Pottawatomie County, Kansas

**Pottawatomie County** (standard abbreviation: **PT**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 25,348 people lived there. The county seat is Westmoreland. The county is named after the Potawatomi group of Native Americans.

## Geography

The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that  is land and  (2.4%) is water.

## People

Pottawatomie County is part of the Manhattan Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _9,452_|style="text-align:center;"|25.3% _3,313_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _318_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.2%** _7,612_|style="text-align:center;"|20.8% _2,225_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% _856_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.8%** _6,804_|style="text-align:center;"|24.6% _2,335_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _340_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.2%** _6,929_|style="text-align:center;"|26.3% _2,599_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.5% _349_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.7%** _6,326_|style="text-align:center;"|24.7% _2,176_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.6% _321_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.5%** _4,985_|style="text-align:center;"|26.4% _2,037_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.2% _709_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.2%** _4,504_|style="text-align:center;"|25.8% _1,997_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|16.1% _1,243_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**38.9%** _3,106_|style="text-align:center;"|26.3% _2,099_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|34.9% _2,785_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.5%** _3,897_|style="text-align:center;"|38.9% _2,544_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _108_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.1%** _4,598_|style="text-align:center;"|27.8% _1,798_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.1% _72_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.4%** _3,895_|style="text-align:center;"|28.1% _1,724_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.6% _525_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.1%** _3,483_|style="text-align:center;"|39.3% _2,316_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% _98_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**73.5%** _3,947_|style="text-align:center;"|24.2% _1,298_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.3% _124_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.7%** _3,267_|style="text-align:center;"|26.7% _1,368_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|9.7% _495_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.4%** _2,606_|style="text-align:center;"|48.0% _2,432_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**63.2%** _3,666_|style="text-align:center;"|36.6% _2,125_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _13_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**75.0%** _4,335_|style="text-align:center;"|24.6% _1,422_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.9%** _4,944_|style="text-align:center;"|21.9% _1,387_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**62.6%** _3,709_|style="text-align:center;"|36.6% _2,167_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _45_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.0%** _4,074_|style="text-align:center;"|29.7% _1,727_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _18_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.1%** _5,045_|style="text-align:center;"|30.5% _2,226_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.8%** _3,977_|style="text-align:center;"|44.4% _3,284_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _137_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|45.5% _3,339_|style="text-align:center;"|**53.2%** _3,910_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _97_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**65.3%** _4,451_|style="text-align:center;"|34.4% _2,341_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _24_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**68.3%** _4,340_|style="text-align:center;"|23.1% _1,471_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.6% _545_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**77.0%** _4,481_|style="text-align:center;"|22.2% _1,293_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _49_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.7%** _3,688_|style="text-align:center;"|42.8% _2,834_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _104_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|25.1% _1,058_|style="text-align:center;"|**37.9%** _1,599_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|37.0% _1,559_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**60.8%** _2,650_|style="text-align:center;"|38.5% _1,680_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% _30_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.9%** _2,632_|style="text-align:center;"|27.7% _1,045_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% _91_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**56.4%** _2,556_|style="text-align:center;"|42.6% _1,929_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.0% _46_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.0%** _2,308_|style="text-align:center;"|49.3% _2,276_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% _37_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.8%** _2,107_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|50.2% _2,124_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**58.9%** _2,419_|style="text-align:center;"|35.8% _1,471_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.2% _214_|

Pottawatomie County is very Republican. The only Democratic presidential candidate to get a majority in Pottawatomie County was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1940 only Lyndon Johnson in 1964 has gotten as much as forty percent of the county’s vote.

### Unified school districts

The Unified School Districts that serve Pottawatomie County include:
- Wamego USD 320 (Wamego, Louisville, Belvue)
- Kaw Valley USD 321 (St. Marys, Emmett)
- Onaga USD 322 (Onaga, Havensville, Wheaton)
- Rock Creek USD 323
- Riley County USD 378 (West-Central Pottawatomie County)
- Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 (Southwest Pottawatomie County)
- Blue Valley USD 384 (Olsburg, Fostoria)

### Private schools

- St. Marys Academy & College (St. Marys)
- Flint Hills Christian School (Manhattan)

### Cities

- Belvue
- Emmett
- Havensville
- Louisville
- Manhattan, mainly in Riley County
- Olsburg
- Onaga
- St. George
- St. Marys
- Wamego
- Westmoreland
- Wheaton

## References

- Notes

## More reading

- _Handbook of Pottawatomie and Riley Counties, Kansas_; Modern Ago; 20 pages; 1880s.
- _Standard Atlas of Pottawatomie County, Kansas_; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 57 pages; 1905.
- _Onaga Courier's Township Map of Pottawatomie County, Kansas_; Onaga Courier; 59 pages; 1899.

## Other websites

- County
- Pottawatomie County - Directory of Public Officials
- Pottawatomie County Economic Development Corporation - PCEDC
- Maps
- Pottawatomie 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**: Pottawatomie County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: PottawatomieCoCH.JPG
- **ex image cap**: Pottawatomie County Courthouse in Westmoreland, Kansas, Westmoreland (2009)
- **founded**: February 20, 1857
- **named for**: Potawatomi, Potawatomi tribe
- **seat wl**: Westmoreland
- **largest city wl**: Manhattan
- **area total sq mi**: 862
- **area land sq mi**: 841
- **area water sq mi**: 21
- **area percentage**: 2.4%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 25348
- **population density sq mi**: 30.1
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Central