Republic County, Kansas

Republic County (standard abbreviation: RP) is a county in the state of Kansas. It is south from the Nebraska border. In 2020 census, 4,674 people lived there. The county seat is Belleville. Belleville is also the biggest city in Republic County.

History
Indian tribes lived in the area before white settlers came. The tribes included the Pawnee, Iowa, and Otoe.

In 1860, Republic County was created by the Kansas legislature. The county is named after the Republican River.

Daniel and Conrad Myers were the first white settlers. They arrived in February 1861. By 1868, Republic County was holding elections.

After the Civil War and during the 19th century, a lot of European immigrants (mostly from Sweden and the Czech Republic) came to Belleville and the area around it.I. O. Savage, History of Republic County (1883), p. 68; New Scandinavia's Ninety-Three Years, 1868–1961 (Scandia, 1961), pp. 3-5.Nemcova, Bozena. "People of Czech Bohemian Descent in Republic County, Kansas." Master's thesis, University of Kansas, 1950. (Reel: LM 205).https://www.kshs.org/p/bohemians-czechs-and-moravians-to-kansas-a-bibliography/13535 |Kansas Historical Society, Bohemians, Czechs, Moravians Bibliography

In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska.  This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.  This railroad was called "Strong City and Superior line". Later the name was shortened to the "Strong City line".

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  (or 99.45%) is land and  (or 0.55%) is water.

People

Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third parties202082.1% 2,18216.0% 4241.9% 51201680.0% 2,02414.8% 3755.1% 130201279.5% 2,13417.8% 4772.8% 75200874.1% 1,97824.0% 6402.0% 53200477.5% 2,23821.0% 6071.5% 44200075.0% 2,23920.2% 6044.8% 142199670.0% 2,28321.1% 6889.0% 292199246.4% 1,76724.7% 93928.9% 1,100198867.8% 2,34630.9% 1,0691.4% 47198476.5% 3,00922.6% 8871.0% 38198073.6% 3,03120.6% 8505.8% 239197657.4% 2,29440.5% 1,6172.1% 83197271.8% 2,92126.0% 1,0592.2% 88196866.3% 2,84127.7% 1,1876.1% 260196451.7% 2,41447.5% 2,2220.8% 38196065.6% 3,35833.7% 1,7240.7% 35195668.8% 3,62130.6% 1,6130.6% 32195276.7% 4,57322.8% 1,3580.5% 30194860.4% 3,37537.8% 2,1091.8% 102194466.5% 3,80233.1% 1,8910.4% 22194063.5% 4,45035.9% 2,5110.6% 42193652.6% 3,83047.1% 3,4270.3% 23193238.6% 2,65559.6% 4,1051.8% 127192868.2% 4,32430.9% 1,9561.0% 61192460.0% 3,67126.4% 1,61613.6% 835192067.3% 3,66130.7% 1,6722.0% 107191641.7% 2,88255.0% 3,8063.4% 232191221.7% 89544.1% 1,81634.1% 1,405190851.8% 2,15645.8% 1,9052.5% 102190469.5% 2,65824.6% 9415.9% 225190055.7% 2,49942.9% 1,9251.5% 65189650.9% 2,03347.9% 1,9101.2% 49189250.0% 2,16750.0% 2,164188863.8% 2,59529.6% 1,2056.6% 269

Republic County is very Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won the county except for Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and 1916. Since 1996, the Republican candidate has won seventy percent of the county’s vote.

Education

Unified school districts
Pike Valley USD 426    (Scandia, Courtland and western half of county)
Republic County USD 109   (Belleville, Cuba and eastern half of county)

Communities

Incorporated cities

 Agenda
 Belleville
 Courtland
 Cuba
 Munden
 Narka
 Republic
 Scandia

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Republic County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 66 pages; 1923.
 Standard Atlas of Republic County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 58 pages; 1904.
 Atlas of Republic County, Kansas; Gillen & Davy; 47 pages; 1884.

Other websites

County

 Republic County - directory of public officials
Other
 Republic County Historical Society Museum
Maps
 Republic 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:1860 establishments in Kansas Territory