Atchison County, Kansas

Atchison County (county code AT) is a county in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. In 2020, 16,348 people lived there. Its county seat is Atchison. Atchison is also the biggest city in the county.  The county is named after David Rice Atchison, a United States Senator from Missouri.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.6%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county by area in Kansas.

On July 4, 1804, to mark Independence Day, the Lewis and Clark Expedition named Independence Creek near the city of Atchison (see Timeline of the Lewis and Clark Expedition).

Major highways
Sources:  National Atlas,National Atlas  U.S. Census BureauU.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files
 U.S. Route 59
 U.S. Route 73
 U.S. Route 159
 Kansas Highway 7
 Kansas Highway 9
 Kansas Highway 116

People



Atchison County is in the Atchison, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area.

Government

Presidential elections
Atchison County has been a swing county for most of its history. It has had multiple extended streaks of being a bellwether county, the first  running from 1896 to 1936. After voting more Republican than the nation in the 1940s & voting for losing candidate Richard Nixon in 1960, another bellwether streak ran from 1964 to 2004. Since then, the county has become significantly more Republican, with Barack Obama failing to win the county in both of his victories & Hillary Clinton losing it by over 30 percent to Donald Trump in 2016.

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202467.4% 4,91130.2% 2,2012.4% 172202065.9% 4,90631.7% 2,3592.4% 175201661.6% 4,04930.3% 1,9898.2% 537201258.7% 3,91738.5% 2,5672.9% 190200852.7% 3,79145.1% 3,2412.2% 159200454.5% 3,88043.8% 3,1201.7% 118200049.0% 3,37846.0% 3,1715.1% 351199643.3% 2,82844.8% 2,92612.0% 784199233.5% 2,52139.3% 2,95927.2% 2,050198849.0% 3,24348.0% 3,1772.9% 194198462.5% 4,53736.4% 2,6411.1% 77198053.9% 4,08440.4% 3,0635.7% 434197648.3% 4,03049.2% 4,1082.5% 206197267.8% 5,47129.8% 2,4042.4% 191196846.0% 3,64442.7% 3,37911.4% 899196438.2% 3,14761.2% 5,0370.6% 45196052.3% 4,79347.3% 4,3360.3% 31195664.1% 5,60835.8% 3,1340.1% 9195264.6% 6,00435.3% 3,2830.1% 9194851.0% 4,14148.2% 3,9100.8% 62194458.6% 4,73141.2% 3,3250.3% 20194056.1% 5,92143.2% 4,5570.8% 82193647.6% 5,31252.1% 5,8170.3% 31193245.2% 4,77853.3% 5,6401.5% 157192863.7% 6,64736.0% 3,7560.4% 37192463.8% 6,24622.5% 2,19913.7% 1,341192065.0% 5,87234.1% 3,0820.9% 77191648.6% 4,62448.7% 4,6342.7% 254191227.4% 1,53543.7% 2,44928.9% 1,618190854.9% 3,24443.9% 2,5931.2% 68190464.3% 3,54233.6% 1,8542.1% 117190055.5% 3,39043.9% 2,6820.5% 32189652.7% 3,32646.9% 2,9630.4% 28189249.2% 2,66650.8% 2,756188852.1% 3,21942.1% 2,6035.8% 357

Education

Unified school districts
 Atchison County Community USD 377 (Web site)
 Atchison USD 409 (Web site)

Communities

Cities
Atchison
Effingham
Huron
Lancaster
Muscotah

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Atchison County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 40 pages; 1903.

Other websites

Official sites

 Atchison County - Directory of Public Officials
 Atchison County - Chamber of Commerce
Historical
 Atchison County - History, Kansas State Historical Society
 Atchison County - Historical Society
Maps
 Atchison 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
Category:Atchison County, Kansas