Sherman County, Kansas

**Sherman County** (standard abbreviation: **SH**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,927 people lived there. Its county seat is Goodland. Sherman County was created by the Kansas Legislature in 1873. It is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman.

### 19th century

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

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.02%) is water.

Sherman County is one of only four Kansas counties in Mountain Time. Since Sherman County is part of the Wichita media market, prime-time television in the county is aired from 6 to 9 p.m. local time, rather than 7 to 10 p.m. as is normal in the Central and Mountain time zones. However, cable providers carry the ABC and NBC affiliates from both Wichita and Denver. This allows viewers to view programs on those networks at the normal prime-time hours.

### Major highways

- Interstate 70
- US-24
- K-27

## Government

Sherman county is often won by Republican Candidates, like most rural counties. However, Lyndon B. Johnson barely won the county in 1964.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**83.2%** _2,269_|style="text-align:center;"|14.5% _396_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.6%** _2,089_|style="text-align:center;"|13.2% _347_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.2% _189_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.3%** _1,976_|style="text-align:center;"|22.0% _577_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _70_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.5%** _1,959_|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _688_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _57_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.6%** _2,088_|style="text-align:center;"|22.9% _632_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _42_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.6%** _1,894_|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _681_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.0% _107_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.4%** _2,110_|style="text-align:center;"|23.9% _736_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.7% _238_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.7%** _1,630_|style="text-align:center;"|24.7% _810_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|25.6% _838_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.9%** _1,929_|style="text-align:center;"|35.3% _1,082_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _54_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.0%** _2,702_|style="text-align:center;"|20.6% _714_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.9%** _2,315_|style="text-align:center;"|23.2% _779_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _268_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.2%** _1,671_|style="text-align:center;"|47.2% _1,573_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.9%** _2,225_|style="text-align:center;"|24.7% _785_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.4% _172_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.5%** _1,803_|style="text-align:center;"|30.4% _954_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.0% _377_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|48.6% _1,463_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.6%** _1,522_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.1%** _2,030_|style="text-align:center;"|34.4% _1,074_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.0%** _1,825_|style="text-align:center;"|34.3% _962_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _22_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _2,403_|style="text-align:center;"|27.6% _941_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _69_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.0%** _1,380_|style="text-align:center;"|46.7% _1,289_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.3% _91_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.1%** _1,608_|style="text-align:center;"|38.1% _1,021_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _48_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.2%** _1,569_|style="text-align:center;"|46.5% _1,399_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _40_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _1,159_|style="text-align:center;"|**59.9%** _1,814_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|32.2% _1,112_|style="text-align:center;"|**61.1%** _2,110_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.7% _232_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.6%** _2,028_|style="text-align:center;"|23.2% _630_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _60_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**45.9%** _1,122_|style="text-align:center;"|21.6% _528_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|32.5% _795_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.3%** _1,066_|style="text-align:center;"|40.2% _789_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.5% _107_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|30.8% _582_|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _1,196_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.8% _110_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|13.1% _129_|style="text-align:center;"|**47.3%** _465_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|39.6% _390_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|43.6% _439_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _508_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% _59_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.6%** _465_|style="text-align:center;"|30.1% _231_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.4% _72_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|46.5% _380_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.2%** _418_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|39.8% _291_|style="text-align:center;"|**59.8%** _437_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|43.2% _571_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**56.8%** _752_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.7%** _803_|style="text-align:center;"|33.4% _481_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.0% _158_|

### Unified school districts

- Brewster USD 314
- Goodland USD 352

### Cities

- Goodland
- Kanorado

## Related pages

- List of counties in Kansas

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Sherman County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 61 pages; 1907.

## Other websites

- County
- Sherman County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Sherman 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**: Sherman County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Sherman County, Kansas courthouse from W 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Sherman County courthouse in Goodland, Kansas, Goodland (2012)
- **founded**: September 20, 1886
- **named for**: William Tecumseh Sherman
- **seat wl**: Goodland
- **largest city wl**: Goodland
- **area total sq mi**: 1056
- **area land sq mi**: 1056
- **area water sq mi**: 0.2
- **area percentage**: 0.02
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 5927
- **population density sq mi**: 5.6
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Mountain