Atchison County, Kansas
Atchison County (county code AT ) is a county in northeastern Kansas , in the Central United States . In 2020 , 16,348 people lived there.[ 1] county seat is Atchison . Atchison is also the biggest city in the county.[ 2] David Rice Atchison , a United States Senator from Missouri .[ 3]
Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 434 square miles (1,120 km2 ). Of that, 431 square miles (1,120 km2 ) is land and 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2 ) (0.6%) is water.[ 4]
On July 4, 1804, to mark Independence Day , the Lewis and Clark Expedition named Independence Creek near the city of Atchison (see Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition ).
Major highways
Sources: National Atlas,[ 5] [ 6]
People
Historical population
Census
Pop. %±
1860 7,729 — 1870 15,507 100.6% 1880 26,668 72.0% 1890 26,758 0.3% 1900 28,606 6.9% 1910 28,107 −1.7% 1920 23,411 −16.7% 1930 23,945 2.3% 1940 22,222 −7.2% 1950 21,496 −3.3% 1960 20,898 −2.8% 1970 19,165 −8.3% 1980 18,397 −4.0% 1990 16,932 −8.0% 2000 16,774 −0.9% 2010 16,924 0.9% 2020 16,348 −3.4% U.S. Decennial Census[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 1]
Population pyramid Atchison County is in the Atchison, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area . It is also included in the Kansas City -Overland Park -Kansas City , MO -KS Combined Statistical Area .
Government
Presidential elections
Atchison County has been a swing county for most of its history. It has had multiple extended streaks of being a bellwether county, the first running from 1896 to 1936. After voting more Republican than the nation in the 1940s & voting for losing candidate Richard Nixon in 1960, another bellwether streak ran from 1964 to 2004. Since then, the county has become significantly more Republican, with Barack Obama failing to win the county in both of his victories & Hillary Clinton losing it by over 30 percent to Donald Trump in 2016.
Presidential elections results
Presidential election results [ 11]
Year
Republican
Democratic
Third Parties
2020 65.9% 4,906
31.7% 2,359
2.4% 175
2016 61.6% 4,049
30.3% 1,989
8.2% 537
2012 58.7% 3,917
38.5% 2,567
2.9% 190
2008 52.7% 3,791
45.1% 3,241
2.2% 159
2004 54.5% 3,880
43.8% 3,120
1.7% 118
2000 49.0% 3,378
46.0% 3,171
5.1% 351
1996 43.3% 2,828
44.8% 2,926
12.0% 784
1992 33.5% 2,521
39.3% 2,959
27.2% 2,050
1988 49.0% 3,243
48.0% 3,177
2.9% 194
1984 62.5% 4,537
36.4% 2,641
1.1% 77
1980 53.9% 4,084
40.4% 3,063
5.7% 434
1976 48.3% 4,030
49.2% 4,108
2.5% 206
1972 67.8% 5,471
29.8% 2,404
2.4% 191
1968 46.0% 3,644
42.7% 3,379
11.4% 899
1964 38.2% 3,147
61.2% 5,037
0.6% 45
1960 52.3% 4,793
47.3% 4,336
0.3% 31
1956 64.1% 5,608
35.8% 3,134
0.1% 9
1952 64.6% 6,004
35.3% 3,283
0.1% 9
1948 51.0% 4,141
48.2% 3,910
0.8% 62
1944 58.6% 4,731
41.2% 3,325
0.3% 20
1940 56.1% 5,921
43.2% 4,557
0.8% 82
1936 47.6% 5,312
52.1% 5,817
0.3% 31
1932 45.2% 4,778
53.3% 5,640
1.5% 157
1928 63.7% 6,647
36.0% 3,756
0.4% 37
1924 63.8% 6,246
22.5% 2,199
13.7% 1,341
1920 65.0% 5,872
34.1% 3,082
0.9% 77
1916 48.6% 4,624
48.7% 4,634
2.7% 254
1912 27.4% 1,535
43.7% 2,449
28.9% 1,618
1908 54.9% 3,244
43.9% 2,593
1.2% 68
1904 64.3% 3,542
33.6% 1,854
2.1% 117
1900 55.5% 3,390
43.9% 2,682
0.5% 32
1896 52.7% 3,326
46.9% 2,963
0.4% 28
1892 49.2% 2,666
50.8% 2,756
1888 52.1% 3,219
42.1% 2,603
5.8% 357
Education
Unified school districts
Communities
2005 KDOT Map of Atchison County (map legend )
Cities
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "QuickFacts: Atchison County, Kansas" . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved September 27, 2023 .↑ "Find a County" . National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07 .↑ "Profile for Atchison County, Kansas" . ePodunk . Retrieved 4 June 2014 .↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990" . United States Census Bureau . 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23 .↑ National Atlas Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine ↑ U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census" . United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2014 .↑ "Historical Census Browser" . University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on December 26, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2014 .↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990" . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2014 .↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF) . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2014 .↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections" .
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