Nemaha County, Kansas

Nemaha County (standard abbreviation: NM) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 10,273 people lived there. The county seat is Seneca.

History
In 1855, Nemaha County was created.

The first railroad in Nemaha County was built in 1866.

On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" went through Nemaha county. This tornado measured F4 on the Fujita scale. It had a damage path  wide and  long. Eighteen people were killed and sixty were injured in this tornado.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.3%) is water.

People


Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202082.1% 4,66416.3% 9271.6% 93201680.5% 4,12414.2% 7255.3% 273201278.2% 3,93019.9% 1,0001.9% 96200871.2% 3,81726.7% 1,4322.1% 110200473.7% 4,02724.8% 1,3551.5% 81200067.6% 3,57828.2% 1,4944.1% 218199656.1% 3,01430.7% 1,64813.3% 713199239.5% 2,22028.1% 1,58032.4% 1,819198855.0% 2,84943.6% 2,2611.4% 72198466.6% 3,65332.1% 1,7611.3% 71198065.0% 3,54629.3% 1,6005.7% 310197650.7% 2,75947.5% 2,5861.8% 96197264.1% 3,42233.3% 1,7772.7% 143196854.0% 3,00334.6% 1,92511.4% 632196442.1% 2,39157.4% 3,2600.6% 32196053.6% 3,36046.0% 2,8840.4% 23195667.1% 4,19532.6% 2,0380.3% 18195276.0% 5,17523.8% 1,6180.3% 19194855.4% 3,52944.1% 2,8100.5% 32194466.4% 4,27733.4% 2,1490.2% 11194065.6% 5,17834.0% 2,6790.4% 32193647.8% 3,90351.1% 4,1751.2% 94193240.6% 3,16758.7% 4,5780.7% 55192861.1% 4,63938.5% 2,9190.5% 34192460.2% 4,09627.2% 1,84612.6% 857192072.3% 4,65526.9% 1,7310.8% 51191649.2% 3,59149.0% 3,5791.8% 130191222.2% 96144.7% 1,93633.1% 1,433190851.6% 2,39447.0% 2,1821.4% 66190461.9% 2,76435.0% 1,5643.0% 135190053.5% 2,76145.5% 2,3481.1% 57189650.5% 2,56848.7% 2,4780.8% 40189249.7% 2,22250.3% 2,246188856.5% 2,51537.8% 1,6825.6% 251

Education

Unified school districts
 Prairie Hills USD 113 - Bern, Sabetha, Wetmore, (Axtell and Summerfield in Marshall County).  USD 441 and USD 488 merged to create USD 113 in 2010.
 Nemaha Central USD 115 - Baileyville, Seneca, St. Benedict.  USD 442 and USD 451 merged to create USD 115 in 2011.Nemaha County School Districts Merge To Form USD 115
 Vermillion USD 380 - Centralia, (Frankfort in Marshall County)

Communities

Cities

 Bern
 Centralia
 Corning
 Goff
 Oneida
 Sabetha (partly in Brown County)
 Seneca
 Wetmore

References

Notes

More reading
 Atlas of Nemaha County, Kansas; Anderson Publishing Co; 62 pages; 1922.
 Plat Book of Nemaha County, Kansas; A.R. Stinson; 53 pages; 1908.

Other websites

County

 Nemaha County - Directory of Public Officials
Other information
 The Irving Tornado
 Historical Tornadoes
Maps
 Nemaha 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