Neosho County, Kansas

**Neosho County** (standard abbreviation: **NO**) is a county in the south east of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 15,904 people lived there. The county seat is Erie.

### 19th century

In 1861, **Neosho County** was created.

The first railroad was built through Neosho County in 1870.

## Geography

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

### Presidential elections

Neosho County is a very Republican county. However, like the rest of Southeast Kansas counties, Democrats have not done poorly.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.3%** _4,970_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _1,796_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _111_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.2%** _4,431_|style="text-align:center;"|23.8% _1,501_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% _382_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.9%** _4,272_|style="text-align:center;"|31.6% _2,050_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _158_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.2%** _4,473_|style="text-align:center;"|35.6% _2,563_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _156_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.1%** _4,705_|style="text-align:center;"|33.5% _2,424_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _102_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.3%** _4,014_|style="text-align:center;"|37.6% _2,588_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.1% _284_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.4%** _3,409_|style="text-align:center;"|36.6% _2,527_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.9% _961_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**37.1%** _2,926_|style="text-align:center;"|35.5% _2,799_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|27.5% _2,168_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.8%** _3,739_|style="text-align:center;"|47.1% _3,402_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _81_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.1%** _4,968_|style="text-align:center;"|34.6% _2,679_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _102_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.1%** _4,613_|style="text-align:center;"|36.2% _2,923_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.7% _541_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _4,038_|style="text-align:center;"|47.9% _3,842_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _144_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.1%** _5,034_|style="text-align:center;"|33.1% _2,559_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _145_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.9%** _3,950_|style="text-align:center;"|36.5% _2,725_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.6% _789_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|41.7% _3,458_|style="text-align:center;"|**57.8%** _4,795_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.7%** _5,877_|style="text-align:center;"|36.8% _3,451_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _43_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.0%** _5,886_|style="text-align:center;"|33.7% _3,005_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.6%** _6,595_|style="text-align:center;"|31.1% _2,987_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.7%** _5,072_|style="text-align:center;"|42.1% _3,770_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _105_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.5%** _5,420_|style="text-align:center;"|37.3% _3,233_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _26_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.4%** _6,556_|style="text-align:center;"|40.1% _4,419_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.6%** _5,777_|style="text-align:center;"|49.1% _5,611_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _41_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|42.3% _4,212_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _5,616_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _137_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.3%** _6,603_|style="text-align:center;"|26.9% _2,459_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _74_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _5,106_|style="text-align:center;"|26.1% _2,274_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|15.2% _1,319_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _5,150_|style="text-align:center;"|37.7% _3,195_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _122_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|43.9% _4,053_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.9%** _4,891_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% _295_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|30.2% _1,580_|style="text-align:center;"|**38.1%** _1,993_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|31.8% _1,662_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.2%** _2,929_|style="text-align:center;"|43.3% _2,386_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _196_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.1%** _3,134_|style="text-align:center;"|30.3% _1,530_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.6% _382_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.9%** _2,424_|style="text-align:center;"|47.9% _2,279_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _56_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|45.2% _2,177_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.0%** _2,601_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _38_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|47.8% _2,000_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**52.2%** _2,183_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.7%** _2,134_|style="text-align:center;"|26.6% _1,144_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|23.7% _1,019_|

### Unified school districts

- Erie-Galesburg USD 101 (Web site), serves the communities of Erie, Galesburg, Stark.
- Cherokee USD 247 (Web site), serves mostly parts of Crawford and Cherokee counties, but also includes small parts of Labette and Neosho counties.
- Chanute USD 413 (Web site)
- Chetopa-St. Paul USD 505 (Web site)
- Cherryvale-Thayer USD 447 (Web site)

### Cities

- Chanute
- Earlton
- Erie
- Galesburg
- Stark
- St. Paul
- Thayer

## More reading

- _Standard Atlas of Neosho County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 53 pages; 1906.

## Other websites

- County
- Neosho County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Neosho 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**: Neosho County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Truitt House NRHP 14000117 Neosho County, KS.jpg
- **ex image cap**: James and Ella Truitt House in Chanute, Kansas, Chanute (2017)
- **founded**: June 3, 1861
- **named for**: Neosho River
- **seat wl**: Erie
- **largest city wl**: Chanute
- **area total sq mi**: 578
- **area land sq mi**: 571
- **area water sq mi**: 6.3
- **area percentage**: 1.1%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 15904
- **population density sq mi**: 27.9
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central