Lincoln County, Kansas

**Lincoln County** (standard abbreviation: **LC**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,939 people lived there. The county seat is Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center is also the biggest city in Lincoln County.

### 19th centruy

In 1867, **Lincoln County** was created.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.1%) is water.

### Presidential elections

Lincoln county is very Republican. Lyndon B. Johnson was the last Democrat to lose the county by less than 5%. The last Democrat to win the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.3%** _1,283_|style="text-align:center;"|16.8% _266_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.5%** _1,179_|style="text-align:center;"|14.7% _215_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.8% _70_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.6%** _1,165_|style="text-align:center;"|19.5% _289_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.9%** _1,204_|style="text-align:center;"|21.9% _347_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _1,368_|style="text-align:center;"|21.7% _391_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.5%** _1,295_|style="text-align:center;"|24.8% _469_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.7% _126_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.5%** _1,372_|style="text-align:center;"|24.8% _528_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _228_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**41.1%** _893_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _612_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|30.7% _667_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.7%** _1,229_|style="text-align:center;"|38.6% _796_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.1%** _1,723_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _551_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _1,685_|style="text-align:center;"|22.6% _528_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.2% _122_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.5%** _1,225_|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _985_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _37_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.6%** _1,649_|style="text-align:center;"|21.8% _476_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _57_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.2%** _1,721_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _583_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _221_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.8%** _1,373_|style="text-align:center;"|48.7% _1,316_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.2%** _2,052_|style="text-align:center;"|28.5% _822_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.2%** _2,219_|style="text-align:center;"|23.4% _681_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**84.6%** _2,841_|style="text-align:center;"|15.1% _507_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.7%** _2,181_|style="text-align:center;"|33.0% _1,094_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.0%** _2,405_|style="text-align:center;"|27.3% _910_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.7%** _2,822_|style="text-align:center;"|31.2% _1,301_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _46_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|47.4% _2,001_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.4%** _2,209_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|40.8% _1,653_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.7%** _2,297_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _101_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.1%** _2,655_|style="text-align:center;"|26.3% _953_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.4%** _2,277_|style="text-align:center;"|16.0% _615_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|24.6% _941_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _2,298_|style="text-align:center;"|28.3% _935_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _73_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|43.6% _1,716_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.5%** _2,106_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _118_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|15.7% _381_|style="text-align:center;"|**44.9%** _1,091_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|39.4% _956_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _1,218_|style="text-align:center;"|46.1% _1,117_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.9%** _1,516_|style="text-align:center;"|27.4% _613_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.7% _105_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|46.4% _1,110_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.3%** _1,250_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|35.9% _787_|style="text-align:center;"|**63.2%** _1,385_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _21_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|39.2% _878_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**60.9%** _1,363_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.2%** _1,069_|style="text-align:center;"|29.0% _617_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|20.8% _444_|

### Unified school districts

- Lincoln USD 298
- Sylvan Grove USD 299

### Colleges

- Kansas Christian College (closed)

### Cities

- Barnard
- Beverly
- Lincoln Center
- Sylvan Grove

## More reading

- ; 123 pages.
- _Standard Atlas of Lincoln County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 72 pages; 1918.
- _Plat Book of Lincoln County, Kansas_; North West Publishing Co; 39 pages; 1901.

## Other websites

- County
- Lincoln County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Lincoln 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**: Lincoln County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Lincoln county kansas courthouse 2005.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Lincoln County Courthouse in Lincoln Center, Kansas, Lincoln (2005)
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: Abraham Lincoln
- **seat wl**: Lincoln
- **largest city wl**: Lincoln
- **area total sq mi**: 720
- **area land sq mi**: 719
- **area water sq mi**: 1.1
- **area percentage**: 0.1%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2939
- **population density sq mi**: 4.1
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central