Pawnee County, Kansas

**Pawnee County** (standard abbreviation: **PN**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 6,253 people lived there. The county seat is Larned. Larned is also the biggest city in Pawnee County.

The county is named after the Pawnee Tribe.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.05%) is water.

### Presidential elections

Pawnee County has been mostly Republican for its history. However, there have been multiple time where it was considered a swing county. This means backing the national winner in all presidential elections from 1904 to 1936 as well as 1964 to 1988. It has moved away from bellwether status since 1988.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.7%** _2,045_|style="text-align:center;"|23.5% _643_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _51_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.6%** _1,904_|style="text-align:center;"|21.8% _579_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.7% _178_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _1,836_|style="text-align:center;"|27.5% _718_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _54_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.6%** _1,946_|style="text-align:center;"|30.6% _882_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _51_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.7%** _2,172_|style="text-align:center;"|25.9% _773_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.9%** _1,850_|style="text-align:center;"|32.9% _968_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.2% _122_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.1%** _1,927_|style="text-align:center;"|29.6% _932_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.4% _295_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**37.9%** _1,357_|style="text-align:center;"|31.2% _1,118_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|31.0% _1,110_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.1%** _1,825_|style="text-align:center;"|43.7% _1,474_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _74_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.9%** _2,570_|style="text-align:center;"|29.3% _1,092_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _68_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.8%** _2,170_|style="text-align:center;"|32.1% _1,184_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.1% _337_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|45.1% _1,692_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.2%** _1,959_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _100_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.8%** _2,370_|style="text-align:center;"|30.8% _1,110_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% _120_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.2%** _2,037_|style="text-align:center;"|37.7% _1,416_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.1% _306_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|36.0% _1,468_|style="text-align:center;"|**63.3%** _2,577_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.3%** _2,618_|style="text-align:center;"|41.3% _1,853_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.7%** _2,788_|style="text-align:center;"|35.8% _1,567_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.1%** _3,431_|style="text-align:center;"|27.8% _1,340_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _53_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.4%** _2,221_|style="text-align:center;"|45.9% _1,945_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _69_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.1%** _2,057_|style="text-align:center;"|45.4% _1,727_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _22_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.8%** _2,329_|style="text-align:center;"|48.3% _2,216_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _42_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _1,753_|style="text-align:center;"|**61.5%** _2,814_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|42.5% _1,889_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.2%** _2,451_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _103_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.2%** _2,829_|style="text-align:center;"|24.4% _918_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.5%** _2,407_|style="text-align:center;"|28.9% _1,111_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.6% _331_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.0%** _2,128_|style="text-align:center;"|34.2% _1,138_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _60_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|38.7% _1,499_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.1%** _2,131_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.2% _241_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|16.3% _366_|style="text-align:center;"|**46.6%** _1,050_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|37.1% _836_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.4%** _1,000_|style="text-align:center;"|46.5% _961_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.0% _104_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _957_|style="text-align:center;"|31.4% _494_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.8% _123_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|48.0% _684_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.0%** _727_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|43.3% _499_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.1%** _635_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|47.9% _670_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**52.1%** _730_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.9%** _895_|style="text-align:center;"|21.0% _303_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.1% _247_|

### Unified school districts

- Ft. Larned USD 495
- Pawnee Heights USD 496

### Cities

- Burdett
- Garfield
- Larned
- Rozel

## More reading

- County
- _Along the Old Trail_; Tucker Vernon Co; 190 pages; 1910.  _History of Pawnee County_ (page 113 to 134).  _Larned and Pawnee County at Present_ (page 135 to 190).
- _Atlas and Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas_; Kenyon Co; 37 pages; 1916.
- _Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas_; North West Publishing Co; 36 pages; 1902.
- Trails
- _The National Old Trails Road To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC)_; Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pages; 1916. <small>(Download 6.8MB PDF eBook)</small>

## Other websites

- County
- Pawnee County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Pawnee 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**: Pawnee County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Pawnee county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Pawnee County Courthouse in Larned, Kansas, Larned (2009)
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: Pawnee people, Pawnee tribe
- **seat wl**: Larned
- **largest city wl**: Larned
- **area total sq mi**: 755
- **area land sq mi**: 754
- **area water sq mi**: 0.4
- **area percentage**: 0.05%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 6253
- **population density sq mi**: 8.3
- **district**: 1st
- **district2**: 4th
- **time zone**: Central