Kearny County, Kansas

Kearny County (county code KE) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 3,983 people lived there. Its county seat is Lakin. Lakin is also the biggest city in Kearny County. The county is named after General Philip Kearny.

History
The original Kearney County was created on March 6, 1873. It was ended in 1883. The land area was divided between Hamilton and Finney counties. It was recreated with its original borders in 1887. It was organized on March 27, 1888.  The county is named after Philip Kearny. He was a U.S. Army officer in the Mexican–American War and a Union army general in the American Civil War. In 1889, the name was corrected to Kearny County.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.05%) is water.

Major highways
20px U.S. Highway 50
20px U.S. Highway 400
20px K-25

Time zones
The west half of Kearny County observed Mountain Standard Time until October 28, 1990. This was when the Kansas Department of Transportation moved the entire county into the Central Time Zone, which 100 of the state's other 104 counties are in. Only four counties (Hamilton, Greeley, Wallace, and Sherman), all of which border Colorado, observe Mountain Time.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/08/11/time-definitely-changing-for-kansas-county/e40bccbb-541d-40ac-9e9b-90cdd10f04fc/

People


Kearny County is included in the Garden City, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202080.0% 1,16418.4% 2671.6% 24201681.7% 1,07513.2% 1745.1% 67201279.2% 1,09719.3% 2681.5% 21200878.2% 1,15920.9% 3090.9% 14200480.9% 1,17718.7% 2720.4% 6200075.5% 1,08422.3% 3202.2% 31199670.1% 1,04122.5% 3357.4% 110199255.2% 94322.5% 38422.4% 382198866.0% 1,07332.3% 5241.7% 28198478.4% 1,21420.7% 3210.8% 13198066.4% 92426.9% 3756.7% 93197649.0% 67447.8% 6583.3% 45197270.9% 87626.3% 3252.8% 35196858.0% 72134.0% 4238.0% 99196442.8% 56356.1% 7371.1% 15196062.1% 84637.7% 5130.2% 3195667.0% 85432.8% 4180.2% 3195272.8% 1,01226.0% 3621.2% 16194854.4% 67643.6% 5412.0% 25194462.5% 61237.2% 3650.3% 3194058.0% 72141.8% 5190.2% 3193644.6% 58654.5% 7160.8% 11193238.9% 52956.7% 7714.3% 59192877.2% 85420.7% 2292.1% 23192457.6% 63518.0% 19924.4% 269192063.7% 61727.5% 2668.8% 85191645.3% 53841.3% 49013.5% 160191217.0% 11335.5% 23647.4% 315190856.6% 43539.6% 3043.8% 29190470.7% 23428.4% 940.9% 3190053.8% 16444.9% 1371.3% 4189649.4% 17250.3% 1750.3% 1189260.8% 21939.2% 141188859.4% 36740.1% 2480.5% 3

Education

Unified school districts
 Lakin USD 215
 Deerfield USD 216

Communities

Cities
 Deerfield
 Lakin

References

Notes

Other websites

County

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


Category:1873 establishments in Kansas