Republic County, Kansas

**Republic County** (standard abbreviation: **RP**) is a county in the state of Kansas. It is south from the Nebraska border. In 2020 census, 4,674 people lived there. The county seat is Belleville. Belleville is also the biggest city in Republic County.

## History

Indian tribes lived in the area before white settlers came. The tribes included the Pawnee, Iowa, and Otoe.

In 1860, Republic County was created by the Kansas legislature. The county is named after the Republican River.

Daniel and Conrad Myers were the first white settlers. They arrived in February 1861. By 1868, Republic County was holding elections.

After the Civil War and during the 19th century, a lot of European immigrants (mostly from Sweden and the Czech Republic) came to Belleville and the area around it.

In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska.  This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.  This railroad was called "Strong City and Superior line". Later the name was shortened to the "Strong City line".

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  (or 99.45%) is land and  (or 0.55%) is water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.1%** _2,182_|style="text-align:center;"|16.0% _424_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _51_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.0%** _2,024_|style="text-align:center;"|14.8% _375_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _130_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.5%** _2,134_|style="text-align:center;"|17.8% _477_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _75_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.1%** _1,978_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _640_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _53_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.5%** _2,238_|style="text-align:center;"|21.0% _607_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _44_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.0%** _2,239_|style="text-align:center;"|20.2% _604_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.8% _142_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.0%** _2,283_|style="text-align:center;"|21.1% _688_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% _292_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**46.4%** _1,767_|style="text-align:center;"|24.7% _939_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|28.9% _1,100_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.8%** _2,346_|style="text-align:center;"|30.9% _1,069_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.5%** _3,009_|style="text-align:center;"|22.6% _887_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _38_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.6%** _3,031_|style="text-align:center;"|20.6% _850_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.8% _239_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.4%** _2,294_|style="text-align:center;"|40.5% _1,617_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _83_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.8%** _2,921_|style="text-align:center;"|26.0% _1,059_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.3%** _2,841_|style="text-align:center;"|27.7% _1,187_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% _260_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.7%** _2,414_|style="text-align:center;"|47.5% _2,222_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _38_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.6%** _3,358_|style="text-align:center;"|33.7% _1,724_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.8%** _3,621_|style="text-align:center;"|30.6% _1,613_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.7%** _4,573_|style="text-align:center;"|22.8% _1,358_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.4%** _3,375_|style="text-align:center;"|37.8% _2,109_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _102_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.5%** _3,802_|style="text-align:center;"|33.1% _1,891_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _22_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.5%** _4,450_|style="text-align:center;"|35.9% _2,511_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _42_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.6%** _3,830_|style="text-align:center;"|47.1% _3,427_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|38.6% _2,655_|style="text-align:center;"|**59.6%** _4,105_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _127_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.2%** _4,324_|style="text-align:center;"|30.9% _1,956_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _61_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.0%** _3,671_|style="text-align:center;"|26.4% _1,616_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.6% _835_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.3%** _3,661_|style="text-align:center;"|30.7% _1,672_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _107_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|41.7% _2,882_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.0%** _3,806_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% _232_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|21.7% _895_|style="text-align:center;"|**44.1%** _1,816_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.1% _1,405_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _2,156_|style="text-align:center;"|45.8% _1,905_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _102_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _2,658_|style="text-align:center;"|24.6% _941_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% _225_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.7%** _2,499_|style="text-align:center;"|42.9% _1,925_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _65_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.9%** _2,033_|style="text-align:center;"|47.9% _1,910_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _49_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.0%** _2,167_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|50.0% _2,164_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.8%** _2,595_|style="text-align:center;"|29.6% _1,205_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.6% _269_|

Republic County is very Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won the county except for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and 1916. Since 1996, the Republican candidate has won seventy percent of the county’s vote.

### Unified school districts

- Pike Valley USD 426    (Scandia, Courtland and western half of county)
- Republic County USD 109   (Belleville, Cuba and eastern half of county)

### Incorporated cities

- Agenda
- Belleville
- Courtland
- Cuba
- Munden
- Narka
- Republic
- Scandia

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Republic County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 66 pages; 1923.
- _Standard Atlas of Republic County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 58 pages; 1904.
- _Atlas of Republic County, Kansas_; Gillen & Davy; 47 pages; 1884.

## Other websites

- County
- Republic County - directory of public officials
- Other
- Republic County Historical Society Museum
- Maps
- Republic 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**: Republic County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Republic Co Kansas Courthouse.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Republic County Courthouse in Belleville, Kansas, Belleville (2010)
- **founded**: February 27, 1860
- **named for**: Republican River
- **seat wl**: Belleville
- **largest city wl**: Belleville
- **area total sq mi**: 720.31
- **area land sq mi**: 716.38
- **area water sq mi**: 3.93
- **area percentage**: 0.55%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 4674
- **population density sq mi**: 6.5
- **area codes**: Area code 785, 785
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central