Wilson County, Kansas

**Wilson County** (standard abbreviation: **WL**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 8,624 people lived there. Its county seat is Fredonia.

### 19th century

In 1855, **Wilson County** was created.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.8%) is water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.7%** _3,153_|style="text-align:center;"|18.3% _723_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _78_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.6%** _2,788_|style="text-align:center;"|16.5% _594_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.8% _209_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _2,825_|style="text-align:center;"|22.0% _818_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _74_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.2%** _2,850_|style="text-align:center;"|28.4% _1,170_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _101_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.2%** _3,263_|style="text-align:center;"|24.1% _1,060_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _75_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.1%** _2,748_|style="text-align:center;"|29.0% _1,186_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _161_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _2,458_|style="text-align:center;"|29.8% _1,297_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.8% _602_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**41.5%** _1,925_|style="text-align:center;"|28.7% _1,331_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|29.8% _1,379_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.1%** _2,743_|style="text-align:center;"|35.6% _1,545_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _58_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _3,663_|style="text-align:center;"|26.5% _1,344_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _64_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.3%** _3,328_|style="text-align:center;"|25.1% _1,205_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.6% _268_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.7%** _2,682_|style="text-align:center;"|42.5% _2,047_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _89_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.8%** _3,568_|style="text-align:center;"|21.9% _1,043_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% _159_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _3,340_|style="text-align:center;"|24.2% _1,276_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.4% _656_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.5%** _2,919_|style="text-align:center;"|46.7% _2,592_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.8%** _4,333_|style="text-align:center;"|31.8% _2,034_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.0%** _4,502_|style="text-align:center;"|26.7% _1,645_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.2%** _5,180_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _1,845_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _53_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.5%** _3,868_|style="text-align:center;"|39.0% _2,538_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _100_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.6%** _4,248_|style="text-align:center;"|30.9% _1,912_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _5,288_|style="text-align:center;"|34.8% _2,859_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.6%** _4,829_|style="text-align:center;"|43.9% _3,816_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _42_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _3,422_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.5%** _4,001_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _193_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.5%** _5,603_|style="text-align:center;"|20.5% _1,465_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _73_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.0%** _4,596_|style="text-align:center;"|24.6% _1,736_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.5% _739_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.2%** _4,024_|style="text-align:center;"|29.1% _1,768_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.7% _284_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|41.8% _2,970_|style="text-align:center;"|**49.2%** _3,494_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% _640_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|19.9% _849_|style="text-align:center;"|30.6% _1,304_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**49.5%** _2,108_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.1%** _2,428_|style="text-align:center;"|38.9% _1,777_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _364_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _2,583_|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _1,034_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.3% _459_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.6%** _2,193_|style="text-align:center;"|43.4% _1,711_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _42_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|48.4% _1,852_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.2%** _1,959_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _17_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _1,803_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|48.2% _1,678_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.5%** _2,191_|style="text-align:center;"|26.2% _1,035_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|18.3% _723_|

Wilson County is very Republican. No Democratic Presidential candidate has won Wilson County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932.

### Unified school districts

- Altoona-Midway USD 387
- Neodesha USD 461
- Fredonia USD 484

### Cities

- Neodesha
- Fredonia
- Altoona
- Buffalo
- Benedict
- New Albany
- Coyville

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Handbook of Wilson County, Kansas_; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 44 pages; 1886.
- _Standard Atlas of Wilson County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 52 pages; 1910.
- _Historical Atlas of Wilson County, Kansas_; John P. Edwards; 35 pages; 1881.

## Other websites

- County
- Wilson County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Wilson 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**: Wilson County
- **state**: Kansas
- **ex image**: Brown Hotel, Neodesha, KS.jpg
- **ex image cap**: National Register of Historic Places listings in Wilson County, Kansas, Brown Hotel in Neodesha, Kansas, Neodesha (2017)
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **founded**: 1855
- **named for**: Hiero T. Wilson
- **seat wl**: Fredonia
- **largest city wl**: Neodesha
- **area total sq mi**: 575
- **area land sq mi**: 570
- **area water sq mi**: 4.7
- **area percentage**: 0.8
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 8624
- **population density sq mi**: 15.1
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central