Bourbon County, Kansas
Bourbon County (county code BB) is a county in Southeast Kansas. In 2020, 14,360 people lived there.[1] Its county seat is Fort Scott. Fort Scott is also the biggest city in Bourbon County.[2]
Bourbon County | |
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![]() Bourbon County Courthouse in Fort Scott (2016) | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of Kansas | |
![]() Kansas's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 37°51′N 94°51′W / 37.850°N 94.850°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | August 25, 1855 |
Named for | Bourbon County, Kentucky |
Seat | Fort Scott |
Largest city | Fort Scott |
Area | |
• Total | 639 sq mi (1,660 km2) |
• Land | 635 sq mi (1,640 km2) |
• Water | 3.6 sq mi (9 km2) 0.6% |
Population | |
• Total | 14,360 |
• Density | 22.6/sq mi (8.7/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Area code | 620 |
Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | BourbonCountyKS.org |
History
change19th century
changeIn 1855, Bourbon County was founded.
21st century
changeBourbon virus is a new strain of thogotovirus. It was first found in Bourbon County. In spring 2014, an otherwise healthy man was bitten by a tick. The man got the virus. He died 11 days later from organ failure.[3][4]
Geography
changeThe U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 639 square miles (1,660 km2). Of that, 635 square miles (1,640 km2) is land and 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2) (0.6%) is water.[5]
Major highways
changePeople
changeHistorical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1860 | 6,101 | — | |
1870 | 15,076 | 147.1% | |
1880 | 19,591 | 29.9% | |
1890 | 28,575 | 45.9% | |
1900 | 24,712 | −13.5% | |
1910 | 24,007 | −2.9% | |
1920 | 23,198 | −3.4% | |
1930 | 22,386 | −3.5% | |
1940 | 20,944 | −6.4% | |
1950 | 19,153 | −8.6% | |
1960 | 16,090 | −16.0% | |
1970 | 15,215 | −5.4% | |
1980 | 15,969 | 5.0% | |
1990 | 14,966 | −6.3% | |
2000 | 15,379 | 2.8% | |
2010 | 15,173 | −1.3% | |
2020 | 14,360 | −5.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2020[1] |
Government
changePresidential elections
changeBourbon County is a strongly Republican county. Only six presidential elections from 1888 to the present have resulted in Republicans failing to win the county, with the last of these being in 1964.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
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2020 | 75.2% 5,023 | 23.1% 1,541 | 1.7% 112 |
2016 | 71.6% 4,424 | 21.6% 1,336 | 6.7% 415 |
2012 | 65.6% 4,102 | 31.9% 1,996 | 2.5% 156 |
2008 | 62.5% 4,240 | 35.3% 2,394 | 2.2% 147 |
2004 | 65.4% 4,372 | 33.1% 2,216 | 1.5% 98 |
2000 | 61.1% 3,852 | 35.1% 2,211 | 3.9% 245 |
1996 | 50.2% 3,318 | 37.7% 2,491 | 12.2% 805 |
1992 | 40.2% 2,876 | 35.1% 2,509 | 24.8% 1,774 |
1988 | 57.8% 3,660 | 41.4% 2,623 | 0.8% 49 |
1984 | 68.4% 4,858 | 30.6% 2,175 | 1.0% 69 |
1980 | 59.2% 4,263 | 36.2% 2,605 | 4.6% 331 |
1976 | 51.8% 3,589 | 46.7% 3,237 | 1.5% 103 |
1972 | 70.1% 4,776 | 28.1% 1,912 | 1.9% 126 |
1968 | 56.9% 3,983 | 32.0% 2,241 | 11.1% 780 |
1964 | 44.9% 3,290 | 54.4% 3,980 | 0.7% 53 |
1960 | 63.0% 5,062 | 36.5% 2,928 | 0.5% 41 |
1956 | 62.4% 5,306 | 37.1% 3,151 | 0.6% 47 |
1952 | 65.3% 5,785 | 34.1% 3,023 | 0.6% 56 |
1948 | 51.4% 4,225 | 47.2% 3,879 | 1.4% 111 |
1944 | 56.7% 4,790 | 42.9% 3,622 | 0.5% 39 |
1940 | 53.6% 5,751 | 45.7% 4,898 | 0.7% 78 |
1936 | 48.6% 5,402 | 51.4% 5,714 | 0.0% 4 |
1932 | 42.6% 4,277 | 55.6% 5,577 | 1.8% 181 |
1928 | 75.9% 7,251 | 23.3% 2,223 | 0.9% 82 |
1924 | 49.0% 4,210 | 33.2% 2,850 | 17.9% 1,538 |
1920 | 52.1% 4,194 | 45.1% 3,632 | 2.8% 225 |
1916 | 37.6% 3,370 | 58.1% 5,209 | 4.3% 388 |
1912 | 27.0% 1,448 | 41.3% 2,209 | 31.7% 1,698 |
1908 | 47.8% 2,695 | 47.7% 2,686 | 4.5% 253 |
1904 | 59.3% 3,234 | 33.1% 1,808 | 7.6% 415 |
1900 | 51.4% 3,024 | 47.5% 2,799 | 1.1% 65 |
1896 | 48.2% 2,900 | 51.0% 3,067 | 0.8% 50 |
1892 | 49.2% 2,803 | 50.8% 2,889 | |
1888 | 57.1% 3,569 | 29.3% 1,831 | 13.7% 854 |
Communities
changeCities
changeNotable people
change- Jonathan M. Davis, 22nd Governor of Kansas; born in Bourbon County.[13]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "QuickFacts: Bourbon County, Kansas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "New details on mystery virus that killed Kansas man". CBS News.
- ↑ "New so-called Bourbon virus linked to Kansas man's death after tick bite". UPI.
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ National Atlas Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files". Archived from the original on 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
- ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
- ↑ "Jonathan M. Davis". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
More reading
change- Standard Atlas of Bourbon County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 67 pages; 1920.
- History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865; Thomas F. Robley; 269 pages; 1894.
- An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Bourbon County, Kansas; Edwards Brothers of Missouri; 55 pages; 1878.
Other websites
change- County
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