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.

History
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.

People


Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202084.1% 98013.4% 1562.5% 29201682.4% 90010.4% 1147.1% 78201285.3% 97614.3% 1630.4% 5200880.4% 91217.6% 2002.0% 23200481.5% 1,27516.4% 2562.2% 34200078.5% 1,26218.3% 2943.2% 52199671.0% 1,26418.6% 33110.5% 186199255.9% 1,05718.8% 35525.3% 479198871.1% 1,27627.0% 4851.9% 34198479.5% 1,53718.7% 3611.8% 35198072.2% 1,43322.1% 4385.8% 115197659.5% 1,18038.5% 7642.0% 40197276.4% 1,55919.9% 4063.8% 77196870.9% 1,48423.0% 4816.2% 129196453.3% 1,13545.5% 9701.2% 25196074.6% 1,66224.9% 5550.5% 12195676.2% 1,71722.9% 5170.9% 20195278.6% 1,83818.5% 4322.9% 68194859.8% 1,25834.3% 7225.9% 124194469.6% 1,47929.1% 6181.3% 28194064.1% 1,57134.4% 8441.5% 36193647.3% 1,28052.4% 1,4170.3% 8193252.2% 1,30646.4% 1,1591.4% 35192882.1% 1,92917.3% 4060.6% 15192470.1% 1,54122.7% 4987.3% 160192069.5% 1,41128.9% 5871.6% 32191641.0% 90143.5% 95615.6% 342191219.6% 27635.9% 50644.5% 627190859.5% 69934.8% 4095.7% 67190459.2% 49430.1% 25110.7% 89190051.5% 32246.9% 2931.6% 10189649.8% 25048.8% 2451.4% 7189250.4% 39849.6% 391188850.3% 52536.5% 38113.1% 137

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

Education

Unified school districts
 Kiowa County USD 422
 Haviland USD 474

Colleges
 Barclay College, Haviland

Communities

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


Category:1867 establishments in Kansas
Category:Kansas counties