Morris County, Kansas

Morris County (standard abbreviation: MR) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,386 people lived there. The county seat is Council Grove. Council Grove is also the biggest city in Morris County.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (1.1%) is water.

People


Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202073.3% 2,12425.1% 7291.6% 46201669.4% 1,82022.9% 6017.7% 203201269.2% 1,77328.0% 7182.8% 71200866.0% 1,87531.9% 9072.1% 59200466.8% 1,96131.7% 9311.5% 44200060.6% 1,59933.4% 8826.1% 160199652.0% 1,55332.3% 96515.8% 471199234.4% 1,07130.8% 95734.8% 1,083198858.1% 1,68240.3% 1,1651.6% 47198472.2% 2,24026.4% 8201.4% 43198065.6% 1,93327.5% 8107.0% 206197654.7% 1,69843.1% 1,3372.2% 67197276.1% 2,47121.7% 7042.2% 71196860.0% 1,93830.2% 9769.8% 316196450.7% 1,68348.3% 1,6051.1% 35196067.4% 2,41332.1% 1,1480.5% 19195668.6% 2,67730.9% 1,2080.5% 20195274.1% 3,26325.5% 1,1240.4% 16194856.5% 2,28542.0% 1,7011.5% 61194462.1% 2,62837.4% 1,5840.5% 19194061.6% 3,27637.5% 1,9920.9% 47193649.3% 2,75150.3% 2,8050.4% 22193249.7% 2,56647.5% 2,4522.8% 146192879.5% 3,83019.3% 9291.2% 56192464.7% 3,08921.8% 1,04013.5% 645192066.2% 3,00132.4% 1,4671.5% 66191645.7% 2,28951.5% 2,5772.8% 140191216.5% 48738.7% 1,14444.8% 1,323190857.5% 1,78841.0% 1,2731.5% 47190470.3% 2,00724.6% 7025.1% 145190055.2% 1,65044.3% 1,3260.5% 16189649.9% 1,48449.0% 1,4561.1% 33189250.9% 1,41649.1% 1,366188858.7% 1,61230.6% 84010.7% 293

Morris County is veru Republican. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have ever won the county – Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

Education

Unified school districts
 USD 417, Morris County 
 Council Grove, Dunlap, Rural Areas
 USD 481, Rural Vista 
 White City, Latimer, Rural Areas
District Office In Neighboring County
 USD 397, Centre
 Burdick, Rural Areas
 USD 284, Chase County
 Rural Areas

Communities

Cities

 Council Grove
 Dunlap
 Dwight
 Herington (partly in Dickinson County)
 Latimer
 Parkerville
 White City
 Wilsey

References

Notes

More reading
County
 The Story of Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail; 2nd Ed; Lalla Maloy Brigham; 176 pages; 1921.
 Handbook of Morris County, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 24 pages; 1883.
 Standard Atlas of Morris County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 63 pages; 1923.
 Standard Atlas of Morris County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 53 pages; 1901.

Trails

 The National Old Trails Road To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC); Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pages; 1916. (Download 6.8MB PDF eBook)

Other websites

County


Maps
 Morris 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:1859 establishments in Kansas Territory