Riley County, Kansas

Riley County (standard abbreviation: RL) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 71,959 people lived there. The biggest city is Manhattan. Manhattan is also the county seat.

Two of Kansas' biggest employers are in Riley County: Fort Riley and Kansas State University.

History
On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" started in Riley County. This tornado was believed to have been an F4 on the Fujita scale. The damage path of it was  wide and  long. Eighteen people were killed. Sixty people were injured.Joe Furr, "Historical Tornadoes"

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (2.0%) is water.

The county is in the Flint Hills region of Kansas.

People

Riley County is part of the Manhattan, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. Millennials make up 53.6% of the population of Riley County. It is one of the highest rates in the United States.

Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202046.1% 11,61050.7% 12,7653.2% 796201646.0% 10,10742.5% 9,34111.5% 2,526201254.5% 11,50742.5% 8,9772.9% 617200852.4% 12,11145.4% 10,4952.1% 494200460.6% 12,67237.8% 7,9081.6% 331200058.5% 10,67233.9% 6,1887.6% 1,393199656.7% 11,11334.4% 6,7468.9% 1,748199238.5% 8,39436.4% 7,93325.1% 5,470198855.9% 9,50742.8% 7,2831.3% 217198464.8% 11,30834.2% 5,9751.0% 175198052.9% 8,90431.1% 5,22416.0% 2,690197657.5% 9,51839.5% 6,5403.1% 510197266.2% 11,12031.7% 5,3332.1% 356196862.2% 8,29631.9% 4,2585.9% 791196452.7% 6,39646.1% 5,5971.2% 144196072.0% 9,06827.6% 3,4820.4% 50195676.8% 9,38522.8% 2,7840.4% 44195280.3% 9,79919.3% 2,3520.4% 50194868.0% 9,22729.9% 4,0522.1% 288194470.4% 6,51128.8% 2,6590.8% 74194068.6% 7,42030.4% 3,2931.0% 105193659.1% 6,07739.9% 4,1041.0% 99193254.7% 5,33742.0% 4,1013.4% 327192877.9% 6,59221.2% 1,7910.9% 78192470.0% 5,45521.1% 1,6468.8% 689192073.6% 4,87524.3% 1,6102.1% 141191652.3% 3,32041.6% 2,6376.1% 386191211.1% 42530.7% 1,17058.2% 2,220190861.7% 2,27635.0% 1,2893.3% 123190475.3% 2,25117.5% 5237.3% 217190061.7% 2,11937.2% 1,2791.1% 37189655.9% 1,89042.7% 1,4431.5% 50189251.7% 1,57448.3% 1,472188862.5% 1,85626.0% 77211.5% 342

Riley County is the only county in Kansas without an elected sheriff. The county police department handles all the Sheriff’s responsibilities.https://www.sheriffs.org/sites/default/files/tb/Office_of_Sheriff_State-by-State_Election_Chart.pdf

Education

Colleges and universities
 Kansas State University
 Manhattan Christian College
 Manhattan Area Technical College

Unified school districts
 Riley County USD 378
 Manhattan-Ogden USD 383
 Manhattan High School
 Blue Valley USD 384

Places
Cities
 Leonardville
 Manhattan, also partly in Pottawatomie County
 Ogden
 Randolph
 Riley

Fort Riley
Fort Riley Military Reservation covers  in Geary and Riley counties. It is north of the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers in Geary County.  25,000 people are in the fort during the day. It includes a census-designated place:
 Fort Riley (formerly "Fort Riley North")

References

Other websites

County

 Riley County - Directory of Public Officials
Historical
 The Irving, KS Tornado
 Riley County Kansas AHGP
Maps
 Riley County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Riley County Maps:  (historical Township and place maps)
 Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

Category:Kansas counties
Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory