Sheridan County, Kansas

**Sheridan County** (standard abbreviation: **SD**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,447 people lived there. Its county seat is Hoxie.  The county was named after Phillip H. Sheridan, a general of the American Civil War era.

### 19th century

In 1873, the rest of the unorganized part of the state was divided into 22 new counties. This included **Sheridan County**.  Sheridan County was then organized in 1880. The county seat was in Kenneth.

### 20th century

The railroad was still used in Sheridan County until 1998. After flooding east of Plainville in the 1993 floods damaged the railroad, the railroad decided not to rebuild. The entire railroad from Plainville to Colby was abandoned by 1998.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.03%) is water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**88.7%** _1,282_|style="text-align:center;"|10.2% _147_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**87.1%** _1,197_|style="text-align:center;"|9.2% _127_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _50_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**86.0%** _1,154_|style="text-align:center;"|12.5% _168_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.5%** _1,108_|style="text-align:center;"|18.5% _254_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.4%** _1,144_|style="text-align:center;"|17.0% _239_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _1,132_|style="text-align:center;"|18.9% _281_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.1% _76_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.2%** _1,053_|style="text-align:center;"|18.6% _264_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% _103_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**45.2%** _739_|style="text-align:center;"|21.2% _347_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|33.6% _550_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.9%** _901_|style="text-align:center;"|38.6% _600_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.5% _55_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.9%** _1,274_|style="text-align:center;"|24.3% _419_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.0%** _1,202_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _391_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% _100_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.2%** _838_|style="text-align:center;"|46.5% _793_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% _74_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _1,134_|style="text-align:center;"|31.4% _552_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% _75_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.4%** _1,002_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _563_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.9% _152_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _808_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.7%** _1,028_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.9%** _1,047_|style="text-align:center;"|47.3% _954_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.4%** _1,324_|style="text-align:center;"|32.2% _633_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.9%** _1,581_|style="text-align:center;"|25.9% _555_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.7%** _1,097_|style="text-align:center;"|46.4% _966_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.9%** _1,342_|style="text-align:center;"|32.8% _658_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.1%** _1,492_|style="text-align:center;"|37.6% _903_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|40.3% _1,007_|style="text-align:center;"|**57.7%** _1,442_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _52_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|32.4% _878_|style="text-align:center;"|**65.5%** _1,773_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.5%** _1,450_|style="text-align:center;"|38.8% _930_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.1%** _1,320_|style="text-align:center;"|24.3% _542_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|16.6% _371_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _1,194_|style="text-align:center;"|27.8% _477_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _46_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|37.5% _760_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _1,189_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.8% _78_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|18.2% _195_|style="text-align:center;"|**47.5%** _509_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.3% _368_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.9%** _639_|style="text-align:center;"|48.3% _631_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _37_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.9%** _607_|style="text-align:center;"|28.0% _293_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|14.1% _148_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|46.3% _445_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.9%** _499_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _17_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|40.5% _282_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.1%** _384_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.5% _31_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|41.1% _325_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**58.9%** _466_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.0%** _623_|style="text-align:center;"|33.5% _337_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.5% _45_|

Sheridan County is very Republican.

### Unified school districts

- Hoxie USD 412

### Cities

- Hoxie
- Selden

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Sheridan County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 58 pages; 1907.

## Other websites

- County
- Sheridan County - Directory of Public Officials
- Other
- Discover Sheridan County
- Maps
- Sheridan 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**: Sheridan County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: No. 56. The Buffalo Hunters' Home at Sheridan, Kas. (5568848867).jpg
- **ex image cap**: Buffalo Hunters' Home in Sheridan, Kansas, Sheridan (1873)
- **founded**: 1873
- **named for**: Philip Sheridan
- **seat wl**: Hoxie
- **largest city wl**: Hoxie
- **area total sq mi**: 896
- **area land sq mi**: 896
- **area water sq mi**: 0.3
- **area percentage**: 0.03
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2447
- **population density sq mi**: 2.7
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central