Editing Doniphan County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Doniphan, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Doniphan County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = Doniphan County Courthouse Troy_Kansas.jpg
|ex image cap       = [[Doniphan County Courthouse]] in [[Troy, Kansas|Troy]] (2006)
|founded            = August 25, 1855
|named for          = [[Alexander William Doniphan]]
|seat wl            = Troy
|largest city wl    = Wathena
|area_total_sq_mi   = 398
|area_land_sq_mi    = 393
|area_water_sq_mi   = 4.9
|area percentage    = 1.2%

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF" />
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 7510
|pop_est_footnotes  =<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
|pop_est_as_of      =2023
|population_est     =7493 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 19.1

|area codes         = [[Area code 785|785]]
|district           = 2nd
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://dpcountyks.com/|DpCountyKS.com}}
|coordinates        = {{coord|39|48|N|95|07|W|region:US-KS_type:adm2nd_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Doniphan County''' is the northeasternmost [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Troy, Kansas|Troy]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> and its most populous city is [[Wathena, Kansas|Wathena]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 7,510.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Doniphan County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/doniphancountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816005536/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/doniphancountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named after [[Alexander William Doniphan|Alexander Doniphan]], a Mexican–American War hero.  It is bounded on the east by the [[Missouri River]], to the south by [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]] County and to the west by [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown]] County.

==History==

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For many [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] was inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. From the 16th century to 18th century, the [[Kingdom of France]] claimed ownership of large parts of [[North America]]. In 1762, after the [[French and Indian War]], France secretly ceded [[New France]] to [[Spain]], per the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, while keeping title to approximately 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]] for 2.83 [[Penny (United States coin)|cents]] per [[acre]].

In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. '''Doniphan County''' was established on August 25, 1855, then organized on September 18, 1855. It is named for the U.S. cavalry commander Colonel [[Alexander William Doniphan|Alexander W. Doniphan]]<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |author=Gannett, Henry |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n106 107]}}</ref> (1808–1887) of [[Liberty, Missouri]], who played an important role in the [[Mexican–American War]]. He was a zealous partisan in the failed effort made to extend slavery into Kansas.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

==Geography==
Doniphan County is located in the northeastern corner of the state—it is bordered by [[Nebraska]] to the north and [[Missouri]] to the east. According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|398|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|393|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.9|sqmi}} (1.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the third-smallest county in Kansas by land area and second-smallest by total area.

===Geographic features===
The [[Missouri River]] defines the border in the north and east. Eight [[barge]] lines travel the [[river]], and a Port Authority is located across the river in [[Saint Joseph, Missouri|Saint Joseph]], [[Missouri]]. The river provides much of the [[water resources|water]] for the eastern part of the county. Interior cities, such as [[Troy, Kansas|Troy]] and [[Highland, Kansas|Highland]], receive their [[groundwater|water from underground wells]]. The [[Wolf River (Kansas)|Wolf River]] flows through western portions of the county and north into the Missouri River.

===Major highways===
The only major highway serving the county is [[U.S. Route 36 in Kansas|U.S. Highway 36]], an east–west route traveling through St. Joseph. Troy, [[Elwood, Kansas|Elwood]], and [[Wathena, Kansas|Wathena]] lie along this route. Kansas state highways [[K-7 (Kansas highway)|K-7]], [[K-20 (Kansas highway)|K-20]], [[K-120 (Kansas highway)|K-120]], [[K-136 (Kansas highway)|K-136]], [[K-137 (Kansas highway)|K-137]], and [[K-238 (Kansas highway)|K-238]] serve other areas of the county. K-7 has been designated a [[Scenic byways of Kansas|scenic byway]].  (''See the [[#Cities and towns|map]] below.'')

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Holt County, Missouri|Holt County]], [[Missouri]] (north)
* [[Andrew County, Missouri|Andrew County]], [[Missouri]] (northeast)
* [[Buchanan County, Missouri|Buchanan County]], [[Missouri]] (southeast)
* [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]] (southwest)
* [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown County]] (west)
* [[Richardson County, Nebraska|Richardson County]], [[Nebraska]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Doniphan County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1860= 8083
|1870= 13969
|1880= 14257
|1890= 13535
|1900= 15079
|1910= 14422
|1920= 13438
|1930= 14063
|1940= 12936
|1950= 10499
|1960= 9574
|1970= 9107
|1980= 9268
|1990= 8134
|2000= 8249
|2010= 7945
|2020= 7510
|estyear=2023
|estimate=7493
|estref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 24, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}
Doniphan County is part of the [[St. Joseph, Missouri|St. Joseph]], [[Missouri|MO]]-KS [[St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]], which is also included in the [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]-[[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]]-[[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], MO-KS [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]].

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 8,249 people, 3,173 households, and 2,183 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|21|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 3,489 housing units at an average density of {{convert|9|/mi2|/km2|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 94.85% [[White American|White]], 2.00% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 1.21% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.25% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.40% from other races, and 1.29% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 1.16% of the population.

There were 3,173 [[household]]s, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.40% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.30% under the age of 18, 11.80% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.20 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $32,537, and the median income for a family was $39,357. Males had a median income of $28,096 versus $19,721 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $14,849. About 9.00% of families and 11.90% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.30% of those under age 18 and 12.50% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===County===
Doniphan County is served by a [[Board of County Commissioners]], composed of one elected official from each of three districts. The commissioners serve four-year terms, with the second and third district elections at two-year intervals after the first district election. The board is responsible for setting the county's policies, procedures, and budgets as well as overseeing functions of their respective road and bridge shops. In addition, the board acts as the [[Board of County Canvassers]] and canvasses votes cast at each election. The county has adopted comprehensive county planning and zoning codes. The cities are governed by mayors and city councils. Government services are paid for through a [[sales tax]], [[property tax]], and an ''ad valorem tax'' [[mill levy]].{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

===Presidential elections===
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Owing to its history of settlement by anti-slavery [[Yankee]]s from Iowa and ultimately New England, Doniphan County became a Republican stronghold and has remained so ever since. The county has voted for the Republican nominee in every presidential election since Kansas became a state, beginning in [[1864 United States presidential election|1864]]. With [[Riley County, Kansas|Riley County]] voting Democratic for the first time in the [[2020 United States presidential election in Kansas|2020 election]], Doniphan County is the only county in Kansas that has never had at least a plurality for the Democratic nominee.<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> Only on three occasions has the Democratic nominee reached forty percent of Doniphan County's vote, all of these in national landslides, and on only seven occasions have the Democrats managed 35 percent of the vote in the county.<ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html?scp=1&sq=%22election%20map&st=cse The New York Times electoral map (Zoom in on Kansas)]</ref> Doniphan County is [[Political party loyalty of United States counties|one of four counties or county equivalents]] to have always voted Republican during its history, and of these has the longest unbroken streak of Republican support.<ref name="Atlas"/>

===Laws===
Although the [[Kansas Constitution]] was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Doniphan County remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/abcwetdrymap.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025184558/http://ksrevenue.org/pdf/abcwetdrymap.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=live| title=2012 Kansas Liquor by the Drink Map (Wet and Dry Counties)| publisher=Property Valuation Division, GIS Section, Kansas Department of Revenue|date=December 2012| access-date=April 1, 2013}}</ref>

==Education==

===Unified school districts===
* [[Doniphan West USD 111]]
* [[Riverside USD 114]]
* [https://www.troyusd.org/ Troy USD 429]

===Colleges and universities===
[[Highland Community College (Kansas)|Highland Community College]] was the first [[college]] established in the state when the Highland University [[charter]] was granted by the Territorial Legislature in 1858. Over time the college lost its affiliation with the [[Presbyterian Church]] and changed its name several times before becoming a regional rural [[community college]]. ([http://www.highlandcc.edu/ Web site])

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Doniphan Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Doniphan County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Doniphan County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Doniphan County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/doniphan.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928183928/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/doniphan.PDF |archive-date=September 28, 2023 |date=September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Denton, Kansas|Denton]]
* [[Elwood, Kansas|Elwood]]
* [[Highland, Kansas|Highland]]
* [[Leona, Kansas|Leona]]
* [[Severance, Kansas|Severance]]
* [[Troy, Kansas|Troy]] (county seat)
* [[Wathena, Kansas|Wathena]]
* [[White Cloud, Kansas|White Cloud]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
† means a community is designated a [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{div col}}
* [[Bendena, Kansas|Bendena]]†
* [[Blair, Kansas|Blair]]
* [[Brenner, Kansas|Brenner]]
* [[Doniphan, Kansas|Doniphan]]
* [[Fanning, Kansas|Fanning]]
* [[Iowa Point, Kansas|Iowa Point]]
* [[Moray, Kansas|Moray]]
* [[Palermo, Kansas|Palermo]]
* [[Purcell, Kansas|Purcell]]
* [[Sparks, Kansas|Sparks]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost town===
* [[Geary, Kansas|Geary]]

===Indian reservation===
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
* [[Ioway Reservation]]‡

===Townships===
Doniphan County is divided into nine mostly rural [[Civil township|townships]]. The three townships with the greatest population lie along [[U.S. Highway 36 (Kansas)|U.S. Highway 36]]. None of the cities within the county are considered ''governmentally independent'', and all figures for the township include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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|- style="background:#ccccff"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br/>center
! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>
! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|-
| [[Burr Oak Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Burr Oak]]|| 09500 || || 153 || 2 (5) || 81 (31) || 2 (1) || 2.73% || {{coord|39|51|17|N|94|58|19|W|}}
|-
| [[Center Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Center]]|| 11700 || [[Troy, Kansas|Troy]] || 1,743 || 11 (28) || 162 (63) || 2 (1) || 1.31% || {{coord|39|47|35|N|95|5|30|W|}}
|-
| [[Independence Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Independence]]|| 33850 || || 342 || 4 (9) || 96 (37) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|39|42|13|N|95|11|8|W|}}
|-
| [[Iowa Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Iowa]]|| 34400 || [[Highland, Kansas|Highland]] || 1,694 || 8 (20) || 216 (83) || 2 (1) || 1.05% || {{coord|39|53|12|N|95|15|3|W|}}
|-
| [[Marion Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Marion]]|| 44675 || || 226 || 5 (13) || 45 (17) || 1 (1) || 2.84% || {{coord|39|43|29|N|94|59|43|W|}}
|-
| [[Union Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Union]]|| 72125 || || 360 || 4 (10) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.09% || {{coord|39|42|14|N|95|16|27|W|}}
|-
| [[Washington Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Washington]]|| 75600 || [[Wathena, Kansas|Wathena]],<br/>[[Elwood, Kansas|Elwood]] || 3,066 || 36 (94) || 85 (33) || 4 (1) || 4.30% || {{coord|39|45|39|N|94|55|38|W|}}
|-
| [[Wayne Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Wayne]]|| 76100 || || 226 || 2 (6) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 0.73% || {{coord|39|40|56|N|95|4|57|W|}}
|-
| [[Wolf River Township, Doniphan County, Kansas|Wolf River]]|| 80275 || || 439 || 3 (8) || 145 (56) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|39|46|54|N|95|14|26|W|}}
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}
|}

==Points of interest==
* Native American Heritage Museum, 2 miles east of [[Highland, Kansas|Highland]] : Originally a Presbyterian Mission built in 1845 to educate [[Iowa tribe|Iowa]] and Missouri [[Sac and Fox Nation|Sac and Fox]] children, the museum was rehabilitated to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes in northeastern Kansas. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20040604071002/http://www.kshs.org/places/nativeamerican/index.htm Web site])
* Nelson Rodgers House, in [[Troy, Kansas|Troy]] : Built in 1856, this {{frac|1|1|2}}-story center-gable house constructed of hand-hewn timbers is the first and oldest remaining house in Troy.
* Four-state Lookout, in [[White Cloud, Kansas|White Cloud]] : This viewing platform provides a panoramic view of the [[Missouri River]] valley, including [[Kansas]], [[Missouri]], [[Nebraska]], and (possibly) [[Iowa]].
* Townsite of Old Doniphan : On July 4, 1804, the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] camped near an uninhabited Kanza Indian village on Independence Creek. The former town of [[Doniphan, Kansas|Doniphan]] was established in the vicinity of the campsite.

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[Dry counties]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Doniphan County, Kansas]]
{{See also Kansas counties}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
* [https://archive.org/details/graysdoniphancou01gray/ ''Gray's Doniphan County History: A Record of the Happenings of Half a Hundred Years'']; P.L. Gray; Roycroft Press; 173 pages; 1905.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209409/ ''Standard Atlas of Doniphan County, Kansas'']; North West Publishing Co; 38 pages; 1904.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223992/ ''Historical Plat Book of Doniphan County, Kansas'']; J.S. Bird; 98 pages; 1882.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Doniphan County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://dpcountyks.com/|Doniphan County - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260422 Doniphan County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Additional information
* Lewis & Clark in Kansas: [https://web.archive.org/web/20040725074740/http://www.lewisandclarkinkansas.com/donattract.html Doniphan County Attractions]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pyle/DoniphanPlat1882.html Doniphan County 1882 Historical Plat Book]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028030631/http://www.ku.edu/pri/ksdata/county.shtml County Level Data from Kansas Statistical Abstract]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040615170425/http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.php?county=DP Kansas State Historical Society]
;General county information
* [http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/DN.html The Political Graveyard]
* [http://www.cc.ku.edu/heritage/werner/gostdpco.html List of extinct towns and post offices]
;Maps
* Doniphan County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/doniphan.PDF Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

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|North     = [[Holt County, Missouri]]
|Northeast = [[Andrew County, Missouri]]
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|Southeast = [[Buchanan County, Missouri]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]]
|West      = [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown County]]
|Northwest = [[Richardson County, Nebraska]]
}}

{{Doniphan County, Kansas}}
{{Kansas}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Doniphan County, Kansas| ]]
[[Category:Kansas counties]]
[[Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory]]
[[Category:St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Kansas counties on the Missouri River]]