Wallace County

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Wallace County Courthouse in Sharon Springs
Wallace County Courthouse in Sharon Springs
administration
US state : Kansas
Administrative headquarters : Sharon Springs
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 70
Sharon Springs, KS 67758-0070
Foundation : 1888
Area code : 001 785
Demographics
Residents : 1485  (2010)
Population density : 0.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2367 km²
Water surface : 0 km²
map
Map of Wallace County within Kansas

Wallace County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Sharon Springs . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in western Kansas, bordering Colorado, and covers an area of ​​2,367 square kilometers with no significant body of water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Sherman County , Logan County , Wichita County, and Greeley County .

history

Wallace County was formed in 1888. It was named after William Harvey Lamb Wallace , a general of the Northern States in the American Civil War , who died on April 10, 1862 after a fatal wound in the Battle of Shiloh , which lasted from April 6 to 7, 1862 .

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

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1870 538 -
1880 686 27.5%
1890 2468 259.8%
1900 1178 -52.3%
1910 2759 134.2%
1920 2424 -12.1%
1930 2882 18.9%
1940 2216 -23.1%
1950 2508 13.2%
1960 2069 -17.5%
1970 2215 7.1%
1980 2045 -7.7%
1990 1821 -11%
2000 1749 -4%
2010 1485 -15.1%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Wallace County's population was 1,749 people as of the 2000 census . Of these, 25 lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 674 households and 477 families in Wallace County. The population density was 1 person per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.6 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 2.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.8 percent of the population.

Of the 674 households, 33.8 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 63.6 percent were married couples living together, 4.0 percent were single mothers, and 29.2 percent were non-families. 27.6 percent of all households were single households and 13.6 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.12.

29.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 23.6 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.8 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 18.1 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 99.4 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 33,000 , and the median income for a family was $ 42,022. Males had a median income of $ 25,610 versus $ 18,333 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,016. 10.7 percent of families and 16.1 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Wallace County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 485060. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ^ Wallace County, Kansas , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′  N , 101 ° 35 ′  W