Lincoln County (Kansas)

administration
Lincoln County Courthouse at Lincoln Center, listed on NRHP No. 76000825
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Lincoln Center
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 216 E Lincoln Avenue Lincoln, KS 67455-2058
Foundation :	February 26, 1867
Area code :	001 785
Demographics
Residents :	3241 (2010)
Population density :	1.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1865 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.lincolncoks.com

Lincoln County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Lincoln Center .

geography

The county is east of the geographic center of Kansas and covers an area of 1,865 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Mitchell County , Ottawa County , Saline Counties , Ellsworth County , Russell County, and Osborne Counties .

history

Lincoln County was formed on February 26, 1867. It was named after Abraham Lincoln , the 16th US President .

10 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of August 30, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1870	516	-
1880	8582	1,563.2%
1890	9709	13.1%
1900	9886	1.8%
1910	10.142	2.6%
1920	9894	-2.4%
1930	9707	-1.9%
1940	8338	-14.1%
1950	6643	-20.3%
1960	5556	-16.4%
1970	4582	-17.5%
1980	4145	-9.5%
1990	3653	-11.9%
2000	3578	-2.1%
2010	3241	-9.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Lincoln County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Lincoln County had 3,578 people in 1,529 households and 1,039 families in Lincoln County. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.30 percent white, 0.11 percent African American, 0.48 percent Native American, 0.11 percent Asian and 0.25 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.75 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.03 percent of the population.

Of the 1,529 households, 27.1 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.1 percent were married couples living together, 6.4 percent were single mothers, and 32.0 percent were non-families. 29.6 percent of all households were single households and 16.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.81 people.

23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 5.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 22.9 percent between 25 and 44 years, 24.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 23.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 96.2 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 92.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 30,893 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,538. Males had a median income of $ 24,681 versus $ 20,000 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,788.
7.3 percent of families and 9.7 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 485017. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Lincoln County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Lincoln County, Kansas - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 485017. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[6] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

[7] Lincoln County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .