Edwards County, Kansas

**Edwards County** (county code **ED**) is a county in the U.S. states of Kansas. In 2020, 2,907 people lived there. Its county seat is Kinsley. Kinsley is also the biggest city in Edwards County. The county was created in 1874. It was named after W. C. Edwards, of Hutchinson, a pioneer settler, who played an active role in its creation.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.01%) is water.

### Geographic Features

The Arkansas River goes through Edwards County from the southwest corner to the Pawnee County line near U.S. Route 56.

### Major highways

Three U.S. Routes go through Edwards County. They all meet in Kinsley. An east-west route, U.S. Route 50 goes around Belpre and Lewis before connecting with westbound U.S. Route 56 in Kinsley. The single road then goes through Offerle and west into Ford County. U.S. Route 183 goes from Kiowa County in the south to Kinsley, where it connects east U.S. 56 as a single highway to Pawnee County. K-19 starts at U.S. Route 50 near Belpre, and goes north into Pawnee County.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.7%** _1,141_|style="text-align:center;"|18.9% _271_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.6%** _1,037_|style="text-align:center;"|16.1% _212_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.3% _70_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.5%** _1,059_|style="text-align:center;"|21.5% _298_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.3%** _995_|style="text-align:center;"|24.5% _333_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.5%** _1,084_|style="text-align:center;"|25.8% _386_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.0%** _1,062_|style="text-align:center;"|28.6% _447_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.5% _54_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.9%** _1,088_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _539_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.4% _188_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**40.0%** _769_|style="text-align:center;"|29.5% _567_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|30.6% _589_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.9%** _993_|style="text-align:center;"|43.0% _792_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% _58_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.5%** _1,352_|style="text-align:center;"|30.3% _606_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _44_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.9%** _1,409_|style="text-align:center;"|28.0% _616_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.1% _179_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|42.5% _1,001_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.3%** _1,304_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _52_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.5%** _1,534_|style="text-align:center;"|31.9% _757_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _86_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.9%** _1,243_|style="text-align:center;"|36.8% _832_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.4% _189_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|39.2% _932_|style="text-align:center;"|**60.0%** _1,427_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.5%** _1,588_|style="text-align:center;"|38.2% _986_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.9%** _1,816_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _771_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.4%** _2,192_|style="text-align:center;"|22.6% _647_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _1,627_|style="text-align:center;"|38.7% _1,083_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.1%** _1,669_|style="text-align:center;"|34.2% _876_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.1%** _1,886_|style="text-align:center;"|38.9% _1,219_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|41.2% _1,394_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _1,986_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.1% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|44.4% _1,420_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.9%** _1,693_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _85_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.4%** _2,171_|style="text-align:center;"|26.0% _768_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.0%** _1,929_|style="text-align:center;"|19.0% _548_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|14.0% _403_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.2%** _1,782_|style="text-align:center;"|26.8% _681_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _77_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|40.8% _1,158_|style="text-align:center;"|**50.4%** _1,431_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _249_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|16.1% _276_|style="text-align:center;"|**44.4%** _764_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|39.5% _680_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.2%** _773_|style="text-align:center;"|45.7% _704_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.0% _62_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.3%** _816_|style="text-align:center;"|25.9% _328_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.9% _125_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.1%** _523_|style="text-align:center;"|48.1% _502_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|39.9% _322_|style="text-align:center;"|**59.3%** _479_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|45.6% _399_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**54.4%** _477_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.6%** _541_|style="text-align:center;"|33.1% _334_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.3% _134_|

### Unified school districts

- Kinsley-Offerle USD 347
- Lewis USD 502

### Cities

- Belpre
- Kinsley
- Lewis
- Offerle

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Edwards County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 40 pages; 1906.

## Other websites

- County
- Edwards County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Edwards 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**: Edwards County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Watertower in Kinsley Kansas 4-5-2008.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Watertower in Kinsley, Kansas, Kinsley (2009)
- **founded**: March 18, 1874
- **named for**: W. C. Edwards
- **seat wl**: Kinsley
- **largest city wl**: Kinsley
- **area total sq mi**: 622
- **area land sq mi**: 622
- **area water sq mi**: 0.1
- **area percentage**: 0.01%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2907
- **population density sq mi**: 4.7
- **area codes**: Area code 620, 620
- **district**: 4th
- **time zone**: Central