Lane County, Kansas

Lane County (standard abbreviation: LE) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 1,574 people lived there. This makes it the county with the third lowest number of people living in it in Kansas. The county seat is Dighton, the only city in the county. The county was named after James H. Lane. He was a leader of the Jayhawker abolitionist movement, and he was one of the first U.S. Senators from Kansas.

History
19th century
In 1873, Lane County was created.

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

People


Government

Presidential elections
Lane County has been very Republican throughout its history. It voted for Democratic candidates only five times in presidential elections from 1888 to the present. The last time a Democrat won the county was in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson.

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202085.1% 76212.8% 1152.0% 18201682.4% 71812.2% 1065.4% 47201279.6% 73918.5% 1721.8% 17200879.3% 81418.8% 1932.0% 20200481.2% 82317.9% 1811.0% 10200074.7% 84622.2% 2523.1% 35199670.7% 86522.1% 2717.2% 88199251.9% 67420.4% 26527.7% 360198861.4% 76836.0% 4502.6% 32198477.2% 1,00821.6% 2821.2% 16198067.5% 92423.5% 3219.0% 123197648.9% 65148.5% 6462.6% 34197273.2% 94322.8% 2944.0% 51196860.6% 78129.9% 3859.5% 122196442.8% 58656.4% 7730.8% 11196065.4% 90233.5% 4621.1% 15195672.1% 99227.6% 3800.3% 4195277.9% 1,14221.2% 3111.0% 14194857.5% 76439.5% 5252.9% 39194465.9% 77333.1% 3881.0% 12194060.8% 88838.1% 5571.1% 16193643.8% 68254.8% 8531.5% 23193242.9% 67255.3% 8661.9% 29192871.3% 95427.2% 3641.5% 20192459.1% 69324.0% 28117.0% 199192063.9% 65629.0% 2987.0% 72191632.1% 36358.2% 6599.7% 110191225.4% 15838.1% 23736.5% 227190851.5% 35739.1% 2719.4% 65190463.6% 35320.0% 11116.4% 91190056.5% 23940.7% 1722.8% 12189654.9% 24143.5% 1911.6% 7189255.6% 28444.4% 227188857.7% 45933.6% 2678.7% 69

Laws
Although the Kansas Constitution was changed in 1986 to allow the sale of alcohol, Lane County is still a "dry" county.

Education

Unified school districts
 Healy USD 468 
 Dighton USD 482 

Communities

City
 Dighton

References

More reading
 Early Lane County History: 12,000 B.C. - A.D. 1884; Ellen May Stanley; Mennonite Press; 1993.
 Standard Atlas of Lane County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 62 pages; 1920.

Other websites

County
 Lane County - Directory of Public Officials
Maps
 Lane 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