Trego County, Kansas

**Trego County** (standard abbreviation: **TR**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,808 people lived there. Its county seat is WaKeeney. WaKeeney is also the biggest city in Trego County.

### 19th century

In 1879, **Trego County** was created.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (1.1%) is water.

### Major highways

- Interstate 70
- U.S. Route 40
- U.S. Route 283
- K-147

### Presidential elections

Republican candidates often win Trego County. The last time a democratic candidate has won this county was in 1964.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**83.6%** _1,363_|style="text-align:center;"|14.8% _242_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.8%** _1,227_|style="text-align:center;"|13.4% _198_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.9% _57_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.9%** _1,261_|style="text-align:center;"|18.4% _291_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.3%** _1,225_|style="text-align:center;"|25.1% _420_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.7%** _1,225_|style="text-align:center;"|25.7% _434_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _27_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.4%** _1,220_|style="text-align:center;"|28.1% _516_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.5% _101_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.1%** _1,205_|style="text-align:center;"|27.8% _548_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.1% _219_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**38.0%** _727_|style="text-align:center;"|31.8% _608_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|30.2% _577_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.5%** _979_|style="text-align:center;"|43.4% _795_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _57_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.4%** _1,491_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _598_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.4%** _1,340_|style="text-align:center;"|25.5% _523_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% _185_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.6%** _1,025_|style="text-align:center;"|48.5% _1,003_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _40_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.9%** _1,369_|style="text-align:center;"|30.4% _621_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _1,211_|style="text-align:center;"|30.2% _623_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.1% _230_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|45.1% _974_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.4%** _1,177_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.8%** _1,426_|style="text-align:center;"|37.9% _875_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _8_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.4%** _1,668_|style="text-align:center;"|30.2% _726_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _9_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.6%** _1,915_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _608_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _1,237_|style="text-align:center;"|46.8% _1,117_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _33_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.0%** _1,459_|style="text-align:center;"|37.5% _883_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.6%** _1,571_|style="text-align:center;"|41.8% _1,140_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _17_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|36.0% _1,012_|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _1,783_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|33.8% _918_|style="text-align:center;"|**64.4%** _1,751_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _50_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.7%** _1,359_|style="text-align:center;"|41.7% _982_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.1%** _1,121_|style="text-align:center;"|20.7% _399_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.2% _408_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.0%** _1,299_|style="text-align:center;"|22.8% _395_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _37_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|42.1% _867_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.1%** _1,094_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.9% _100_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|14.3% _160_|style="text-align:center;"|**40.2%** _449_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|45.4% _507_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.8%** _617_|style="text-align:center;"|40.6% _458_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.6% _52_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _526_|style="text-align:center;"|30.5% _264_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.7% _75_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|48.4% _360_|style="text-align:center;"|**48.5%** _361_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|42.7% _256_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.8%** _340_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _3_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _309_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|49.5% _303_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.9%** _477_|style="text-align:center;"|29.5% _220_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.7% _50_|

### Unified school districts

- WaKeeney USD 208

### Cities

- Collyer
- WaKeeney

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Trego County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 57 pages; 1906.

## Other websites

- County
- Trego County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Trego 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**: Trego County
- **state**: Kansas
- **ex image**: Trego County Courthouse - west face 20171012 142952.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Trego County Courthouse in WaKeeney, Kansas, WaKeeney (2017)
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **founded**: June 21, 1879
- **named for**: Edgar Poe Trego
- **seat wl**: WaKeeney
- **largest city wl**: WaKeeney
- **area total sq mi**: 900
- **area land sq mi**: 889
- **area water sq mi**: 10
- **area percentage**: 1.1
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2808
- **population density sq mi**: 3.2
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central