Kingman County, Kansas

**Kingman County** (standard abbreviation: **KM**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 7,470 people lived there. The county seat is Kingman. Kingman is also the biggest city in Kingman County.

### 19th century

In 1872, **Kingman County** was created. It was named after Samuel A. Kingman, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.

During the 1870s, Kingman County had a lot of bison. The old-time cowboy author Frank H. Maynard said he went there on his first buffalo hunt.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.4%) is water.

## People

Kingman County is included in the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.3%** _3,130_|style="text-align:center;"|19.0% _752_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _67_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.9%** _2,530_|style="text-align:center;"|18.0% _599_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.2% _205_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.2%** _2,397_|style="text-align:center;"|22.7% _733_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _101_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.0%** _2,603_|style="text-align:center;"|26.3% _963_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _98_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.4%** _2,801_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _904_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _59_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.2%** _2,672_|style="text-align:center;"|26.0% _991_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.8% _145_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.7%** _2,659_|style="text-align:center;"|24.5% _1,006_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.9% _448_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**40.4%** _1,680_|style="text-align:center;"|26.4% _1,100_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|33.2% _1,383_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _2,205_|style="text-align:center;"|37.8% _1,420_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% _129_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.0%** _2,826_|style="text-align:center;"|26.7% _1,047_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _50_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.6%** _2,610_|style="text-align:center;"|27.6% _1,133_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% _359_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|44.9% _1,839_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.3%** _2,142_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _112_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.9%** _2,756_|style="text-align:center;"|27.7% _1,107_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% _137_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.3%** _2,318_|style="text-align:center;"|31.2% _1,201_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.5% _326_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|45.9% _1,917_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.3%** _2,226_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.3%** _2,904_|style="text-align:center;"|37.2% _1,735_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.1%** _3,226_|style="text-align:center;"|30.6% _1,428_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.5%** _3,820_|style="text-align:center;"|22.0% _1,096_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _76_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.9%** _2,640_|style="text-align:center;"|42.5% _2,008_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _76_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.7%** _2,827_|style="text-align:center;"|35.6% _1,579_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.4%** _3,068_|style="text-align:center;"|44.8% _2,528_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _49_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|35.1% _2,014_|style="text-align:center;"|**64.6%** _3,705_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|38.0% _1,923_|style="text-align:center;"|**60.2%** _3,050_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _92_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.6%** _3,287_|style="text-align:center;"|29.8% _1,408_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.3%** _2,416_|style="text-align:center;"|24.2% _1,077_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.5% _954_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.2%** _2,818_|style="text-align:center;"|34.9% _1,557_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _85_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|38.3% _1,891_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.1%** _2,626_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.6% _426_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|11.0% _336_|style="text-align:center;"|**46.4%** _1,421_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|42.7% _1,309_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|47.3% _1,442_|style="text-align:center;"|**48.5%** _1,479_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% _130_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.2%** _1,600_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _661_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _271_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.8%** _1,286_|style="text-align:center;"|46.7% _1,183_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _63_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|40.9% _988_|style="text-align:center;"|**57.7%** _1,393_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|43.1% _1,225_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|56.9% _1,616_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.2%** _1,413_|style="text-align:center;"|22.1% _622_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|27.7% _780_|

### Unified school districts

- USD 331 Kingman - Norwich
- USD 332 Cunningham - West Kingman County

### Cities

- Cunningham
- Kingman
- Nashville
- Norwich
- Penalosa
- Spivey
- Zenda

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Kingman County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 74 pages; 1921.
- _Plat Book of Kingman County, Kansas_; Northwest Publishing Co; 45 pages; 1903.

## Other websites

- County
- Kingman County - Directory of Public Officials
- Kingman County - Economic Development Council
- Maps
- Kingman 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**: Kingman County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Kingman county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Kingman County Courthouse in Kingman, Kansas, Kingman (2009)
- **founded**: March 7, 1872
- **named for**: Samuel Austin Kingman
- **seat wl**: Kingman
- **largest city wl**: Kingman
- **area total sq mi**: 867
- **area land sq mi**: 863
- **area water sq mi**: 3.3
- **area percentage**: 0.4%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 7470
- **population density sq mi**: 8.7
- **district**: 4th
- **time zone**: Central