McPherson County (standaardafkorting: MP) is een county in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas. In 2010 woonden er 29.180 mensen. De grootste stad is McPherson. Het is ook de zetel van de county. De county is vernoemd naar Burgeroorlog Generaal James B. McPherson.
McPherson County, Kansas
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 901 vierkante mijl (2.330 km2 ). Daarvan is 898 vierkante mijl (2.330 km2 ) land en 2,3 vierkante mijl (6,0 km2 ) (0,3%) water.
Grote snelwegen
Interstate 135
U. S. Route 56
U.S. Route 81
K-4
K-61
K-153
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 738 | - | |
| 17,143 | 2,222.9% | ||
| 21,614 | 26.1% | ||
| 1900 | 21,421 | -0.9% | |
| 1910 | 21,521 | 0.5% | |
| 1920 | 21,845 | 1.5% | |
| 1930 | 23,588 | 8.0% | |
| 1940 | 24,152 | 2.4% | |
| 1950 | 23,670 | -2.0% | |
| 1960 | 24,285 | 2.6% | |
| 1970 | 24,778 | 2.0% | |
| 1980 | 26,855 | 8.4% | |
| 1990 | 27,268 | 1.5% | |
| 2000 | 29,554 | 8.4% | |
| 2010 | 29,180 | -1.3% | |
| Est. 2016 | 28,804 | -1.3% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
De McPherson Micropolitan Statistical Area omvat heel McPherson County.
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
McPherson County wordt vaak gedragen door Republikeinse kandidaten. De laatste keer dat een democratische kandidaat deze county won was in 1964 door Lyndon B. Johnson.
Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen
| Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 67.1% 8,549 | 25.3% 3,226 | 7.6% 967 |
| 2012 | 69.5% 8,545 | 28.1% 3,449 | 2.5% 303 |
| 2008 | 66.8% 8,937 | 31.5% 4,218 | 1.7% 231 |
| 2004 | 71.8% 9,595 | 26.9% 3,589 | 1.4% 183 |
| 2000 | 68.2% 8,501 | 26.3% 3,272 | 5.5% 688 |
| 1996 | 63.2% 8,142 | 27.5% 3,536 | 9.4% 1,205 |
| 1992 | 44.2% 5,745 | 28.1% 3,645 | 27.7% 3,601 |
| 1988 | 58.8% 6,563 | 39.0% 4,354 | 2.2% 247 |
| 1984 | 71.9% 8,630 | 26.5% 3,185 | 1.6% 189 |
| 1980 | 58.8% 6,843 | 28.7% 3,340 | 12.5% 1,448 |
| 1976 | 57.3% 3,519 | 40.4% 2,483 | 2.3% 138 |
| 1972 | 70.6% 7,457 | 27.0% 2,858 | 2.4% 254 |
| 1968 | 65.0% 6,420 | 29.3% 2,893 | 5.7% 567 |
| 1964 | 45.6% 4,483 | 52.7% 5,173 | 1.7% 170 |
| 1960 | 73.6% 7,920 | 25.8% 2,774 | 0.6% 65 |
| 1956 | 73.8% 7,521 | 25.5% 2,603 | 0.7% 74 |
| 74.6% 8,053 | 22.0% 2,371 | 3.5% 374 | |
| 57.5% 5,952 | 37.5% 3,879 | 5.0% 513 | |
| 1944 | 62.3% 5,840 | 35.4% 3,321 | 2.3% 211 |
| 1940 | 60.2% 6,732 | 37.9% 4,240 | 1.8% 204 |
| 1936 | 43.0% 4,744 | 56.6% 6,256 | 0.4% 46 |
| 1932 | 43.7% 4,098 | 53.4% 5,003 | 2.9% 276 |
| 1928 | 80.0% 6,230 | 18.7% 1,457 | 1.3% 102 |
| 1924 | 66.0% 5,128 | 19.7% 1,530 | 14.3% 1,113 |
| 1920 | 69.5% 4,870 | 27.5% 1,926 | 3.0% 211 |
| 1916 | 47.6% 3,806 | 46.8% 3,737 | 5.6% 451 |
| 1912 | 9.8% 455 | 35.3% 1,639 | 54.9% 2,553 |
| 1908 | 57.4% 2,708 | 40.4% 1,905 | 2.3% 106 |
| 1904 | 72.7% 2,991 | 18.8% 773 | 8.5% 349 |
| 1900 | 54.6% 2,640 | 43.9% 2,121 | 1.5% 73 |
| 48.9% 2,269 | 50.1% 2,324 | 1.0% 44 | |
| 1892 | 48.4% 2,294 | 51.6% 2,444 | |
| 1888 | 51.7% 2,279 | 18.8% 829 | 29.5% 1,300 |
Onderwijs
Geünificeerde schooldistricten
- USD 400, Smoky Valley
- Lindsborg, Marquette, landelijke gebieden
- "USD 418, McPherson." Gearchiveerd uit het origineel op 2010-08-30.
- McPherson, landelijke gebieden
- USD 419, Canton-Galva
- Canton, Galva, Landelijk Gebied
- "USD 423, Moundridge." Gearchiveerd uit het origineel op 2010-08-30.
- Moundridge, Landelijk Gebied
- USD 448, Inman
- Inman, landelijke gebieden
Districtskantoor in aangrenzende provincie
- USD 411, Goessel
- Landelijke gebieden
- "USD 444, Little River-Windom". Gearchiveerd uit het origineel op 2010-08-30.
- Windom, Landelijk Gebied
Gemeenschappen
Steden
- Canton
- Galva
- Inman
- Lindsborg
- Marquette
- McPherson
- Moundridge
- Windom
Meer lezen
County
- Door de jaren heen: A Pictorial History of McPherson County; McPherson Sentinel' Heritage House Publishing Co; 1992.
- McPherson County First Courthouse Built About 1869 or 1870; Lindsborg News-Record; 30 maart 1959.
- Pioneer Life and Lore of McPherson County, Kansas; Edna Nyquist; Democratic-Opinion Press; 1932.
- A History of the Church of the Brethren in Kansas (includes McPherson College history); Elmer LeRoy Craik; McPherson Daily; Republican Press; 397 pages; 1922.
- Portrait and Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson, and Marion Counties, Kansas; Chapman Bros; 614 pagina's; 1893.
- Standaard Atlas van McPherson County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 82 pagina's; 1921.
- Plat Book of McPherson County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 50 pagina's; 1903.
- Edwards' Atlas van McPherson County, Kansas; John P. Edwards; 51 pagina's; 1884.
Trails
- Almira Sheffield Peckham Cordy (1915). The Story of the Marking of the Santa Fe Trail. Crane. p. 7.
- The National Old Trails Road To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC); Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pagina's; 1916. (Download 6,8 MB PDF eBook)
Mennonitische Nederzettingen
- Invloed van de mennonitische nederzetting op het culturele landschap van Kansas; Brenda Martin; Kansas State University; 1985/1988.
- Mennonite settlement : the relationship between the physical and cultural environment; Susan Movle; University of Utah; 1975/1886.
- Status van mennonitische vrouwen in Kansas in hun kerkelijke en huiselijke relaties; Eva Harshbarger; Bluffton College; 1925/1945.