Sherman County, Kansas

Sherman County (standard abbreviation: SH) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 5,927 people lived there. Its county seat is Goodland. Sherman County was created by the Kansas Legislature in 1873. It is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman.William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, published 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, Il., http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/unorganized/unorganized-co-p1.html

History
19th century
In 1886, Sherman County was created.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.02%) is water.

Sherman County is one of only four Kansas counties in Mountain Time. Since Sherman County is part of the Wichita media market, prime-time television in the county is aired from 6 to 9 p.m. local time, rather than 7 to 10 p.m. as is normal in the Central and Mountain time zones. However, cable providers carry the ABC and NBC affiliates from both Wichita and Denver. This allows viewers to view programs on those networks at the normal prime-time hours.

Major highways
 25px Interstate 70
 20px US-24
 25px K-27

People


Government
Sherman county is often won by Republican Candidates, like most rural counties. However, Lyndon B. Johnson barely won the county in 1964.

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202083.2% 2,26914.5% 3962.3% 62201679.6% 2,08913.2% 3477.2% 189201275.3% 1,97622.0% 5772.7% 70200872.5% 1,95925.4% 6882.1% 57200475.6% 2,08822.9% 6321.5% 42200070.6% 1,89425.4% 6814.0% 107199668.4% 2,11023.9% 7367.7% 238199249.7% 1,63024.7% 81025.6% 838198862.9% 1,92935.3% 1,0821.8% 54198478.0% 2,70220.6% 7141.4% 47198068.9% 2,31523.2% 7798.0% 268197650.2% 1,67147.2% 1,5732.6% 88197269.9% 2,22524.7% 7855.4% 172196857.5% 1,80330.4% 95412.0% 377196448.6% 1,46350.6% 1,5220.8% 25196065.1% 2,03034.4% 1,0740.5% 15195665.0% 1,82534.3% 9620.8% 22195270.4% 2,40327.6% 9412.0% 69194850.0% 1,38046.7% 1,2893.3% 91194460.1% 1,60838.1% 1,0211.8% 48194052.2% 1,56946.5% 1,3991.3% 40193638.3% 1,15959.9% 1,8141.9% 56193232.2% 1,11261.1% 2,1106.7% 232192874.6% 2,02823.2% 6302.2% 60192445.9% 1,12221.6% 52832.5% 795192054.3% 1,06640.2% 7895.5% 107191630.8% 58263.4% 1,1965.8% 110191213.1% 12947.3% 46539.6% 390190843.6% 43950.5% 5085.9% 59190460.6% 46530.1% 2319.4% 72190046.5% 38051.2% 4182.3% 19189639.8% 29159.8% 4370.4% 3189243.2% 57156.8% 752188855.7% 80333.4% 48111.0% 158

Education

Unified school districts
 Brewster USD 314
 Goodland USD 352

Communities

Cities
 Goodland
 Kanorado

Related pages
 List of counties in Kansas

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Sherman County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 61 pages; 1907.

Other websites

County

 Sherman County - Directory of Public Officials
Maps
 Sherman 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:1886 establishments in Kansas