Greeley County, Kansas

Greeley County (county code GL) is a county in western Kansas. It is in the Central United States. In 2020, 1,284 people lived there. It is the county with the fewest number of people living in it in Kansas. Its county seat is Tribune. Tribune is also the biggest city in the county. The county is named after Horace Greeley of Chappaqua, New York, editor of the New York Tribune. Greeley helped western settlement with the motto  "Go West, young man".

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . All of it is land.

People


Government

County
Since January 1, 2009, Greeley County and Tribune have been a unified government.

Presidential elections
This county is often chooses Republican candidates. The last time a Democratic candidate won the county was in 1976. A Democratic candidate has only won the county three times in its history: 1932 (Franklin D. Roosevelt), 1964 (Lyndon B. Johnson), and most recently in 1976 by Jimmy Carter.

+ Presidential elections results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202085.6% 54912.2% 782.2% 14201682.2% 53412.8% 835.1% 33201281.0% 54316.9% 1132.1% 14200879.3% 59120.3% 1510.4% 3200479.5% 58418.8% 1381.8% 13200078.2% 62817.8% 1434.0% 32199672.0% 56720.4% 1617.6% 60199257.7% 50421.9% 19120.4% 178198859.3% 50637.2% 3173.5% 30198473.3% 69923.8% 2272.9% 28198063.4% 60024.8% 23511.8% 112197643.4% 38953.5% 4793.1% 28197268.5% 63922.7% 2128.8% 82196859.9% 46529.2% 22710.9% 85196444.8% 38854.2% 4691.0% 9196070.6% 64528.7% 2620.8% 7195677.1% 59922.4% 1740.5% 4195279.1% 72519.7% 1811.2% 11194853.3% 39144.5% 3262.2% 16194463.0% 37835.8% 2151.2% 7194064.6% 49734.8% 2680.7% 5193650.5% 39649.4% 3880.1% 1193242.6% 35952.3% 4405.1% 43192878.3% 43921.6% 1210.2% 1192464.2% 35713.5% 7522.3% 124192069.5% 27323.7% 936.9% 27191643.6% 21034.9% 16821.6% 104191235.6% 9512.4% 3352.1% 139190864.6% 20627.9% 897.5% 24190485.6% 1498.1% 146.3% 11190075.6% 11823.1% 361.3% 2189660.8% 12138.2% 761.0% 2189267.9% 24132.1% 114188859.0% 42225.2% 18015.8% 113

Education

Unified school districts
 Greeley County Schools, USD 200 

Communities

Cities
 Horace
 Tribune

References

Notes

Other websites

County

 Greeley County - Directory of Public Officials
Other
 Greeley County Library
Maps
 Greeley 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:1873 establishments in Kansas