch Publishing Co; 37 pages; 1880 to 1890.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Greenwood County, Kansas.

County

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

Maps

* Greenwood 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 Greenwood County, Kansas

| Chase County | Lyon County | Coffey County

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Municipalities and communities of Greenwood County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Eureka

Cities|

* Climax
* Eureka
* Fall River
* Hamilton
* Madison
* Severy
* Virgil

Map of Kansas highlighting Greenwood CountyMap of Kansas highlighting Greenwood County

Unincorporated
communities|

* Lamont
* Neal†
* Piedmont†
* Quincy
* Reece
* Tonovay

Ghost towns|

* Ivanpah
* Lapland
* Teterville
* Thrall
* Utopia

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* Bachelor
* Eureka
* Fall River
* Janesville
* Lane
* Madison
* Otter Creek
* Pleasant Grove
* Quincy
* Salem
* Salt Springs
* Shell Rock
* South Salem
* Spring Creek
* Twin Grove

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†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.

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