Mitchell County, Kansas

Mitchell County (standard abbreviation: MC) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,796 people lived there. The county seat is Beloit. Beloit is also the biggest city in Mitchell County.

History
In 1867, Mitchell County was created.

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


Government

Presidential elections
Before 1940, Mitchell County was a swing county. They voted for the national winner in every presidential election from 1900 to 1936. Since 1940, it has become very Republican. Only George H. W. Bush in 1992 failed win a majority in the county due to Ross Perot's strong showing in Kansas.

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202080.7% 2,50418.0% 5581.3% 39201678.5% 2,30816.2% 4775.3% 157201278.5% 2,32719.7% 5841.8% 54200876.2% 2,44021.9% 7011.9% 62200477.9% 2,60920.7% 6931.4% 47200072.0% 2,35023.0% 7515.1% 165199668.7% 2,43523.5% 8337.8% 276199243.9% 1,60125.7% 93830.4% 1,111198865.2% 2,25733.1% 1,1451.7% 60198476.0% 3,03623.0% 9191.0% 41198071.4% 2,82122.2% 8766.5% 256197654.0% 2,09543.8% 1,7002.2% 85197271.6% 2,83026.1% 1,0302.4% 93196862.9% 2,42829.6% 1,1447.5% 289196450.3% 1,95148.9% 1,8980.8% 31196061.8% 2,77937.6% 1,6920.6% 26195672.2% 3,19827.4% 1,2140.5% 20195281.0% 4,16718.7% 9610.4% 18194862.2% 2,99836.3% 1,7501.6% 75194466.7% 3,23832.5% 1,5790.8% 40194063.6% 3,68135.6% 2,0600.9% 51193645.5% 2,78153.8% 3,2890.7% 41193242.7% 2,50254.2% 3,1763.1% 181192862.8% 3,24535.9% 1,8551.2% 64192459.8% 3,16127.8% 1,47012.4% 656192068.3% 3,31029.1% 1,4092.6% 126191641.4% 2,41354.9% 3,1973.7% 215191222.1% 73743.1% 1,44134.8% 1,163190850.5% 1,76544.9% 1,5704.6% 160190463.9% 2,03727.2% 8678.9% 285190049.7% 1,76447.9% 1,7022.5% 87189642.7% 1,42856.4% 1,8890.9% 30189243.5% 1,46756.5% 1,905188855.9% 1,67629.4% 88014.7% 442

Education

Unified school districts
 Waconda USD 272
Glen Elder and Cawker City
 Beloit USD 273
most of county, except those zoned to Waconda and Hunter and Tipton, which are zoned to Sylvan Unified USD 299

Private schools
 St. John's Catholic High School
 Tipton Catholic High School

Colleges and universities
 North Central Kansas Technical College (Beloit)

Communities

Cities
 Beloit
 Cawker City
 Glen Elder
 Hunter
 Tipton
 Scottsville
 Simpson (partly in Cloud County)

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 73 pages; 1917.
 Standard Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 56 pages; 1902.
 Atlas of Mitchell County, Kansas; Gillen & Davy; 45 pages; 1884.

Other websites

County

 Mitchell County - Directory of Public Officials
Maps
 Mitchell 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