Morris County (standaardafkorting: MR) is een county in de Amerikaanse staat Kansas. In 2010 woonden er 5.923 mensen. De zetel van de county is Council Grove. Council Grove is ook de grootste stad in Morris County.
Morris County, Kansas
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 703 vierkante mijl (1.820 km2 ). Daarvan is 695 vierkante mijl (1.800 km2 ) land en 7,6 vierkante mijl (20 km2 ) (1,1%) water.
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 770 | - | ||
| 1870 | 2,225 | 189.0% | |
| 9,265 | 316.4% | ||
| 11,381 | 22.8% | ||
| 1900 | 11,967 | 5.1% | |
| 1910 | 12,397 | 3.6% | |
| 1920 | 12,005 | -3.2% | |
| 1930 | 11,859 | -1.2% | |
| 1940 | 10,363 | -12.6% | |
| 1950 | 8,485 | -18.1% | |
| 1960 | 7,392 | -12.9% | |
| 1970 | 6,432 | -13.0% | |
| 1980 | 6,419 | -0.2% | |
| 1990 | 6,198 | -3.4% | |
| 2000 | 6,104 | -1.5% | |
| 2010 | 5,923 | -3.0% | |
| Est. 2016 | 5,573 | -5.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
Uitslag van de presidentsverkiezingen
| Resultaten presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 69.4% 1,820 | 22.9% 601 | 7.7% 203 |
| 2012 | 69.2% 1,773 | 28.0% 718 | 2.8% 71 |
| 2008 | 66.0% 1,875 | 31.9% 907 | 2.1% 59 |
| 2004 | 66.8% 1,961 | 31.7% 931 | 1.5% 44 |
| 2000 | 60.6% 1,599 | 33.4% 882 | 6.1% 160 |
| 1996 | 52.0% 1,553 | 32.3% 965 | 15.8% 471 |
| 1992 | 34.4% 1,071 | 30.8% 957 | 34.8% 1,083 |
| 1988 | 58.1% 1,682 | 40.3% 1,165 | 1.6% 47 |
| 1984 | 72.2% 2,240 | 26.4% 820 | 1.4% 43 |
| 1980 | 65.6% 1,933 | 27.5% 810 | 7.0% 206 |
| 1976 | 54.7% 1,698 | 43.1% 1,337 | 2.2% 67 |
| 1972 | 76.1% 2,471 | 21.7% 704 | 2.2% 71 |
| 1968 | 60.0% 1,938 | 30.2% 976 | 9.8% 316 |
| 1964 | 50.7% 1,683 | 48.3% 1,605 | 1.1% 35 |
| 1960 | 67.4% 2,413 | 32.1% 1,148 | 0.5% 19 |
| 1956 | 68.6% 2,677 | 30.9% 1,208 | 0.5% 20 |
| 74.1% 3,263 | 25.5% 1,124 | 0.4% 16 | |
| 56.5% 2,285 | 42.0% 1,701 | 1.5% 61 | |
| 1944 | 62.1% 2,628 | 37.4% 1,584 | 0.5% 19 |
| 1940 | 61.6% 3,276 | 37.5% 1,992 | 0.9% 47 |
| 1936 | 49.3% 2,751 | 50.3% 2,805 | 0.4% 22 |
| 1932 | 49.7% 2,566 | 47.5% 2,452 | 2.8% 146 |
| 1928 | 79.5% 3,830 | 19.3% 929 | 1.2% 56 |
| 1924 | 64.7% 3,089 | 21.8% 1,040 | 13.5% 645 |
| 1920 | 66.2% 3,001 | 32.4% 1,467 | 1.5% 66 |
| 1916 | 45.7% 2,289 | 51.5% 2,577 | 2.8% 140 |
| 1912 | 16.5% 487 | 38.7% 1,144 | 44.8% 1,323 |
| 1908 | 57.5% 1,788 | 41.0% 1,273 | 1.5% 47 |
| 1904 | 70.3% 2,007 | 24.6% 702 | 5.1% 145 |
| 1900 | 55.2% 1,650 | 44.3% 1,326 | 0.5% 16 |
| 49.9% 1,484 | 49.0% 1,456 | 1.1% 33 | |
| 1892 | 50.9% 1,416 | 49.1% 1,366 | |
| 1888 | 58.7% 1,612 | 30.6% 840 | 10.7% 293 |
Morris County is zeer Republikeins. Slechts twee Democratische presidentskandidaten hebben de county ooit gewonnen - Woodrow Wilson in 1916 en Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Onderwijs
Geünificeerde schooldistricten
- USD 417, Morris County
- Council Grove, Dunlap, Landelijk Gebied
- USD 481, Rural Vista
- Witte Stad, Latimer, Landelijk Gebied
Districtskantoor in aangrenzende provincie
- USD 397, Centrum
- Burdick, Landelijk Gebied
- USD 284, Chase County
- Landelijke gebieden
Gemeenschappen
Steden
- Council Grove
- Dunlap
- Dwight
- Herington (gedeeltelijk in Dickinson County)
- Latimer
- Parkerville
- Witte Stad
- Wilsey
Meer lezen
County
- The Story of Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail; 2nd Ed; Lalla Maloy Brigham; 176 pagina's; 1921.
- Handboek van Morris County, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 24 pagina's; 1883.
- Standaard Atlas van Morris County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 63 pagina's; 1923.
- Standaard Atlas van Morris County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 53 pagina's; 1901.
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)