Pawnee County, Kansas

Pawnee County (standard abbreviation: PN) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 6,253 people lived there. The county seat is Larned. Larned is also the biggest city in Pawnee County.

The county is named after the Pawnee Tribe.

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

People


Government

Presidential elections
Pawnee County has been mostly Republican for its history. However, there have been multiple time where it was considered a swing county. This means backing the national winner in all presidential elections from 1904 to 1936 as well as 1964 to 1988. It has moved away from bellwether status since 1988.

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202074.7% 2,04523.5% 6431.9% 51201671.6% 1,90421.8% 5796.7% 178201270.4% 1,83627.5% 7182.1% 54200867.6% 1,94630.6% 8821.8% 51200472.7% 2,17225.9% 7731.4% 43200062.9% 1,85032.9% 9684.2% 122199661.1% 1,92729.6% 9329.4% 295199237.9% 1,35731.2% 1,11831.0% 1,110198854.1% 1,82543.7% 1,4742.2% 74198468.9% 2,57029.3% 1,0921.8% 68198058.8% 2,17032.1% 1,1849.1% 337197645.1% 1,69252.2% 1,9592.7% 100197265.8% 2,37030.8% 1,1103.3% 120196854.2% 2,03737.7% 1,4168.1% 306196436.0% 1,46863.3% 2,5770.7% 29196058.3% 2,61841.3% 1,8530.4% 18195663.7% 2,78835.8% 1,5670.5% 20195271.1% 3,43127.8% 1,3401.1% 53194852.4% 2,22145.9% 1,9451.6% 69194454.1% 2,05745.4% 1,7270.6% 22194050.8% 2,32948.3% 2,2160.9% 42193638.3% 1,75361.5% 2,8140.2% 9193242.5% 1,88955.2% 2,4512.3% 103192875.2% 2,82924.4% 9180.4% 16192462.5% 2,40728.9% 1,1118.6% 331192064.0% 2,12834.2% 1,1381.8% 60191638.7% 1,49955.1% 2,1316.2% 241191216.3% 36646.6% 1,05037.1% 836190848.4% 1,00046.5% 9615.0% 104190460.8% 95731.4% 4947.8% 123190048.0% 68451.0% 7271.0% 14189643.3% 49955.1% 6351.7% 19189247.9% 67052.1% 730188861.9% 89521.0% 30317.1% 247

Education

Unified school districts
 Ft. Larned USD 495
 Pawnee Heights USD 496

Communities

Cities
 Burdett
 Garfield
 Larned
 Rozel

References

More reading
County
 Along the Old Trail; Tucker Vernon Co; 190 pages; 1910.  History of Pawnee County (page 113 to 134).  Larned and Pawnee County at Present (page 135 to 190).
 Atlas and Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas; Kenyon Co; 37 pages; 1916.
 Plat Book of Pawnee County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 36 pages; 1902.
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

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

Category:1867 establishments in Kansas