Morris County, Kansas

**Morris County** (standard abbreviation: **MR**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,386 people lived there. The county seat is Council Grove. Council Grove is also the biggest city in Morris County.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (1.1%) is water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.3%** _2,124_|style="text-align:center;"|25.1% _729_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _46_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.4%** _1,820_|style="text-align:center;"|22.9% _601_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.7% _203_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.2%** _1,773_|style="text-align:center;"|28.0% _718_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _71_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.0%** _1,875_|style="text-align:center;"|31.9% _907_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _59_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.8%** _1,961_|style="text-align:center;"|31.7% _931_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _44_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.6%** _1,599_|style="text-align:center;"|33.4% _882_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% _160_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.0%** _1,553_|style="text-align:center;"|32.3% _965_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|15.8% _471_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|34.4% _1,071_|style="text-align:center;"|30.8% _957_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**34.8%** _1,083_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.1%** _1,682_|style="text-align:center;"|40.3% _1,165_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _2,240_|style="text-align:center;"|26.4% _820_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.6%** _1,933_|style="text-align:center;"|27.5% _810_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.0% _206_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.7%** _1,698_|style="text-align:center;"|43.1% _1,337_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _67_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.1%** _2,471_|style="text-align:center;"|21.7% _704_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _71_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.0%** _1,938_|style="text-align:center;"|30.2% _976_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.8% _316_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.7%** _1,683_|style="text-align:center;"|48.3% _1,605_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.4%** _2,413_|style="text-align:center;"|32.1% _1,148_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.6%** _2,677_|style="text-align:center;"|30.9% _1,208_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.1%** _3,263_|style="text-align:center;"|25.5% _1,124_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.5%** _2,285_|style="text-align:center;"|42.0% _1,701_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _61_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.1%** _2,628_|style="text-align:center;"|37.4% _1,584_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.6%** _3,276_|style="text-align:center;"|37.5% _1,992_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|49.3% _2,751_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _2,805_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _22_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.7%** _2,566_|style="text-align:center;"|47.5% _2,452_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _146_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.5%** _3,830_|style="text-align:center;"|19.3% _929_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.7%** _3,089_|style="text-align:center;"|21.8% _1,040_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.5% _645_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.2%** _3,001_|style="text-align:center;"|32.4% _1,467_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _66_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|45.7% _2,289_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.5%** _2,577_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _140_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|16.5% _487_|style="text-align:center;"|38.7% _1,144_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**44.8%** _1,323_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.5%** _1,788_|style="text-align:center;"|41.0% _1,273_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.3%** _2,007_|style="text-align:center;"|24.6% _702_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _145_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.2%** _1,650_|style="text-align:center;"|44.3% _1,326_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.9%** _1,484_|style="text-align:center;"|49.0% _1,456_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _33_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.9%** _1,416_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|49.1% _1,366_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _1,612_|style="text-align:center;"|30.6% _840_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _293_|

Morris County is veru Republican. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have ever won the county – Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

### Unified school districts

- USD 417, Morris County
    - Council Grove, Dunlap, Rural Areas
- USD 481, Rural Vista
    - White City, Latimer, Rural Areas
- District Office In Neighboring County
- USD 397, Centre
    - Burdick, Rural Areas
- USD 284, Chase County
    - Rural Areas

### Cities

- Council Grove
- Dunlap
- Dwight
- Herington (partly in Dickinson County)
- Latimer
- Parkerville
- White City
- Wilsey

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- County
- _The Story of Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail_; 2nd Ed; Lalla Maloy Brigham; 176 pages; 1921.
- _Handbook of Morris County, Kansas_; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 24 pages; 1883.
- _Standard Atlas of Morris County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 63 pages; 1923.
- _Standard Atlas of Morris County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 53 pages; 1901.

- 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
- Maps
- Morris 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**: Morris County
- **state**: Kansas
- **ex image**: Madonna-Council-Grove.jpg
- **ex image cap**: _Madonna of the Trail_ monument in Council Grove, Kansas, Council Grove
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **founded**: February 11, 1859
- **named for**: Thomas Morris (Ohio politician), Thomas Morris
- **seat wl**: Council Grove
- **largest city wl**: Council Grove
- **area total sq mi**: 703
- **area land sq mi**: 695
- **area water sq mi**: 7.6
- **area percentage**: 1.1%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 5386
- **population density sq mi**: 7.7
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central