Lane County, Kansas

**Lane County** (standard abbreviation: **LE**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 1,574 people lived there. This makes it the county with the third lowest number of people living in it in Kansas. The county seat is Dighton, the only city in the county. The county was named after James H. Lane. He was a leader of the Jayhawker abolitionist movement, and he was one of the first U.S. Senators from Kansas.

### 19th century

In 1873, **Lane County** was created.

## 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

Lane County has been very Republican throughout its history. It voted for Democratic candidates only five times in presidential elections from 1888 to the present. The last time a Democrat won the county was in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson.

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**85.1%** _762_|style="text-align:center;"|12.8% _115_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.4%** _718_|style="text-align:center;"|12.2% _106_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.4% _47_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.6%** _739_|style="text-align:center;"|18.5% _172_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _17_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.3%** _814_|style="text-align:center;"|18.8% _193_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.2%** _823_|style="text-align:center;"|17.9% _181_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.7%** _846_|style="text-align:center;"|22.2% _252_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.7%** _865_|style="text-align:center;"|22.1% _271_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.2% _88_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.9%** _674_|style="text-align:center;"|20.4% _265_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|27.7% _360_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.4%** _768_|style="text-align:center;"|36.0% _450_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.2%** _1,008_|style="text-align:center;"|21.6% _282_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.5%** _924_|style="text-align:center;"|23.5% _321_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.0% _123_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**48.9%** _651_|style="text-align:center;"|48.5% _646_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.6% _34_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.2%** _943_|style="text-align:center;"|22.8% _294_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.0% _51_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.6%** _781_|style="text-align:center;"|29.9% _385_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.5% _122_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|42.8% _586_|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _773_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.4%** _902_|style="text-align:center;"|33.5% _462_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.1%** _992_|style="text-align:center;"|27.6% _380_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _4_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.9%** _1,142_|style="text-align:center;"|21.2% _311_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _14_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.5%** _764_|style="text-align:center;"|39.5% _525_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% _39_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.9%** _773_|style="text-align:center;"|33.1% _388_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _888_|style="text-align:center;"|38.1% _557_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _16_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|43.8% _682_|style="text-align:center;"|**54.8%** _853_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|42.9% _672_|style="text-align:center;"|**55.3%** _866_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.3%** _954_|style="text-align:center;"|27.2% _364_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.1%** _693_|style="text-align:center;"|24.0% _281_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|17.0% _199_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.9%** _656_|style="text-align:center;"|29.0% _298_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.0% _72_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|32.1% _363_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _659_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.7% _110_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|25.4% _158_|style="text-align:center;"|**38.1%** _237_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|36.5% _227_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.5%** _357_|style="text-align:center;"|39.1% _271_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.4% _65_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.6%** _353_|style="text-align:center;"|20.0% _111_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|16.4% _91_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.5%** _239_|style="text-align:center;"|40.7% _172_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.8% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.9%** _241_|style="text-align:center;"|43.5% _191_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.6%** _284_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|44.4% _227_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**57.7%** _459_|style="text-align:center;"|33.6% _267_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.7% _69_|

### Laws

Although the Kansas Constitution was changed in 1986 to allow the sale of alcohol, Lane County is still a "dry" county.

### Unified school districts

- Healy USD 468
- Dighton USD 482

### City

- Dighton

## More reading

- _Early Lane County History: 12,000 B.C. - A.D. 1884_; Ellen May Stanley; Mennonite Press; 1993.
- _Standard Atlas of Lane County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 62 pages; 1920.

## Other websites

- County
- Lane County - Directory of Public Officials
- Maps
- Lane 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**: Lane County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Lane County, Kansas courthouse from SW 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Lane County Courthouse in Dighton, Kansas, Dighton (2015)
- **founded**: March 20, 1873
- **named for**: James H. Lane (Senator), James H. Lane
- **seat wl**: Dighton
- **largest city wl**: Dighton
- **area total sq mi**: 718
- **area land sq mi**: 717
- **area water sq mi**: 0.2
- **area percentage**: 0.03%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 1574
- **population density sq mi**: 2.2
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central