Cloud County, Kansas

Cloud County (county code CD) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 9,032 people lived there. Its county seat is Concordia. Concordia is also the biggest city in Cloud County.

History
19th century
In 1867, Cloud County was created.

Cloud county was originally named "Shirley" county. However, civic leaders feared that sounded too much like the name of a prostitute. They changed the name to "Cloud" county. They named it after Colonel William F. Cloud.Kansas Skyways  "Cloud County History"

Cloud County was created from the existing Washington County, Kansas. This was in a joint convention with Republic and Cloud counties.  The county was legally organized on September 6, 1866. Elk Creek was chosen as the temporary county seat.History of the State of Kansas by William G. Cutler, Kansas Collection of Books

In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway built a railroad from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) to Superior, Nebraska.  This railroad connected Strong City, Neva, Rockland, Diamond Springs, Burdick, Lost Springs, Jacobs, Hope, Navarre, Enterprise, Abilene, Talmage, Manchester, Longford, Oak Hill, Miltonvale, Aurora, Huscher, Concordia, Kackley, Courtland, Webber, Superior.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.4%) is water.

Geographic features
The Republican River goes through the county. It enters from Republic County to the north. It exits to Clay County to the east. The Solomon River goes through the southwestern part of the county. It goes from Mitchell County to Ottawa County. Jamestown Lake is partially in the northwestern part of the county and partially in southwestern Republic county.

Major highways
U.S. Route 81 goes through Cloud County. It goes through Concordia and connects north to Belleville, Kansas or south to Salina, Kansas.  The southern part of the county also has U.S. Route 24,. It connectd Clay Center, Kansas from the east and Beloit, Kansas to the west.

There are four other state highways in the county: K-9, K-28, K-189, and K-194.

People



Government

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202076.0% 3,24221.6% 9202.4% 101201673.8% 2,91919.2% 7617.0% 275201272.8% 2,95424.0% 9743.2% 130200870.1% 3,12127.7% 1,2332.2% 97200471.5% 3,22126.9% 1,2101.6% 72200064.8% 2,91829.2% 1,3146.0% 271199654.7% 2,74332.2% 1,61513.2% 660199239.1% 2,13131.6% 1,72029.3% 1,597198859.3% 3,04339.4% 2,0221.2% 63198466.4% 3,86032.4% 1,8801.2% 71198061.6% 3,58130.8% 1,7937.6% 443197648.7% 2,95449.1% 2,9762.2% 131197266.4% 3,83231.3% 1,8062.3% 135196856.2% 3,28236.5% 2,1327.3% 429196444.4% 2,68054.8% 3,3140.8% 49196060.6% 4,04539.0% 2,6070.4% 25195668.6% 4,46630.9% 2,0080.5% 35195275.2% 5,58024.2% 1,7930.6% 44194856.2% 4,01840.4% 2,8913.4% 246194463.7% 4,37734.8% 2,3911.6% 107194060.4% 5,27538.1% 3,3271.4% 126193647.9% 4,20851.8% 4,5460.4% 31193239.9% 3,12057.1% 4,4573.0% 235192868.3% 5,28630.7% 2,3761.1% 83192462.6% 4,34217.8% 1,23819.6% 1,359192069.8% 4,09026.2% 1,5344.0% 234191639.9% 2,87053.4% 3,8376.7% 483191221.8% 89940.2% 1,65838.0% 1,569190852.2% 2,17040.0% 1,6637.7% 321190467.6% 2,47017.1% 62615.3% 560190051.9% 2,31545.8% 2,0452.3% 103189644.1% 1,71854.7% 2,1291.2% 46189245.0% 1,91555.0% 2,342188859.6% 2,54224.6% 1,05215.8% 675

Education
Unified school districts
 Concordia USD 333
 Concordia Junior-Senior High School
 Concordia Middle School
 Southern Cloud County USD 334
 Clifton-Clyde USD 224

Colleges and Universities
 Cloud County Community College
 Historic
 Miltonvale Wesleyan College (closed 1972)
 Concordia Normal School (closed 1876)
 Concordia Business College (closed sometime after 1930)

Communities

Cities
 Aurora
 Clyde
 Concordia
 Glasco
 Jamestown
 Miltonvale
 Simpson (partly in Mitchell County)

Popular culture
Cloud County has also been listed as one of the places for Smallville in the Superman story line.

References

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Cloud County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 89 pages; 1917.
 Standard Atlas of Cloud County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 56 pages; 1901.
 Edward's Atlas of Cloud County, Kansas; John P. Edwards; 43 pages; 1985.

Other websites

County

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

Category:1867 establishments in Kansas