Kiowa County, Kansas

**Kiowa County** (standard abbreviation: **KW**) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 2,460 people lived there. The largest city and county seat is Greensburg.

### 19th century

In 1867, **Kiowa County** was created. It was named after the Kiowa tribe.

### 21st century

On May 4, 2007, Greensburg was destroyed by an EF5 tornado during the May 2007 tornado outbreak.

## Geography

Tthe U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.03%) is water.

Kiowa County has a lot of iron-rich meteorites in its soil. This is due to the Brenham meteor fall over 10 thousand years ago.

### Presidential elections

|Year|Republican|Democratic|Third Parties|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|**2020**|style="text-align:center;"|**84.1%** _980_|style="text-align:center;"|13.4% _156_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% _29_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2016**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.4%** _900_|style="text-align:center;"|10.4% _114_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.1% _78_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2012**|style="text-align:center;"|**85.3%** _976_|style="text-align:center;"|14.3% _163_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.4% _5_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2008**|style="text-align:center;"|**80.4%** _912_|style="text-align:center;"|17.6% _200_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _23_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2004**|style="text-align:center;"|**81.5%** _1,275_|style="text-align:center;"|16.4% _256_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.2% _34_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**2000**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.5%** _1,262_|style="text-align:center;"|18.3% _294_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.2% _52_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1996**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.0%** _1,264_|style="text-align:center;"|18.6% _331_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.5% _186_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1992**|style="text-align:center;"|**55.9%** _1,057_|style="text-align:center;"|18.8% _355_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|25.3% _479_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1988**|style="text-align:center;"|**71.1%** _1,276_|style="text-align:center;"|27.0% _485_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% _34_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1984**|style="text-align:center;"|**79.5%** _1,537_|style="text-align:center;"|18.7% _361_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1980**|style="text-align:center;"|**72.2%** _1,433_|style="text-align:center;"|22.1% _438_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.8% _115_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1976**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.5%** _1,180_|style="text-align:center;"|38.5% _764_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.0% _40_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1972**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.4%** _1,559_|style="text-align:center;"|19.9% _406_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.8% _77_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1968**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.9%** _1,484_|style="text-align:center;"|23.0% _481_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.2% _129_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1964**|style="text-align:center;"|**53.3%** _1,135_|style="text-align:center;"|45.5% _970_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.2% _25_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1960**|style="text-align:center;"|**74.6%** _1,662_|style="text-align:center;"|24.9% _555_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% _12_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1956**|style="text-align:center;"|**76.2%** _1,717_|style="text-align:center;"|22.9% _517_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% _20_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1952**|style="text-align:center;"|**78.6%** _1,838_|style="text-align:center;"|18.5% _432_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.9% _68_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1948**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.8%** _1,258_|style="text-align:center;"|34.3% _722_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.9% _124_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1944**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.6%** _1,479_|style="text-align:center;"|29.1% _618_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% _28_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1940**|style="text-align:center;"|**64.1%** _1,571_|style="text-align:center;"|34.4% _844_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% _36_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1936**|style="text-align:center;"|47.3% _1,280_|style="text-align:center;"|**52.4%** _1,417_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% _8_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1932**|style="text-align:center;"|**52.2%** _1,306_|style="text-align:center;"|46.4% _1,159_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _35_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1928**|style="text-align:center;"|**82.1%** _1,929_|style="text-align:center;"|17.3% _406_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% _15_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1924**|style="text-align:center;"|**70.1%** _1,541_|style="text-align:center;"|22.7% _498_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.3% _160_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1920**|style="text-align:center;"|**69.5%** _1,411_|style="text-align:center;"|28.9% _587_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _32_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1916**|style="text-align:center;"|41.0% _901_|style="text-align:center;"|**43.5%** _956_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|15.6% _342_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1912**|style="text-align:center;"|19.6% _276_|style="text-align:center;"|35.9% _506_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|**44.5%** _627_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1908**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.5%** _699_|style="text-align:center;"|34.8% _409_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|5.7% _67_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1904**|style="text-align:center;"|**59.2%** _494_|style="text-align:center;"|30.1% _251_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% _89_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1900**|style="text-align:center;"|**51.5%** _322_|style="text-align:center;"|46.9% _293_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% _10_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1896**|style="text-align:center;"|**49.8%** _250_|style="text-align:center;"|48.8% _245_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.4% _7_|
|style="text-align:center;"|**1892**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.4%** _398_||style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|49.6% _391_||
|style="text-align:center;"|**1888**|style="text-align:center;"|**50.3%** _525_|style="text-align:center;"|36.5% _381_|style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|13.1% _137_|

Kiowa County is very Republican. The only Democrat to ever win the county was been Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

### Unified school districts

- Kiowa County USD 422
- Haviland USD 474

### Colleges

- Barclay College, Haviland

### Incorporated cities

- Greensburg
- Haviland
- Mullinville

## References

- Notes

## More reading

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

## Other websites

- County
- Kiowa County - Directory of Public Officials
- Historical
- Kiowa County  from American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP)
- Maps
- Kiowa 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**: Kiowa County
- **state**: Kansas
- **type**: County (United States), County
- **ex image**: Kiowa county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Renovated County Courthouse in Greensburg, Kansas, Greensburg (2009) after a tornado damaged it in 2007. Construction of the building started in 1920.
- **founded**: February 26, 1867
- **named for**: Kiowa, Kiowa tribe
- **seat wl**: Greensburg
- **largest city wl**: Greensburg
- **area total sq mi**: 723
- **area land sq mi**: 723
- **area water sq mi**: 0.2
- **area percentage**: 0.03%
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2460
- **population density sq mi**: 3.4
- **district**: 4th
- **time zone**: Central