Nemaha County, Kansas

**Nemaha County** (standard abbreviation: **NM**) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 10,273 people lived there. The county seat is Seneca.

## History

In 1855, **Nemaha County** was created.

The first railroad in Nemaha County was built in 1866.

On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" went through Nemaha county. This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale. It had a damage path  wide and  long. Eighteen people were killed and sixty were injured in this tornado.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.3%) is water.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.1%** _4,664_|style="text-align:center;"|16.3% _927_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _93_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.5%** _4,124_|style="text-align:center;"|14.2% _725_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.3% _273_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.2%** _3,930_|style="text-align:center;"|19.9% _1,000_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _96_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.2%** _3,817_|style="text-align:center;"|26.7% _1,432_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.1% _110_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.7%** _4,027_|style="text-align:center;"|24.8% _1,355_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _81_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.6%** _3,578_|style="text-align:center;"|28.2% _1,494_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.1% _218_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.1%** _3,014_|style="text-align:center;"|30.7% _1,648_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.3% _713_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**39.5%** _2,220_|style="text-align:center;"|28.1% _1,580_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|32.4% _1,819_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.0%** _2,849_|style="text-align:center;"|43.6% _2,261_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _72_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.6%** _3,653_|style="text-align:center;"|32.1% _1,761_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _71_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.0%** _3,546_|style="text-align:center;"|29.3% _1,600_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.7% _310_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.7%** _2,759_|style="text-align:center;"|47.5% _2,586_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _96_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.1%** _3,422_|style="text-align:center;"|33.3% _1,777_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% _143_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**54.0%** _3,003_|style="text-align:center;"|34.6% _1,925_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|11.4% _632_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|42.1% _2,391_|style="text-align:center;"|**57.4%** _3,260_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.6%** _3,360_|style="text-align:center;"|46.0% _2,884_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**67.1%** _4,195_|style="text-align:center;"|32.6% _2,038_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.0%** _5,175_|style="text-align:center;"|23.8% _1,618_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _19_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.4%** _3,529_|style="text-align:center;"|44.1% _2,810_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**66.4%** _4,277_|style="text-align:center;"|33.4% _2,149_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _11_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.6%** _5,178_|style="text-align:center;"|34.0% _2,679_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|47.8% _3,903_|style="text-align:center;"|**51.1%** _4,175_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _94_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|40.6% _3,167_|style="text-align:center;"|**58.7%** _4,578_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _55_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.1%** _4,639_|style="text-align:center;"|38.5% _2,919_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _34_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.2%** _4,096_|style="text-align:center;"|27.2% _1,846_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.6% _857_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.3%** _4,655_|style="text-align:center;"|26.9% _1,731_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _51_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.2%** _3,591_|style="text-align:center;"|49.0% _3,579_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _130_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|22.2% _961_|style="text-align:center;"|**44.7%** _1,936_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|33.1% _1,433_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.6%** _2,394_|style="text-align:center;"|47.0% _2,182_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _66_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**61.9%** _2,764_|style="text-align:center;"|35.0% _1,564_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.0% _135_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.5%** _2,761_|style="text-align:center;"|45.5% _2,348_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _57_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.5%** _2,568_|style="text-align:center;"|48.7% _2,478_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _40_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.7%** _2,222_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|50.3% _2,246_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.5%** _2,515_|style="text-align:center;"|37.8% _1,682_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.6% _251_|

### Unified school districts

- Prairie Hills USD 113 - Bern, Sabetha, Wetmore, (Axtell and Summerfield in Marshall County).  USD 441 and USD 488 merged to create USD 113 in 2010.
- Nemaha Central USD 115 - Baileyville, Seneca, St. Benedict.  USD 442 and USD 451 merged to create USD 115 in 2011.
- Vermillion USD 380 - Centralia, (Frankfort in Marshall County)

### Cities

- Bern
- Centralia
- Corning
- Goff
- Oneida
- Sabetha (partly in Brown County)
- Seneca
- Wetmore

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Atlas of Nemaha County, Kansas_; Anderson Publishing Co; 62 pages; 1922.
- _Plat Book of Nemaha County, Kansas_; A.R. Stinson; 53 pages; 1908.

## Other websites

- County
- Nemaha County - Directory of Public Officials
- Other information
- The Irving Tornado
- Historical Tornadoes
- Maps
- Nemaha 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**: Nemaha County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Seneca, Kansas jail and sheriff residence from SW 1.JPG
- **ex image cap**: National Register of Historic Places listings in Nemaha County, Kansas, Jail and sheriff residence in Seneca, Kansas, Seneca (2015)
- **founded**: August 25, 1855
- **named for**: Nemaha River
- **seat wl**: Seneca
- **largest city wl**: Sabetha
- **area total sq mi**: 719
- **area land sq mi**: 717
- **area water sq mi**: 2.0
- **area percentage**: 0.3%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 10273
- **population density sq mi**: 14.3
- **area codes**: Area code 785, 785
- **district**: 2nd
- **time zone**: Central