Kearny County, Kansas

**Kearny County** (county code **KE**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 3,983 people lived there. Its county seat is Lakin. Lakin is also the biggest city in Kearny County. The county is named after General Philip Kearny.

## History

The original Kearney County was created on March 6, 1873. It was ended in 1883. The land area was divided between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was recreated with its original borders in 1887. It was organized on March 27, 1888.  The county is named after Philip Kearny. He was a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican–American War and a Union army general in the American Civil War. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County.

## Geography

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

### Major highways

- U.S. Highway 50
- U.S. Highway 400
- K-25

### Time zones

The west half of Kearny County observed Mountain Standard Time until October 28, 1990. This was when the Kansas Department of Transportation moved the entire county into the Central Time Zone, which 100 of the state's other 104 counties are in. Only four counties (Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, and Sherman), all of which border Colorado, observe Mountain Time.

## People

Kearny County is included in the Garden City, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.0%** _1,164_|style="text-align:center;"|18.4% _267_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.7%** _1,075_|style="text-align:center;"|13.2% _174_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _67_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.2%** _1,097_|style="text-align:center;"|19.3% _268_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _21_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.2%** _1,159_|style="text-align:center;"|20.9% _309_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.9%** _1,177_|style="text-align:center;"|18.7% _272_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.5%** _1,084_|style="text-align:center;"|22.3% _320_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.1%** _1,041_|style="text-align:center;"|22.5% _335_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.4% _110_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.2%** _943_|style="text-align:center;"|22.5% _384_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|22.4% _382_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.0%** _1,073_|style="text-align:center;"|32.3% _524_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.4%** _1,214_|style="text-align:center;"|20.7% _321_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.4%** _924_|style="text-align:center;"|26.9% _375_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.7% _93_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.0%** _674_|style="text-align:center;"|47.8% _658_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.9%** _876_|style="text-align:center;"|26.3% _325_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.0%** _721_|style="text-align:center;"|34.0% _423_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _99_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|42.8% _563_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.1%** _737_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.1%** _846_|style="text-align:center;"|37.7% _513_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.0%** _854_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _418_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.8%** _1,012_|style="text-align:center;"|26.0% _362_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.4%** _676_|style="text-align:center;"|43.6% _541_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.5%** _612_|style="text-align:center;"|37.2% _365_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.0%** _721_|style="text-align:center;"|41.8% _519_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|44.6% _586_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.5%** _716_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|38.9% _529_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.7%** _771_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% _59_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.2%** _854_|style="text-align:center;"|20.7% _229_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.6%** _635_|style="text-align:center;"|18.0% _199_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|24.4% _269_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.7%** _617_|style="text-align:center;"|27.5% _266_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _85_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|**45.3%** _538_|style="text-align:center;"|41.3% _490_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.5% _160_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|17.0% _113_|style="text-align:center;"|**35.5%** _236_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|47.4% _315_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.6%** _435_|style="text-align:center;"|39.6% _304_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.8% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.7%** _234_|style="text-align:center;"|28.4% _94_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.8%** _164_|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _137_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|49.4% _172_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _175_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _1_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _219_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|39.2% _141_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.4%** _367_|style="text-align:center;"|40.1% _248_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _3_|

### Unified school districts

- Lakin USD 215
- Deerfield USD 216

### Cities

- Deerfield
- Lakin

## References

- Notes

## Other websites

- County
- Kearny County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Kearny 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**: Kearny County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Kearny County, Kansas courthouse from SE 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Kearny County courthouse in Lakin, Kansas, Lakin (2015)
- **founded**: March 20, 1873
- **named for**: Philip Kearny
- **seat wl**: Lakin
- **largest city wl**: Lakin
- **area total sq mi**: 871
- **area land sq mi**: 871
- **area water sq mi**: 0.4
- **area percentage**: 0.05%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 3983
- **population density sq mi**: 4.6
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central