Greeley County, Kansas

**Greeley County** (county code **GL**) is a county in western Kansas. It is in the Central United States. In 2020, 1,284 people lived there. It is the county with the fewest number of people living in it in Kansas. Its county seat is Tribune. Tribune is also the biggest city in the county. The county is named after Horace Greeley of Chappaqua, New York, editor of the _New York Tribune_. Greeley helped western settlement with the motto  "Go West, young man".

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . All of it is land.

### County

Since January 1, 2009, Greeley County and Tribune have been a unified government.

### Presidential elections

This county is often chooses Republican candidates. The last time a Democratic candidate won the county was in 1976. A Democratic candidate has only won the county three times in its history: 1932 (Franklin D. Roosevelt), 1964 (Lyndon B. Johnson), and most recently in 1976 by Jimmy Carter.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**85.6%** _549_|style="text-align:center;"|12.2% _78_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.2%** _534_|style="text-align:center;"|12.8% _83_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _33_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.0%** _543_|style="text-align:center;"|16.9% _113_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.3%** _591_|style="text-align:center;"|20.3% _151_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.5%** _584_|style="text-align:center;"|18.8% _138_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.2%** _628_|style="text-align:center;"|17.8% _143_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.0% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.0%** _567_|style="text-align:center;"|20.4% _161_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.6% _60_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.7%** _504_|style="text-align:center;"|21.9% _191_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|20.4% _178_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.3%** _506_|style="text-align:center;"|37.2% _317_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.5% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.3%** _699_|style="text-align:center;"|23.8% _227_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _600_|style="text-align:center;"|24.8% _235_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.8% _112_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|43.4% _389_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.5%** _479_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.5%** _639_|style="text-align:center;"|22.7% _212_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _82_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.9%** _465_|style="text-align:center;"|29.2% _227_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.9% _85_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|44.8% _388_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.2%** _469_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.6%** _645_|style="text-align:center;"|28.7% _262_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.1%** _599_|style="text-align:center;"|22.4% _174_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.1%** _725_|style="text-align:center;"|19.7% _181_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.3%** _391_|style="text-align:center;"|44.5% _326_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.0%** _378_|style="text-align:center;"|35.8% _215_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.6%** _497_|style="text-align:center;"|34.8% _268_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _5_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _396_|style="text-align:center;"|49.4% _388_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% _1_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|42.6% _359_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.3%** _440_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.3%** _439_|style="text-align:center;"|21.6% _121_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _1_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.2%** _357_|style="text-align:center;"|13.5% _75_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|22.3% _124_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _273_|style="text-align:center;"|23.7% _93_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.9% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|**43.6%** _210_|style="text-align:center;"|34.9% _168_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.6% _104_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|35.6% _95_|style="text-align:center;"|12.4% _33_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**52.1%** _139_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.6%** _206_|style="text-align:center;"|27.9% _89_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.5% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**85.6%** _149_|style="text-align:center;"|8.1% _14_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.3% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.6%** _118_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _36_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _2_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _121_|style="text-align:center;"|38.2% _76_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _2_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.9%** _241_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|32.1% _114_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.0%** _422_|style="text-align:center;"|25.2% _180_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|15.8% _113_|

### Unified school districts

- Greeley County Schools, USD 200

### Cities

- Horace
- Tribune

## References

- Notes

## Other websites

- County
- Greeley County - Directory of Public Officials
- Other
- Greeley County Library
- Maps
- Greeley 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**: Greeley County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: Consolidated city-county
- **ex image**: Greeley County, Kansas courthouse W entrance.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Greeley County Courthouse in Tribune, Kansas, Tribune (2010)
- **founded**: March 20, 1873
- **named for**: Horace Greeley
- **seat wl**: Tribune
- **largest city wl**: Tribune
- **area total sq mi**: 778
- **area land sq mi**: 778
- **area water sq mi**: 0.0
- **area percentage**: 0.0%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 1284
- **population density sq mi**: 1.7
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Mountain