Grant County, Kansas

Grant County (county code GT) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 7,352 people lived there. Its county seat and only city is Ulysses.

History
In 1873, the part of Kansas that is west of Range 25 was divided into 25 new counties. The new counties were Decatur, Rawlins, Cheyenne, Sheridan, Thomas, Sherman, Lane, Buffalo, Foote, Meade, Scott, Sequoyah, Arapahoe, Seward, Wichita, Kearny, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Kansas, Stevens, and Grant.Ulysses 1885-1909 From Boom to Bust; compiled by The Historic Adobe Museum Staff of Ulysses, Kansas; 2009.

Grant County, Kansas was named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). He was incumbent president at the time of the county's creation. The initial survey creating the county borders was in the summer of 1874.

In 1883, Kearny, Sequoyah, Arapahoe, Kansas, Stevens, Meade, Clark and Grant counties disappeared. Hamilton, Ford, Seward, and Hodgeman counties became bigger, and Finney County was created.  Grant County was split with the western part becoming a part of Hamilton County and the eastern part becoming a part of the newly-created Finney County.

On June 9, 1888, Grant County was created again as a Kansas county, with original county borders. The first officers of the new Grant County were sworn in on June 18, 1888.

In October 1888, the county seat election for Grant County resulted in victory for Ulysses, Kansas. The election results were:.
 Town Name  Vote count Ulysses  578 Appomattox  268 Shockeyville  41 Golswn  31 Spurgeon  2

Early Settlements
 "Old" Ulysses, then moved to New Ulysses in 1909
 Surprise-Tilden
 Cincinnati-Appomattox
 Shockey (Shockeyville)
 Golden
 Zionville
 Lawson
 Waterford
 Gognac
 Spurgeon

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.06%) is water.

Major highways
20px U.S. Highway 160
20px Kansas Highway 25

People


Government

Presidential elections
Grant County is very republican. Lyndon B. Johnson was the last democrat to win the county, and Jimmy Carter barely lost the county in 1976.

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202077.4% 1,93620.7% 5181.9% 47201675.5% 1,80418.5% 4416.0% 144201278.5% 1,81119.8% 4561.7% 39200875.0% 1,99523.9% 6351.2% 31200478.6% 2,16920.3% 5611.0% 28200074.4% 2,12623.9% 6831.7% 47199666.5% 1,77223.8% 6339.7% 259199251.7% 1,56120.5% 61927.8% 839198863.7% 1,65434.9% 9071.4% 36198476.3% 2,04323.0% 6150.8% 21198066.0% 1,71126.4% 6837.6% 198197650.6% 1,22647.5% 1,1511.9% 45197273.2% 1,46923.7% 4763.1% 62196857.2% 1,12131.5% 61811.3% 222196441.0% 72757.6% 1,0231.4% 25196063.6% 1,23536.2% 7020.3% 5195669.5% 1,05830.1% 4590.4% 6195271.0% 1,27727.9% 5021.1% 19194853.3% 74244.9% 6251.7% 24194466.4% 56633.1% 2820.6% 5194061.0% 61438.0% 3821.0% 10193643.6% 47656.4% 6160.0% 0193233.7% 39562.9% 7373.4% 40192876.4% 63522.3% 1851.3% 11192467.1% 45921.6% 14811.3% 77192073.7% 33923.5% 1082.8% 13191644.5% 20046.3% 2089.1% 41191220.8% 5629.7% 8049.4% 133190854.8% 17840.9% 1334.3% 14190465.9% 8128.5% 355.7% 7190051.8% 5847.3% 530.9% 1189646.0% 5154.1% 600.0% 0189253.6% 15146.5% 131188850.5% 39031.7% 24517.9% 138

Education

Unified school districts
 Ulysses USD 214 

Communities

City
 Ulysses

References

Other websites

County

 Grant County - Directory of Public Officials
Maps
 Grant County Map , GrantCoKs.org
 Grant 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:1873 establishments in Kansas