Grant County, Kansas

**Grant County** (county code **GT**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 7,352 people lived there. Its county seat and only city is Ulysses.

## History

In 1873, the part of Kansas that is west of Range 25 was divided into 25 new counties. The new counties were Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Thomas, Sherman, Lane, Buffalo, Foote, Meade, Scott, Sequoyah, Arapahoe, Seward, Wichita, Kearny, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Kansas, Stevens, and Grant.

Grant County, Kansas was named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). He was incumbent president at the time of the county's creation. The initial survey creating the county borders was in the summer of 1874.

In 1883, Kearny, Sequoyah, Arapahoe, Kansas, Stevens, Meade, Clark and Grant counties disappeared. Hamilton, Ford, Seward, and Hodgeman counties became bigger, and Finney County was created.  Grant County was split with the western part becoming a part of Hamilton County and the eastern part becoming a part of the newly-created Finney County.

On June 9, 1888, Grant County was created again as a Kansas county, with original county borders. The first officers of the new Grant County were sworn in on June 18, 1888.

In October 1888, the county seat election for Grant County resulted in victory for Ulysses, Kansas. The election results were:.
|Town Name|Vote count|
| --- | --- |
|Ulysses|578|
|Appomattox|268|
|Shockeyville|41|
|Golswn|31|
|Spurgeon|2|

### Early Settlements

- "Old" Ulysses, then moved to New Ulysses in 1909
- Surprise-Tilden
- Cincinnati-Appomattox
- Shockey (Shockeyville)
- Golden
- Zionville
- Lawson
- Waterford
- Gognac
- Spurgeon

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.06%) is water.

### Major highways

- U.S. Highway 160
- Kansas Highway 25

### Presidential elections

Grant County is very republican. Lyndon B. Johnson was the last democrat to win the county, and Jimmy Carter barely lost the county in 1976.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.4%** _1,936_|style="text-align:center;"|20.7% _518_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.5%** _1,804_|style="text-align:center;"|18.5% _441_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.0% _144_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.5%** _1,811_|style="text-align:center;"|19.8% _456_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _39_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.0%** _1,995_|style="text-align:center;"|23.9% _635_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.6%** _2,169_|style="text-align:center;"|20.3% _561_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.4%** _2,126_|style="text-align:center;"|23.9% _683_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.5%** _1,772_|style="text-align:center;"|23.8% _633_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.7% _259_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.7%** _1,561_|style="text-align:center;"|20.5% _619_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|27.8% _839_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.7%** _1,654_|style="text-align:center;"|34.9% _907_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _36_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.3%** _2,043_|style="text-align:center;"|23.0% _615_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _21_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.0%** _1,711_|style="text-align:center;"|26.4% _683_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.6% _198_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.6%** _1,226_|style="text-align:center;"|47.5% _1,151_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.2%** _1,469_|style="text-align:center;"|23.7% _476_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.2%** _1,121_|style="text-align:center;"|31.5% _618_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.3% _222_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|41.0% _727_|style="text-align:center;"|**57.6%** _1,023_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.6%** _1,235_|style="text-align:center;"|36.2% _702_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _5_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _1,058_|style="text-align:center;"|30.1% _459_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.0%** _1,277_|style="text-align:center;"|27.9% _502_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.3%** _742_|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _625_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.4%** _566_|style="text-align:center;"|33.1% _282_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _5_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.0%** _614_|style="text-align:center;"|38.0% _382_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|43.6% _476_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _616_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% _0_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|33.7% _395_|style="text-align:center;"|**62.9%** _737_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% _40_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.4%** _635_|style="text-align:center;"|22.3% _185_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.1%** _459_|style="text-align:center;"|21.6% _148_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.3% _77_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.7%** _339_|style="text-align:center;"|23.5% _108_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|44.5% _200_|style="text-align:center;"|**46.3%** _208_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.1% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|20.8% _56_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _80_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**49.4%** _133_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.8%** _178_|style="text-align:center;"|40.9% _133_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.9%** _81_|style="text-align:center;"|28.5% _35_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.7% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _58_|style="text-align:center;"|47.3% _53_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _1_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|46.0% _51_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.1%** _60_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% _0_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.6%** _151_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|46.5% _131_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _390_|style="text-align:center;"|31.7% _245_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.9% _138_|

### Unified school districts

- Ulysses USD 214

### City

- Ulysses

## Other websites

- County
- Grant County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Grant County Map , GrantCoKs.org
- Grant 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**: Grant County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Grant County, Kansas courthouse from W 2.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Grant County courthouse in Ulysses, Kansas, Ulysses (2015)
- **founded**: March 20, 1873
- **named for**: Ulysses S. Grant
- **seat wl**: Ulysses
- **largest city wl**: Ulysses
- **area total sq mi**: 575
- **area land sq mi**: 575
- **area water sq mi**: 0.3
- **area percentage**: 0.06%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 7352
- **population density sq mi**: 12.8
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central