Chautauqua County, Kansas

Chautauqua County (county code CQ) is a county in Southeast Kansas. In 2020, 3,379 people lived there. Its county seat is Sedan. Sedan is also the biggest city in Chautauqua County. Chautauqua County is named after Chautauqua County, New York, where Edward Jaquins was born. Jaquins was a Kansas politician who was important in getting the county created.

History
Chautauqua County was created by an act of the Kansas legislature on June 1, 1875. They divided Howard County into Elk County (the northern half) and Chautauqua County (the southern half). At the time of its creation, about 7,400 people lived there.

The first white settlers in the area that became Chautauqua County came in July 1868.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.9%) is water.

Major highways
Sources:  National Atlas,National Atlas  U.S. Census Bureau
 U.S. Route 166
 Kansas Highway 38
 Kansas Highway 99

People



Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202485.0% 1,29913.8% 2111.2% 18202085.3% 1,40212.9% 2121.8% 30201683.5% 1,23613.3% 1973.2% 48201280.0% 1,30417.2% 2802.8% 46200876.6% 1,41821.7% 4011.8% 33200478.0% 1,52920.6% 4041.4% 27200071.7% 1,34723.6% 4434.8% 90199658.3% 1,14229.0% 56812.8% 250199241.2% 85328.9% 59830.0% 622198864.5% 1,24734.2% 6611.3% 26198476.6% 1,68822.5% 4970.9% 20198071.6% 1,56624.8% 5433.6% 78197655.8% 1,15941.7% 8662.6% 53197278.0% 1,54619.1% 3782.9% 58196865.5% 1,53720.4% 47814.1% 331196455.4% 1,46344.1% 1,1630.5% 14196070.5% 2,16028.9% 8850.6% 17195670.9% 2,18028.8% 8870.3% 10195274.8% 2,54224.6% 8370.6% 21194859.3% 1,92538.9% 1,2611.8% 58194467.4% 2,30532.3% 1,1060.3% 10194062.7% 2,88836.5% 1,6790.9% 39193654.5% 2,50645.2% 2,0800.3% 13193243.4% 1,89351.9% 2,2634.7% 204192876.0% 3,30321.7% 9442.3% 101192460.0% 2,43926.7% 1,08713.3% 540192068.6% 2,53925.3% 9366.1% 227191649.7% 2,08541.4% 1,7378.9% 374191231.4% 81828.8% 75239.8% 1,039190860.2% 1,68934.1% 9585.7% 159190467.5% 2,03322.6% 6819.9% 299190055.5% 1,61843.9% 1,2800.7% 19189650.9% 1,35948.5% 1,2930.6% 17189252.0% 1,40848.0% 1,298188857.6% 1,59025.1% 69417.3% 478

Chautauqua is a very Republican county. The only Republican to ever lose the county has been Herbert Hoover in 1932. Other than the never-Democratic, historically Yankee Doniphan County, Chautauqua County was the only Kansas county to give incumbent President William Howard Taft a plurality in 1912. The last Democrat to win thirty percent of the county’s vote was Michael Dukakis in 1988. In 2016 Hillary Clinton won only thirteen percent.

Education

Unified school districts
 Cedar Vale USD 285
 Sedan USD 286

Communities

Cities
Cedar Vale
Chautauqua
Elgin
Niotaze
Peru
Sedan

References

Notes

More reading
 Handbook of Elk and Chautauqua Counties, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 24 pages; 1886.
 Standard Atlas of Chautauqua County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 66 pages; 1921.
 Standard Atlas of Chautauqua County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 32 pages; 1903.

Other websites

County

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

Category:1875 establishments in Kansas