Harvey County, Kansas

County in Kansas, United States

County in Kansas

Harvey County

County

Former Carnegie Library in Kansas, currently is the Harvey County Historical Museum

Location within the U.S. state of Kansas

Kansas's location within the U.S.

Coordinates: 38°03′N 97°26′W﻿ / ﻿38.050°N 97.433°W﻿ / 38.050; -97.433
Country|  United States
State|  Kansas
Founded| March 7, 1872
Named for| James Harvey
Seat| Newton
Largest city| Newton
Area

• Total| 541 sq mi (1,400 km2)
• Land| 540 sq mi (1,400 km2)
Population

(2020)[1]

• Total| 34,024
• Estimate

(2023)[2]

| 33,504
• Density| 63.0/sq mi (24.3/km2)
Time zone| UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)| UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district| 4th
Website| harveycounty.com

Harvey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Newton.[3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 34,024.[1] The county was named for James Harvey, a U.S. senator and 5th governor of Kansas.

## History

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See also: History of Kansas

In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.

In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia to Newton.[4]

In 1872, Harvey County was founded, and named in honor of the fifth Governor of Kansas James M. Harvey.[5]

## Geography

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 541 square miles (1,400 km2), of which 540 square miles (1,400 km2) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km2) (0.2%) is water.[6] The Little Arkansas River flows through the county.

### Adjacent counties

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* Marion County (northeast)
* Butler County (east)
* Sedgwick County (south)
* Reno County (west)
* McPherson County (northwest)

## Demographics

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Population pyramid based on 2000 census age data Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1880| 11,451| | —
1890| 17,601| | 53.7%
1900| 17,591| | −0.1%
1910| 19,200| | 9.1%
1920| 20,744| | 8.0%
1930| 22,120| | 6.6%
1940| 21,712| | −1.8%
1950| 21,698| | −0.1%
1960| 25,865| | 19.2%
1970| 27,236| | 5.3%
1980| 30,531| | 12.1%
1990| 31,028| | 1.6%
2000| 32,869| | 5.9%
2010| 34,684| | 5.5%
2020| 34,024| | −1.9%
2023 (est.)| 33,504| [2]| −1.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1]

Harvey County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2000 census

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As of the 2000 census,[11] there were 32,869 people, 12,581 households, and 8,932 families residing in the county. The population density was 61 inhabitants per square mile (24/km2). There were 13,378 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile (9.7/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 91.04% White, 1.59% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 4.17% from other races, and 2.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.97% of the population.

There were 12,581 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were married couples living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.00% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,907, and the median income for a family was $48,793. Males had a median income of $35,037 versus $22,492 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,715. About 4.20% of families and 6.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.50% of those under age 18 and 5.00% of those age 65 or over.

## Government

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### Presidential elections

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Presidential election results

United States presidential election results for Harvey County, Kansas[12] Year  | Republican | Democratic | Third party

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No. | % | No. | % | No. | %
2020 | 10,182  | 58.52% | 6,747  | 38.78%  | 470  | 2.70%
2016 | 8,668  | 57.34% | 5,068  | 33.53%  | 1,380  | 9.13%
2012 | 8,588  | 60.08% | 5,373  | 37.59%  | 333  | 2.33%
2008 | 9,006  | 57.40% | 6,318  | 40.27%  | 367  | 2.34%
2004 | 9,534  | 63.10% | 5,331  | 35.28%  | 245  | 1.62%
2000 | 8,271  | 60.44% | 4,591  | 33.55%  | 822  | 6.01%
1996 | 8,382  | 57.79% | 4,918  | 33.91%  | 1,204  | 8.30%
1992 | 6,259  | 41.71% | 5,047  | 33.63%  | 3,700  | 24.66%
1988 | 6,893  | 54.23% | 5,503  | 43.29%  | 315  | 2.48%
1984 | 8,507  | 64.06% | 4,599  | 34.63%  | 174  | 1.31%
1980 | 7,045  | 54.56% | 4,173  | 32.32%  | 1,694  | 13.12%
1976 | 6,624  | 51.00% | 6,003  | 46.22%  | 360  | 2.77%
1972 | 8,287  | 67.23% | 3,555  | 28.84%  | 485  | 3.93%
1968 | 6,682  | 61.64% | 3,351  | 30.91%  | 808  | 7.45%
1964 | 4,979  | 47.81%  | 5,306  | 50.95% | 130  | 1.25%
1960 | 7,798  | 68.38% | 3,537  | 31.02%  | 69  | 0.61%
1956 | 7,367  | 70.20% | 3,084  | 29.39%  | 43  | 0.41%
1952 | 7,154  | 70.87% | 2,726  | 27.00%  | 215  | 2.13%
1948 | 5,270  | 57.72% | 3,615  | 39.59%  | 245  | 2.68%
1944 | 5,339  | 61.35% | 3,300  | 37.92%  | 64  | 0.74%
1940 | 5,539  | 56.76% | 4,087  | 41.88%  | 133  | 1.36%
1936 | 4,456  | 45.28%  | 5,357  | 54.44% | 28  | 0.28%
1932 | 4,192  | 49.28% | 4,091  | 48.09%  | 224  | 2.63%
1928 | 6,330  | 77.62% | 1,748  | 21.43%  | 77  | 0.94%
1924 | 4,499  | 58.96% | 1,744  | 22.86%  | 1,387  | 18.18%
1920 | 4,454  | 63.09% | 2,457  | 34.80%  | 149  | 2.11%
1916 | 3,479  | 48.98% | 3,131  | 44.08%  | 493  | 6.94%
1912 | 703  | 17.70%  | 1,499  | 37.74%  | 1,770  | 44.56%
1908 | 2,305  | 58.30% | 1,475  | 37.30%  | 174  | 4.40%
1904 | 2,362  | 70.66% | 690  | 20.64%  | 291  | 8.70%
1900 | 2,266  | 56.65% | 1,658  | 41.45%  | 76  | 1.90%
1896 | 2,082  | 54.57% | 1,678  | 43.98%  | 55  | 1.44%
1892 | 2,025  | 52.80% | 0  | 0.00%  | 1,810  | 47.20%
1888 | 2,145  | 54.25% | 1,065  | 26.93%  | 744  | 18.82%

### Laws

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Following amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or "dry", county until 1996, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.[13]

The county voted "No" on the 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment, an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 53% to 47% despite backing Donald Trump with 59% of the vote to Joe Biden's 39% in the 2020 presidential election.[14]

## Education

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### Colleges

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* Bethel College in North Newton
* Hesston College in Hesston

### Unified school districts

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* Burrton USD 369
* Newton USD 373
* Sedgwick USD 439
* Halstead–Bentley USD 440
* Hesston USD 460

School district office in neighboring county

* Remington USD 206
* Peabody–Burns USD 398
* Goessel USD 411
* Moundridge USD 423

## Communities

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2005 map of Harvey County[15] (map legend)

List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Harvey County.[15]

### Cities

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‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.

* Burrton
* Halstead
* Hesston
* Newton (county seat)
* North Newton
* Sedgwick‡
* Walton

### Unincorporated communities

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* McLain
* Patterson
* Putnam
* Zimmerdale

### Ghost towns

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* Annelly
* Van Arsdale

### Townships

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1915 railroad map

Harvey County is divided into fifteen townships. The cities of Halstead and Newton 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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Alta | 01500 |  | 221 | 2 (6) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.48% | 38°7′27″N 97°38′44″W﻿ / ﻿38.12417°N 97.64556°W﻿ / 38.12417; -97.64556
Burrton | 09600 |  | 1,143 | 12 (32) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.17% | 38°1′32″N 97°39′55″W﻿ / ﻿38.02556°N 97.66528°W﻿ / 38.02556; -97.66528
Darlington | 17025 |  | 601 | 7 (17) | 92 (35) | 0 (0) | 0.10% | 37°57′5″N 97°19′32″W﻿ / ﻿37.95139°N 97.32556°W﻿ / 37.95139; -97.32556
Emma | 21025 |  | 4,181 | 45 (116) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°8′10″N 97°25′46″W﻿ / ﻿38.13611°N 97.42944°W﻿ / 38.13611; -97.42944
Garden | 25300 |  | 294 | 3 (8) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°7′44″N 97°32′14″W﻿ / ﻿38.12889°N 97.53722°W﻿ / 38.12889; -97.53722
Halstead | 29625 |  | 353 | 4 (10) | 92 (35) | 0 (0) | 0.07% | 38°2′9″N 97°31′51″W﻿ / ﻿38.03583°N 97.53083°W﻿ / 38.03583; -97.53083
Highland | 31875 |  | 415 | 5 (12) | 92 (35) | 0 (0) | 0.19% | 38°7′38″N 97°19′9″W﻿ / ﻿38.12722°N 97.31917°W﻿ / 38.12722; -97.31917
Lake | 37825 |  | 173 | 2 (5) | 92 (36) | 1 (0) | 1.05% | 37°57′46″N 97°39′7″W﻿ / ﻿37.96278°N 97.65194°W﻿ / 37.96278; -97.65194
Lakin | 38150 |  | 357 | 4 (10) | 92 (35) | 0 (0) | 0.06% | 37°57′18″N 97°32′20″W﻿ / ﻿37.95500°N 97.53889°W﻿ / 37.95500; -97.53889
Macon | 43925 |  | 1,056 | 11 (30) | 92 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 38°2′8″N 97°24′58″W﻿ / ﻿38.03556°N 97.41611°W﻿ / 38.03556; -97.41611
Newton | 50500 |  | 1,950 | 28 (73) | 69 (27) | 0 (0) | 0.07% | 38°3′27″N 97°19′31″W﻿ / ﻿38.05750°N 97.32528°W﻿ / 38.05750; -97.32528
Pleasant | 56250 |  | 439 | 5 (12) | 93 (36) | 1 (0) | 0.81% | 38°2′27″N 97°12′8″W﻿ / ﻿38.04083°N 97.20222°W﻿ / 38.04083; -97.20222
Richland | 59350 |  | 360 | 4 (10) | 94 (36) | 0 (0) | 0.20% | 37°57′39″N 97°12′1″W﻿ / ﻿37.96083°N 97.20028°W﻿ / 37.96083; -97.20028
Sedgwick | 63825 |  | 1,711 | 18 (48) | 93 (36) | 0 (0) | 0% | 37°56′24″N 97°25′22″W﻿ / ﻿37.94000°N 97.42278°W﻿ / 37.94000; -97.42278
Walton | 75225 |  | 552 | 6 (15) | 95 (37) | 0 (0) | 0.06% | 38°7′26″N 97°13′1″W﻿ / ﻿38.12389°N 97.21694°W﻿ / 38.12389; -97.21694
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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* Kansas portal

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Harvey County, Kansas
* List of people from Harvey County, Kansas
* March 1990 Central US tornado outbreak
* Chisholm Trail

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c "QuickFacts; Harvey County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
2. ^ a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 24, 2024. Cite error: The named reference "USCensusEst2023" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
4. ^ Santa Fe Rail History
5. ^ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 772.
6. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
8. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
9. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
10. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
11. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
12. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
13. ^ "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 26, 2007.
14. ^ 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.
15. ^ a b "General Highway Map of Harvey County, Kansas" (PDF). Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT). January 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2023.

Notes

## Further reading

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

See also: List of books about Chisholm Trail

County

* Mitchell Map of Harvey County, Kansas; Grant Mitchell; 15 pages; 1926.
* Standard Atlas of Harvey County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 70 pages; 1918.
* Plat Book of Harvey County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 34 pages; 1902.
* Historical Atlas of Harvey County, Kansas; 33 pages; John P. Edwards; 1882.

Newton

* Bernhard Warkentin and the Kansas Mennonite Pioneers[permanent dead link]; David A. Haury; Mennonite Life; December 1974.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harvey County, Kansas.

County

* Harvey County - Official
* Harvey County - Directory of Public Officials
* Harvey County - Economic Development Council

Historical

* Harvey County Historical Society
* Harvey County Genealogical Society
* Kansas State Historical Society

Maps

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

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Municipalities and communities of Harvey County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Newton

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* Burrton
* Halstead
* Hesston
* Newton
* North Newton
* Sedgwick‡
* Walton

Map of Kansas highlighting Harvey County

Unincorporated
communities|

* McLain
* Patterson
* Putnam
* Zimmerdale

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* Annelly

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* Alta
* Burrton
* Darlington
* Emma
* Garden
* Halstead
* Highland
* Lake
* Lakin
* Macon
* Newton
* Pleasant
* Richland
* Sedgwick
* Walton

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