Sumner County, Kansas

Sumner County (standard abbreviation: SU) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 22,382 people lived there. Its county seat is Wellington.

History
19th century
On February 26, 1867, Sumner County was created from parts of Marion County and Butler County. It was named after Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1811–74), who was wanted Kansas to be a free state.

In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a north-south railroad from Herington to Caldwell.  This railroad connected Herington, Lost Springs, Lincolnville, Antelope, Marion, Aulne, Peabody, Elbing, Whitewater, Furley, Kechi, Wichita, Peck, Corbin, Wellington, Caldwell.  By 1893, this railroad was slowly built to Fort Worth, Texas. This line is called the "OKT".

21st century
In December 2011, the Kansas Star Casino opened about  west of the center of Mulvane.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.3%) is water.

People

Sumner County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area

Government

Sumner County often votes for the Republican Party in Presidential elections. However, in 1992 George H. W. Bush won the county by less than two percent. The last time they have voted for a Democratic candidate was in 1976 for Jimmy Carter.

Presidential elections

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202074.2% 8,10523.7% 2,5912.1% 232201671.8% 6,98421.4% 2,0766.8% 662201268.5% 6,26029.1% 2,6582.4% 223200865.2% 6,73732.4% 3,3532.4% 247200467.6% 7,09230.7% 3,2171.7% 179200060.4% 6,17634.7% 3,5495.0% 507199654.2% 5,95233.1% 3,63812.6% 1,387199235.3% 4,08730.8% 3,56434.0% 3,937198853.7% 5,39444.0% 4,4172.3% 231198464.3% 6,94234.4% 3,7081.3% 143198057.5% 6,03835.8% 3,7616.6% 697197644.9% 4,64552.1% 5,3853.0% 310197268.1% 6,94126.3% 2,6855.6% 569196854.5% 5,62234.5% 3,56211.0% 1,136196445.6% 4,76053.3% 5,5741.1% 116196061.5% 7,21938.0% 4,4620.5% 55195663.0% 7,02436.6% 4,0880.4% 46195269.0% 8,13430.2% 3,5670.8% 96194855.4% 5,92242.8% 4,5711.8% 192194459.9% 6,34339.5% 4,1870.6% 64194051.9% 6,58547.2% 5,9881.0% 125193638.2% 4,94661.6% 7,9660.2% 27193242.4% 4,92654.7% 6,3532.9% 340192879.6% 8,95118.8% 2,1081.6% 181192454.9% 5,55225.3% 2,55619.8% 2,000192060.5% 5,83035.8% 3,4543.7% 354191639.4% 4,07953.3% 5,5197.4% 763191212.2% 78140.0% 2,55747.8% 3,060190851.3% 3,23544.0% 2,7724.8% 299190461.6% 3,26428.1% 1,48910.3% 545190050.6% 3,18447.4% 2,9822.0% 125189644.8% 2,51554.2% 3,0481.0% 56189245.5% 3,50354.5% 4,192188849.7% 3,49930.4% 2,13919.9% 1,400

Education

Unified school districts

 USD 263, Mulvane
 USD 353, Wellington
 USD 356, Conway Springs
 USD 357, Belle Plaine
 USD 358, Oxford
 USD 359, Argonia
 USD 360, Caldwell
 USD 509, South Haven

Communities

Cities

 Argonia
 Belle Plaine
 Caldwell
 Conway Springs
 Geuda Springs (partly in Cowley County)
 Hunnewell
 Mayfield
 Milan
 Mulvane (partly in Sedgwick County)
 Oxford
 South Haven
 Wellington

References

Notes

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Sumner County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 100 pages; 1918.
 Standard Atlas of Sumner County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 68 pages; 1902.
 Edwards' Historical Atlas of Sumner County, Kansas; John P. Edwards; 59 pages; 1883.

Other websites

County

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

Category:1870 establishments in Kansas