Mitchell County, Kansas

**Mitchell County** (standard abbreviation: **MC**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,796 people lived there. The county seat is Beloit. Beloit is also the biggest city in Mitchell County.

## History

In 1867, **Mitchell County** was created.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (2.4%) is water.

### Presidential elections

Before 1940, Mitchell County was a swing county. They voted for the national winner in every presidential election from 1900 to 1936. Since 1940, it has become very Republican. Only George H. W. Bush in 1992 failed win a majority in the county due to Ross Perot's strong showing in Kansas.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.7%** _2,504_|style="text-align:center;"|18.0% _558_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _39_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.5%** _2,308_|style="text-align:center;"|16.2% _477_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.3% _157_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.5%** _2,327_|style="text-align:center;"|19.7% _584_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _54_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.2%** _2,440_|style="text-align:center;"|21.9% _701_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.9%** _2,609_|style="text-align:center;"|20.7% _693_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.0%** _2,350_|style="text-align:center;"|23.0% _751_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _165_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.7%** _2,435_|style="text-align:center;"|23.5% _833_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.8% _276_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**43.9%** _1,601_|style="text-align:center;"|25.7% _938_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|30.4% _1,111_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.2%** _2,257_|style="text-align:center;"|33.1% _1,145_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _60_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _3,036_|style="text-align:center;"|23.0% _919_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.4%** _2,821_|style="text-align:center;"|22.2% _876_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.5% _256_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.0%** _2,095_|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _1,700_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _85_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.6%** _2,830_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _1,030_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _93_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.9%** _2,428_|style="text-align:center;"|29.6% _1,144_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.5% _289_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _1,951_|style="text-align:center;"|48.9% _1,898_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.8%** _2,779_|style="text-align:center;"|37.6% _1,692_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _3,198_|style="text-align:center;"|27.4% _1,214_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.0%** _4,167_|style="text-align:center;"|18.7% _961_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.2%** _2,998_|style="text-align:center;"|36.3% _1,750_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _75_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.7%** _3,238_|style="text-align:center;"|32.5% _1,579_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _40_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.6%** _3,681_|style="text-align:center;"|35.6% _2,060_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _51_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|45.5% _2,781_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.8%** _3,289_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|42.7% _2,502_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.2%** _3,176_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _181_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.8%** _3,245_|style="text-align:center;"|35.9% _1,855_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _64_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.8%** _3,161_|style="text-align:center;"|27.8% _1,470_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.4% _656_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.3%** _3,310_|style="text-align:center;"|29.1% _1,409_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _126_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|41.4% _2,413_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.9%** _3,197_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.7% _215_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|22.1% _737_|style="text-align:center;"|**43.1%** _1,441_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.8% _1,163_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _1,765_|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _1,570_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.6% _160_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.9%** _2,037_|style="text-align:center;"|27.2% _867_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.9% _285_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.7%** _1,764_|style="text-align:center;"|47.9% _1,702_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _87_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|42.7% _1,428_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _1,889_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|43.5% _1,467_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**56.5%** _1,905_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.9%** _1,676_|style="text-align:center;"|29.4% _880_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|14.7% _442_|

### Unified school districts

- Waconda USD 272
    - Glen Elder and Cawker City
- Beloit USD 273
    - most of county, except those zoned to Waconda and Hunter and Tipton, which are zoned to Sylvan Unified USD 299

### Private schools

- St. John's Catholic High School
- Tipton Catholic High School

### Colleges and universities

- North Central Kansas Technical College (Beloit)

### Cities

- Beloit
- Cawker City
- Glen Elder
- Hunter
- Tipton
- Scottsville
- Simpson (partly in Cloud County)

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 73 pages; 1917.
- _Standard Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 56 pages; 1902.
- _Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas_; Gillen & Davy; 45 pages; 1884.

## Other websites

- County
- Mitchell County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Mitchell County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Mitchell County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Mitchell County, Kansas courthouse from SW 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Mitchell County courthouse in Beloit, Kansas, Beloit (2014)
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: William D. Mitchell
- **seat wl**: Beloit
- **largest city wl**: Beloit
- **area total sq mi**: 719
- **area land sq mi**: 702
- **area water sq mi**: 17
- **area percentage**: 2.4%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 5796
- **population density sq mi**: 8.3
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central