Marshall County, Kansas

Marshall County (standard abbreviation: MS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 10,038 people lived there. The county seat is Marysville. Marysville is also the biggest city in Marshall County.

History
On May 30, 1879, the "Irving, Kansas Tornado" went through Marshall 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.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.5%) is water.

People

Government

Presidential elections
Marshall County is very Republican county. The county has not been won by a Democratic candidate in a presidential election since 1932.

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202072.9% 3,72924.6% 1,2592.5% 126201670.8% 3,30722.9% 1,0726.3% 294201266.9% 3,19530.8% 1,4692.3% 109200862.7% 3,15735.4% 1,7841.9% 95200463.8% 3,26135.0% 1,7891.1% 58200059.9% 3,06635.8% 1,8314.3% 218199651.1% 2,81135.1% 1,93213.8% 757199234.7% 2,03034.5% 2,02230.8% 1,806198854.2% 3,14044.2% 2,5601.6% 90198468.5% 4,09830.3% 1,8131.2% 72198067.7% 4,12725.5% 1,5556.8% 415197652.2% 6,18745.2% 5,3662.6% 307197267.7% 4,12729.9% 1,8232.4% 148196858.9% 3,83529.9% 1,94911.3% 733196450.3% 3,43248.9% 3,3340.8% 56196062.5% 4,93237.1% 2,9310.4% 28195669.3% 5,66430.4% 2,4870.3% 28195275.4% 6,85124.4% 2,2150.3% 26194861.5% 5,12237.8% 3,1480.7% 59194469.6% 6,18430.2% 2,6810.2% 21194066.7% 7,28632.8% 3,5880.5% 57193653.0% 5,92946.8% 5,2380.2% 24193242.3% 4,45556.6% 5,9701.1% 119192867.1% 6,91832.3% 3,3290.7% 69192462.4% 5,80925.4% 2,36912.2% 1,139192071.5% 5,70625.4% 2,0263.2% 252191650.1% 4,58146.7% 4,2753.2% 291191227.0% 1,49241.2% 2,27831.8% 1,759190855.9% 3,29642.7% 2,5141.4% 85190466.1% 3,53029.3% 1,5644.6% 243190055.6% 3,41343.5% 2,6690.9% 53189651.8% 3,05247.1% 2,7761.2% 70189245.3% 2,53154.7% 3,054188848.3% 2,54734.4% 1,81517.2% 908

Education

Unified school districts
 Marysville USD 364
 Vermillion USD 380
 Valley Heights USD 498
Historical
 Axtell USD 488 (Marshall County) and Sabetha USD 441 (Nemaha County) consolidated to create Prairie Hills USD 113.School consolidations in Kansas for past decade; Topeka-Capital Journal; July 24, 2011.

Communities

Cities

 Axtell
 Beattie
 Blue Rapids
 Frankfort
 Marysville
 Oketo
 Summerfield
 Vermillion
 Waterville

References

More reading
 Atlas of Marshall County, Kansas; Anderson Publishing Co; 74 pages; 1922.
 Plat Book of Marshall County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 53 pages; 1904.
 Handbook of Marshall County, Kansas; Modern Argo; 12 pages; 1870s.

Other websites

County

 Marshall County - Directory of Public Officials
Historical
 Marysville Museum 
Tornados
 Irving, KS Tornado
 Historical Tornado
Maps
 Marshall 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