Wichita County, Kansas

**Wichita County** (standard abbreviation: **WH**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020 census, 2,152 people lived there. Its county seat is Leoti.

### 19th century

In 1886, **Wichita County** was created.

## Geography

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

### Major highways

- Kansas Highway 25
- Kansas Highway 96

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**83.5%** _808_|style="text-align:center;"|15.4% _149_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.4%** _769_|style="text-align:center;"|14.6% _140_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.9% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**83.2%** _821_|style="text-align:center;"|15.9% _157_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.4%** _840_|style="text-align:center;"|16.0% _163_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.8%** _869_|style="text-align:center;"|17.2% _183_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.8%** _859_|style="text-align:center;"|19.0% _207_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.1%** _796_|style="text-align:center;"|21.4% _239_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.5% _84_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.4%** _681_|style="text-align:center;"|19.6% _241_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|25.0% _308_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.8%** _721_|style="text-align:center;"|34.8% _399_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.9%** _916_|style="text-align:center;"|20.0% _232_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.0%** _880_|style="text-align:center;"|24.1% _303_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.0% _75_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|47.9% _593_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.6%** _614_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.9%** _794_|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _288_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.8% _54_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.4%** _757_|style="text-align:center;"|29.0% _364_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.6% _133_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|44.2% _529_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.3%** _662_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.6%** _702_|style="text-align:center;"|43.9% _554_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _747_|style="text-align:center;"|29.4% _312_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _2_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.9%** _910_|style="text-align:center;"|23.0% _276_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.3%** _606_|style="text-align:center;"|41.1% _443_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.3%** _604_|style="text-align:center;"|35.0% _329_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.1%** _644_|style="text-align:center;"|39.7% _433_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|41.1% _448_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.4%** _637_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _6_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|32.9% _375_|style="text-align:center;"|**64.3%** _732_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.9%** _464_|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _370_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.7%** _482_|style="text-align:center;"|19.1% _147_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|18.2% _140_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.9%** _422_|style="text-align:center;"|22.2% _127_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _22_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|44.0% _318_|style="text-align:center;"|**46.1%** _333_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.8% _71_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|22.1% _82_|style="text-align:center;"|**36.4%** _135_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|41.5% _154_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.3%** _233_|style="text-align:center;"|40.3% _173_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.4% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.3%** _245_|style="text-align:center;"|25.0% _91_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.7% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.4%** _201_|style="text-align:center;"|38.4% _128_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.3%** _214_|style="text-align:center;"|46.9% _192_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.3%** _245_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|46.7% _215_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.4%** _438_|style="text-align:center;"|28.1% _207_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.6% _93_|

Wichita County is very Republican. The last Democrat to win the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976. In the past six elections no Democrat has won more than twenty percent of Wichita County’s vote.

### Laws

Although the Kansas Constitution was changed in 1986 to allow the sale of alcohol, Wichita County is still a "dry" county.

## Education

- Leoti USD 467

### City

- Leoti

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Wichita County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 60 pages; 1920.

## Other websites

- County
- Wichita County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Wichita 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**: Wichita County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Wichita County, Kansas courthouse from NE 2.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Wichita County courthouse in Leoti, Kansas, Leoti (2015)
- **founded**: December 24, 1886
- **named for**: Wichita people, Wichita tribe
- **seat wl**: Leoti
- **largest city wl**: Leoti
- **area total sq mi**: 719
- **area land sq mi**: 719
- **area water sq mi**: 0.02
- **area percentage**: 0.0
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2152
- **population density sq mi**: 3.0
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central