Wallace County, Kansas

Wallace County (standard abbreviation: WA) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020 census, 1,512 people lived there. This would make it the county in Kansas with the second-least number of people living in it. Its county seat is Sharon Springs. The county was created in 1868. It was named after Brigadier general W.H.L. Wallace, who was a veteran of the Mexican–American War and a casualty of the Battle of Shiloh.

History
19th century
In 1868, Wallace County was created.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.01%) is water.

Mount Sunflower is in Wallace County. It is the highest place in Kansas. It is 4,039 feet (1,231 meters). Mount Sunflower is about  north-northwest of Weskan, less than one mile (1.6 km) from the Colorado state line.

Time zones
Wallace County is one of four Kansas counties to use Mountain Standard Time rather than Central Standard Time.

People


Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties201693.3% 7705.3% 441.3% 11201690.4% 7215.8% 463.9% 31201290.1% 7198.5% 681.4% 11200885.8% 69011.9% 962.2% 18200484.7% 74212.8% 1122.5% 22200085.6% 73712.0% 1032.4% 21199676.2% 73816.5% 1607.2% 70199263.7% 67915.4% 16420.9% 223198869.6% 65527.3% 2573.1% 29198483.0% 83815.1% 1522.0% 20198078.3% 81116.1% 1675.6% 58197652.8% 60042.7% 4864.5% 51197273.2% 78220.0% 2146.7% 72196861.5% 60823.8% 23514.7% 145196450.7% 51648.7% 4960.6% 6196068.2% 72731.8% 3390.0% 0195672.7% 68426.7% 2510.6% 6195278.8% 94520.8% 2490.4% 5194858.2% 63740.1% 4391.7% 18194470.8% 72028.7% 2920.5% 5194067.1% 75632.0% 3610.9% 10193656.7% 65842.4% 4921.0% 11193240.3% 56154.6% 7615.1% 71192866.2% 73831.9% 3561.9% 21192453.7% 60315.2% 17131.1% 349192070.4% 63222.6% 2037.0% 63191639.5% 38151.5% 4979.0% 87191215.2% 8128.5% 15256.4% 301190859.3% 35034.9% 2065.8% 34190484.0% 27811.8% 394.2% 14190066.3% 21231.9% 1021.9% 6189659.3% 18140.7% 1240.0% 0189255.9% 37744.1% 297188865.7% 41231.6% 1982.7% 17

Wallace has been one of the most Republican counties in Kansas. Only two Democratic Presidential nominees have ever won Wallace County – Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1944 only three Democratic Presidential candidates have won 31 percent of Wallace County's vote – Harry S. Truman in 1948, Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Jimmy Carter in 1976. In the 2016 election Hillary Clinton won less than six percent of the county's vote. The last five Republican nominees have all won at least 84 percent.

Education

Unified school districts
 Wallace USD 241
 Weskan USD 242

Communities

Cities
 Sharon Springs
 Wallace

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Wallace County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 42 pages; 1908.

Other websites

County

 Wallace County - Directory of Public Officials
Maps
 Wallace County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

Category:Kansas counties
Category:1868 establishments in Kansas