Brown County, Kansas

Brown County (county code BR) is a county in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 9,508 people lived there. Its county seat is Hiawatha. Hiawatha is the second-biggest city in Brown County. Brown County is where the Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Kansas is. It also has most of the Sac and Fox Reservation and most of the Iowa Reservation of Kansas and Nebraska.

History
Brown County was created in 1855.  It was named after Albert G. Brown.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.2%) is water. The Wolf River has starts in the county.DeLorme (2003).  Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer.  p. 26.  Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.  . Brown State Fishing Lake is in the county, 8 miles (13 km) east of Hiawatha.

Major highways
Sources:  National Atlas,National Atlas  U.S. Census Bureau
 U.S. Route 36
 U.S. Route 73
 U.S. Route 75
 U.S. Route 159
 Kansas Highway 20
 Kansas Highway 246

People



Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202472.7% 3,10624.9% 1,0652.4% 103202073.0% 3,26224.7% 1,1042.3% 105201671.3% 2,90621.2% 8637.5% 304201270.9% 2,82927.0% 1,0762.2% 88200868.2% 2,98530.1% 1,3171.7% 74200470.0% 3,09228.7% 1,2681.3% 58200063.6% 2,98532.2% 1,5124.1% 194199656.6% 2,68832.2% 1,52911.2% 534199241.6% 2,20327.9% 1,47630.5% 1,615198863.6% 3,05935.7% 1,7190.7% 34198474.0% 3,89424.8% 1,3031.3% 67198067.6% 3,59825.7% 1,3706.7% 354197665.0% 3,40733.3% 1,7451.8% 93197278.9% 4,31419.0% 1,0382.1% 114196869.2% 3,74822.1% 1,1998.7% 473196457.0% 3,21342.3% 2,3860.7% 37196072.3% 4,70727.2% 1,7730.5% 35195677.0% 5,13822.8% 1,5190.3% 20195280.5% 6,03119.2% 1,4400.3% 20194868.0% 4,51831.0% 2,0601.0% 68194473.0% 4,94726.8% 1,8170.2% 15194069.2% 6,00830.3% 2,6330.5% 43193662.4% 5,81437.5% 3,4950.1% 11193257.7% 5,00541.6% 3,6040.7% 60192876.8% 6,69223.0% 2,0050.2% 20192468.9% 5,64722.8% 1,8668.3% 678192072.3% 5,24926.7% 1,9371.1% 76191652.9% 4,28243.3% 3,5033.9% 315191231.2% 1,51236.7% 1,77432.1% 1,554190856.3% 2,77841.4% 2,0442.3% 111190468.6% 3,15827.0% 1,2444.3% 200190057.1% 3,13741.8% 2,2981.1% 59189651.7% 2,87947.0% 2,6181.4% 77189252.0% 2,56247.9% 2,362188855.6% 2,69637.2% 1,8037.3% 352

Brown County very Republican. Brown was Alf Landon’s strongest county in his home state during his 1936 presidential campaign. Noo Democratic presidential candidate has ever won a most of the votes Brown County.

Education

Unified school districts
 Hiawatha USD 415
 Brown County USD 430

Communities

Cities

Everest
Fairview
Hamlin
Hiawatha
Horton
Morrill
Powhattan
Reserve
Robinson
Sabetha (partly in Nemaha County)
Willis

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Brown County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 70 pages; 1919.
 Plat Book of Brown County, Kansas; Northwest Publishing Company; 44 pages; 1904.
 Meacham's Illustrated Atlas of Brown and Nemaha Counties, Kansas; J.H. Meacham & Company; 127 pages; 1887.

Other websites

County

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

Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory