Editing Morris County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Morris County
|state              = Kansas
|ex image           = Madonna-Council-Grove.jpg
|ex image cap       = ''[[Madonna of the Trail]]'' monument in [[Council Grove, Kansas|Council Grove]]
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|founded            = February 11, 1859
|named for          = [[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]]
|seat wl            = Council Grove
|largest city wl    = Council Grove
|area_total_sq_mi   = 703
|area_land_sq_mi    = 695
|area_water_sq_mi   = 7.6
|area percentage    = 1.1%

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF" />
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 5386
|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     =5334 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 7.7

|district           = 2nd
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://www.morriscountyks.org/|MorrisCountyKS.org}}
}}

'''Morris County''' is a [[U.S. county|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and largest city is [[Council Grove, Kansas|Council Grove]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 5,386.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Morris County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/morriscountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816070237/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/morriscountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named for [[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]], a U.S. Senator from Ohio and anti-slavery advocate.

==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]]. In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 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 1848, after the [[Mexican–American War]], the [[Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]] with [[Centralist Republic of Mexico|Mexico]] brought into the United States all or [[Southwestern United States|part of land for ten future states]], including southwest Kansas. In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]].

===19th century===
[[File:1845 trailmap.png|thumb|left|1845 [[Santa Fe Trail]] crossing Morris County]]
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Morris County.png|thumb|left|1915-1918 railroad map of Morris County]]
The county was established on ancient grounds of the [[Kaw (tribe)|Kaw]] American Indian tribe. Settlers and the Kaw lived in increasingly uneasy relationship as settlers encroached on native lands.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Council Grove, established by European Americans in 1825, was an important supply station on the [[Santa Fe Trail]]. The community was also the site of an encampment by [[John C. Fremont]] in 1845 and in 1849 the [[Overland Mail]] established a supply headquarters there.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

From 1821 to 1866, the [[Santa Fe Trail]] was active across Morris County.<ref>[http://www.santafetrail.org/chapters/cottonwood/ History of the Cottonwood Crossing Chapter, Santa Fe Trail Association.]</ref>

The county was originally organized as Wise County in 1855. The county was named for Virginia Governor [[Henry A. Wise]]. When Wise presided over the hanging of [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] at [[Harpers Ferry]] in 1859, abolition supporters renamed it to Morris County in honor of [[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]], a former [[United States Senator]] from [[Ohio]] who was an opponent of slavery.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

From 1846 to 1873, a [[Kaw people|Kaw Indian]] Reservation was centered around [[Council Grove, Kansas]] on 20 square miles of land.<ref name="morris-lok">[http://www.legendsofkansas.com/morriscounty.html Morris County History; legendsofkansas.com]</ref>  In 1851, the [[Methodist Church]] established an Indian Mission in Morris County.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Between 1877 and 1879, [[Benjamin "Pap" Singleton]], a former slave who escaped to freedom in 1846, staked out a settlement in Morris County for freedmen known as "[[Exodusters]]". Thousands of families migrated from the [[post-Reconstruction]] [[Southern United States|South]] to seek more opportunities and better living conditions in the [[Midwest]].{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

In 1887, the [[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]] built a main line from [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] to [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]].<ref name="Rock Island Rail History">{{Cite web |url=http://home.covad.net/~scicoatnsew/rihist4.htm |title=Rock Island Rail History |access-date=April 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110619230000/http://home.covad.net/~scicoatnsew/rihist4.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  This main line connected [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], [[Valencia, Kansas|Valencia]], [[Willard, Kansas|Willard]], [[Maple Hill, Kansas|Maple Hill]], [[Vera, Kansas|Vera]], [[Paxico, Kansas|Paxico]], [[McFarland, Kansas|McFarland]], [[Alma, Kansas|Alma]], [[Volland, Kansas|Volland]], [[Alta Vista, Kansas|Alta Vista]], [[Dwight, Kansas|Dwight]], [[White City, Kansas|White City]], [[Latimer, Kansas|Latimer]], [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]]. The [[Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway]] was foreclosed in 1891 and taken over by [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway]], which shut down in 1980 and reorganized as [[Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railroad]], merged in 1988 with [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]], merged in 1997 with [[Union Pacific Railroad]]. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Rock Island".

In 1887, [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] built a branch line from [[Neva, Kansas|Neva]] (three miles west of [[Strong City, Kansas|Strong City]]) to [[Superior, Nebraska]]. This branch line connected [[Strong City, Kansas|Strong City]], [[Neva, Kansas|Neva]], [[Rockland, Kansas|Rockland]], [[Diamond Springs, Kansas|Diamond Springs]], [[Burdick, Kansas|Burdick]], [[Lost Springs, Kansas|Lost Springs]], [[Jacobs, Kansas|Jacobs]], [[Hope, Kansas|Hope]], [[Navarre, Kansas|Navarre]], [[Enterprise, Kansas|Enterprise]], [[Abilene, Kansas|Abilene]], [[Talmage, Kansas|Talmage]], [[Manchester, Kansas|Manchester]], [[Longford, Kansas|Longford]], [[Oak Hill, Kansas|Oak Hill]], [[Miltonvale, Kansas|Miltonvale]], [[Aurora, Kansas|Aurora]], [[Huscher, Kansas|Huscher]], [[Concordia, Kansas|Concordia]], [[Kackley, Kansas|Kackley]], [[Courtland, Kansas|Courtland]], [[Webber, Kansas|Webber]], [[Superior, Nebraska|Superior]]. At some point, the line from [[Neva, Kansas|Neva]] to [[Lost Springs, Kansas|Lost Springs]] was pulled but the right of way has not been abandoned. This branch line was originally called "Strong City and Superior line" but later the name was shortened to the "Strong City line". In 1996, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] merged with [[Burlington Northern Railroad]] and renamed to the current [[BNSF Railway]].

===20th century===
The [[National Old Trails Road]], also known as the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway, was established in 1912, and was routed through [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]], [[Delavan, Kansas|Delavan]], and [[Council Grove, Kansas|Council Grove]].

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|703|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|695|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|7.6|sqmi}} (1.1%) 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>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary County]] (north)
* [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee County]] (northeast)
* [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon County]] (southeast)
* [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]] (south)
* [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]] (southwest)
* [[Dickinson County, Kansas|Dickinson County]] (west)

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Morris County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|175px|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1860= 770
|1870= 2225
|1880= 9265
|1890= 11381
|1900= 11967
|1910= 12397
|1920= 12005
|1930= 11859
|1940= 10363
|1950= 8485
|1960= 7392
|1970= 6432
|1980= 6419
|1990= 6198
|2000= 6104
|2010= 5923
|2020= 5386
|estyear=2023
|estimate=5334
|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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[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> of 2000, there were 6,104 people, 2,539 households, and 1,777 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|9|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 3,160 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.49% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.34% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.33% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.23% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.70% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.88% from two or more races. 2.23% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 2,539 households, out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.70% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.20% under the age of 18, 5.60% from 18 to 24, 23.90% from 25 to 44, 24.30% from 45 to 64, and 21.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,163, and the median income for a family was $39,717. Males had a median income of $28,912 versus $21,239 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,491. About 6.70% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.40% of those under age 18 and 13.30% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,628|1,584|19|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,276|1,992|47|Kansas}}
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Like all of Kansas outside the eastern cities, Morris County is powerfully Republican. Only two Democratic presidential candidates have ever carried the county – [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1916 and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1936, who ironically was opposing [[list of Governors of Kansas|Kansan governor]] [[Alf Landon]]. [[Ross Perot]] did tie with [[George H. W. Bush]] in the county in 1992.

===Laws===
Following amendment to the [[Kansas Constitution]] in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 1992, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm| title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties| publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue| date=November 2006| access-date=December 26, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm| archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>

==Education==

===Unified school districts===
School districts covering the county include:<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20127_morris/DC20SD_C20127.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Morris County, KS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20127_morris/DC20SD_C20127_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Morris County USD 417]]
* [[Rural Vista USD 481]]

;School district office in neighboring county<ref name=CensusSDMap2020/>
* [[Centre USD 397]]
* [[Chase County USD 284]]
* [[Herington USD 487]]

==Communities==
[[File:Map of Morris Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|right|2005 map of Morris 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 Morris County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Morris County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/morris.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004014559/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/morris.PDF |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |date=September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
{{div col}}
* [[Council Grove, Kansas|Council Grove]] (county seat)
* [[Dunlap, Kansas|Dunlap]]
* [[Dwight, Kansas|Dwight]]
* [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]]‡
* [[Latimer, Kansas|Latimer]]
* [[Parkerville, Kansas|Parkerville]]
* [[White City, Kansas|White City]]
* [[Wilsey, Kansas|Wilsey]]
{{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}}
* [[Burdick, Kansas|Burdick]]†
* [[Delavan, Kansas|Delavan]]
* [[Diamond Springs, Kansas|Diamond Springs]]
* [[Skiddy, Kansas|Skiddy]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Comiskey, Kansas|Comiskey]]‡

===Townships===
Morris County is divided into eleven [[Civil township|townships]]. The cities of [[Council Grove, Kansas|Council Grove]] and [[Herington, Kansas|Herington]] are considered ''governmentally independent'' and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. 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.

{| class="toccolours" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%;"
|+align="bottom"|Sources: [https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html 2000 U.S. Gazetteer] from the [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
|- 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
|-
| Highland || 31975 || || 94 || 1 (3) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.03% || {{coord|38|44|48|N|96|45|52|W|}}
|-
| Overland || 53750 || || 60 || 1 (2) || 88 (34) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|38|48|18|N|96|51|44|W|}}
|-
| Township 1 || 71202 || || 551 || 2 (4) || 356 (138) || 1 (0) || 0.28% || {{coord|38|36|23|N|96|25|34|W|}}
|-
| Township 2 || 71206 || || 688 || 3 (7) || 270 (104) || 12 (5) || 4.37% || {{coord|38|42|42|N|96|30|4|W|}}
|-
| Township 3 || 71210 || || 503 || 5 (12) || 109 (42) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|38|49|54|N|96|34|57|W|}}
|-
| Township 4 || 71214 || || 252 || 2 (4) || 155 (60) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|38|47|19|N|96|39|17|W|}}
|-
| Township 5 || 71218 || || 686 || 7 (19) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|38|48|24|N|96|45|4|W|}}
|-
| Township 6 || 71222 || || 111 || 1 (4) || 78 (30) || 0 (0) || 0.18% || {{coord|38|44|5|N|96|51|46|W|}}
|-
| Township 7 || 71227 || || 258 || 2 (4) || 170 (66) || 0 (0) || 0.10% || {{coord|38|39|22|N|96|49|44|W|}}
|-
| Township 8 || 71232 || || 212 || 1 (3) || 186 (72) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|38|33|56|N|96|48|36|W|}}
|-
| Township 9 || 71237 || || 368 || 2 (5) || 202 (78) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|38|38|2|N|96|39|28|W|}}
|}

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}
;Notes
{{Notelist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
{{See also|Santa Fe Trail#Further reading|l1=List of books about Santa Fe Trail}}

;County
* [https://archive.org/details/storyofcouncilgr00brig/ ''The Story of Council Grove on the Santa Fe Trail'']; 2nd Ed; Lalla Maloy Brigham; 176 pages; 1921.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/225303/ ''Handbook of Morris County, Kansas'']; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 24 pages; 1883.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224028/ ''Standard Atlas of Morris County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 63 pages; 1923.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209382/ ''Standard Atlas of Morris County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 53 pages; 1901.

;Trails
* ''The Story of the Marking of the [[Santa Fe Trail]] by the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] in Kansas and the State of Kansas''; Almira Cordry; Crane Co; 164 pages; 1915. <small>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ktjQcNFI3mIC&pg=PA7 (Download 4MB PDF eBook)]</small>
* ''The [[National Old Trails Road]] To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC)''; Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pages; 1916. <small>[https://archive.org/download/nationaloldtrail00autorich/nationaloldtrail00autorich.pdf (Download 6.8MB PDF eBook)]</small>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Morris County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://www.morriscountyks.org/|Morris County - Official Website}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260464 Morris County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Maps
* Morris County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/morris.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

{{Geographic location
|Center    = Morris County, Kansas
|North     = [[Geary County, Kansas|Geary County]]
|Northeast = [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee County]]
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon County]]
|South     = [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]]
|Southwest = [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]]
|West      = [[Dickinson County, Kansas|Dickinson County]]
|Northwest = 
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