Editing Republic County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Republic County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = Republic Co Kansas Courthouse.JPG
|ex image cap       = Republic County Courthouse in [[Belleville, Kansas|Belleville]] (2010)
|founded            = February 27, 1860
|named for          = [[Republican River]]
|seat wl            = Belleville
|largest city wl    = Belleville
|area_total_sq_mi   = 720.31
|area_land_sq_mi    = 716.38
|area_water_sq_mi   = 3.93
|area percentage    = 0.55%
|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF" />
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 4674
|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     =4627 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 6.5

|area codes         = [[Area code 785|785]]
|district           = 1st
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|http://republiccounty.org/|republiccounty.org}}
|coordinates        = {{coord|39|48|N|97|38|W|type:adm2nd_region:US-KS|display=inline,title}}

}}
[[Image:RepublicanRiver1947.jpg|thumb|right|300px|June 24, 1947, flood of the [[Republican River]] on the border of [[Jewell County, Kansas]] and Republic County, Kansas near [[Hardy, Nebraska]] and [[Webber, Kansas]], just south of Nebraska NE-8 on Kansas 1 Rd/CR-1 bridge over the Republican River. The normal [[flood stage]] for the river is at the [[tree line]] in the foreground.]]

'''Republic County''' is a [[U.S. county|county]] located in the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Kansas]], south from the [[Nebraska]] state line.  Its [[county seat]] and largest city is [[Belleville, Kansas|Belleville]].<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}}</ref>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 4,674.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Republic County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/republiccountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819201755/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/republiccountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named after the [[Republican River]].

==History==

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

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, the land that included [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]].

Prior to the arrival of settlers of European ancestry, the area was inhabited by Indian tribes including the Pawnee, Iowa, and Otoe.<ref name="hist 32">{{cite book|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/republic/history/1901/031.html|title=A history of Republic County, Kansas: embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01|first=I. O.|last=Savage.|publisher=Jones & Chubbic |location=[[Beloit, Kansas]] |year=1901|editor=Carolyn Ward|page=32|author-link=Isaac O. Savage}}</ref> One should also consider that other nomadic Indian tribes pursuing the buffalo, including the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kansa, Kiowa, Osage, and Wichita, may have made the area their home at one time or another.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/american-indians-in-kansas/17881|title = American Indians in Kansas - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society}}</ref>

In 1854, under the provisions of the [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]], the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized. In 1860, Republic County was established by the Kansas legislature. And, in 1861, [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. The county is named for the [[Republican River]], which enters at the northwestern corner of the county, flowing slightly east of south, and leaving the county about eight miles east of the southwest corner.<ref name="hist 32" />

Daniel and Conrad Myers were the first settlers of European ancestry, arriving in February 1861.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/republic/history/1901/031.html|title=A history of Republic County, Kansas: embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01|first=I. O.|last=Savage.|publisher=Jones & Chubbic |location=[[Beloit, Kansas]] |year=1901|editor=Carolyn Ward|page=35|author-link=Isaac O. Savage}}</ref> By 1868, Republic County was holding elections.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/republic/history/1901/031.html|title=A history of Republic County, Kansas: embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01|first=I. O.|last=Savage.|publisher=Jones & Chubbic |location=[[Beloit, Kansas]] |year=1901|editor=Carolyn Ward|page=115|author-link=Isaac O. Savage}}</ref> Daniel Myers was elected judge of the [[Probate court]] and Conrad Myers to a seat on the [[County commission]]. At the election in 1869, the permanent location of the county seat was voted on with the following result: Belleville 59 and New Scandinavia 42, with a couple of votes going to other locations.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/republic/history/1901/031.html|title=A history of Republic County, Kansas: embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01|first=I. O.|last=Savage.|publisher=Jones & Chubbic |location=[[Beloit, Kansas]] |year=1901|editor=Carolyn Ward|page=63|author-link=Isaac O. Savage}}</ref>

Following the Civil War and during the latter half of the 19th century, Belleville and the surrounding area became a destination for European immigrants, notably from [[Sweden]] and [[Bohemia]] (now [[Czech Republic]]).<ref>I. O. Savage, History of Republic County (1883), p. 68; New Scandinavia's Ninety-Three Years, 1868–1961 (Scandia, 1961), pp. 3-5.</ref><ref>Nemcova, Bozena. "People of Czech Bohemian Descent in Republic County, Kansas." Master's thesis, University of Kansas, 1950. (Reel: LM 205).</ref><ref>https://www.kshs.org/p/bohemians-czechs-and-moravians-to-kansas-a-bibliography/13535 |Kansas Historical Society, Bohemians, Czechs, Moravians Bibliography</ref>

In 1887, [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] built a branch line from [[Neva, Kansas|Neva]] (3 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 was renamed the [[BNSF Railway]], although most locals still refer to this railroad as the "Santa Fe".

==Geography==
According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of {{convert|720.31|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|716.38|sqmi}} (or 99.45%) is land and {{convert|3.93|sqmi}} (or 0.55%) is water.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/county2k.txt |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties |publisher=United States Census |access-date=February 13, 2011 }}</ref><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===
* [[Thayer County, Nebraska|Thayer County]], [[Nebraska]] (north)
* [[Jefferson County, Nebraska|Jefferson County]], [[Nebraska]] (northeast)
* [[Washington County, Kansas|Washington County]] (east)
* [[Cloud County, Kansas|Cloud County]] (south)
* [[Jewell County, Kansas|Jewell County]] (west)
* [[Nuckolls County, Nebraska|Nuckolls County]], [[Nebraska]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Republic County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1870= 1281
|1880= 14913
|1890= 19002
|1900= 18248
|1910= 17447
|1920= 15855
|1930= 14745
|1940= 13124
|1950= 11478
|1960= 9768
|1970= 8498
|1980= 7569
|1990= 6482
|2000= 5835
|2010= 4980
|2020= 4674
|estyear=2023
|estimate=4627
|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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 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 28, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

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 5,835 people, 2,557 households, and 1,685 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|8|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 3,113 housing units at an average density of {{convert|4|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 98.56% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.26% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.21% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.19% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.33% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.46% from two or more races. 0.94% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 24.1% were of [[Germans|German]], 13.6% [[Swedish people|Swedish]], 12.4% [[Czechs|Czech]], 9.2% [[English people|English]], 9.0% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 8.6% [[United States|American]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 2,557 households, out of which 25.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.80% had a woman householder with no husband present, and 34.10% were non-families. 31.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.30% under the age of 18, 4.50% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 26.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 women there were 93.20 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there were 90.80 men.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,494, and the median income for a family was $39,215. Men had a median income of $25,260 versus $17,274 for women. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,433. About 6.00% of families and 9.10% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.40% of those under age 18 and 8.90% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|1988|Republican|2,346|1,069|47|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,009|887|38|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|3,031|850|239|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|2,294|1,617|83|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,921|1,059|88|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,841|1,187|260|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|2,414|2,222|38|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|3,358|1,724|35|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,621|1,613|32|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|4,573|1,358|30|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,375|2,109|102|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,802|1,891|22|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,450|2,511|42|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,830|3,427|23|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,655|4,105|127|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|4,324|1,956|61|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,671|1,616|835|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,661|1,672|107|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|895|1,816|1,405|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,658|941|225|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,499|1,925|65|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,033|1,910|49|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,167|0|2,164|Kansas}}
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Republic County is overwhelmingly Republican. No Democratic presidential candidate has won the county, with the exception of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1932 and [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1912 and 1916. Since 1996, the Republican candidate has garnered seventy percent of the county's vote. The only Democrat since 1980 to exceed one quarter of the vote was [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988.

===Laws===
Republic County was a prohibition ([[dry county|"dry"]]) county until 1986, when the [[Kansas Constitution]] was amended, allowing 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 28, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm| archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>

==Education==

===Unified school districts===
* [[Republic County USD 109]]
* [[Pike Valley USD 426]]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Republic Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Republic 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 Republic County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Republic County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/republic.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619054833/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/republic.PDF |archive-date=June 19, 2023 |date=December 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Agenda, Kansas|Agenda]]
* [[Belleville, Kansas|Belleville]] (county seat)
* [[Courtland, Kansas|Courtland]]
* [[Cuba, Kansas|Cuba]]
* [[Munden, Kansas|Munden]]
* [[Narka, Kansas|Narka]]
* [[Republic, Kansas|Republic]]
* [[Scandia, Kansas|Scandia]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
† means a [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{div col}}
* [[Harbine, Kansas|Harbine]]
* [[Kackley, Kansas|Kackley]]
* [[Norway, Kansas|Norway]]†
* [[Rydal, Kansas|Rydal]]
* [[Talmo, Kansas|Talmo]]
* [[Wayne, Kansas|Wayne]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Sherdahl, Kansas|Sherdahl]]
* [[White Rock, Kansas|White Rock]]

===Townships===
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Republic County.png|thumb|right|1915 railroad map of Republic County]]
Republic County is divided into twenty [[Civil township|townships]]. The city of [[Belleville, Kansas|Belleville]] is considered ''governmentally independent'' and is 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: {{usurped|1=[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
|-
| Albion || 00900 || || 174 || 2 (5) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.12% || {{coord|39|57|35|N|97|25|29|W|}}
|-
| Beaver || 05150 || || 137 || 2 (4) || 91 (35) || 3 (1) || 3.04% || {{coord|39|42|17|N|97|51|59|W|}}
|-
| Belleville || 05625 || || 231 || 3 (7) || 89 (34) || 0 (0) || 0.11% || {{coord|39|47|14|N|97|38|35|W|}}
|-
| Big Bend || 06550 || || 242 || 3 (7) || 92 (35) || 1 (0) || 1.39% || {{coord|39|57|0|N|97|50|53|W|}}
|-
| Courtland || 16050 || || 450 || 5 (12) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|39|46|56|N|97|52|51|W|}}
|-
| Elk Creek || 20275 || || 175 || 2 (5) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.15% || {{coord|39|42|16|N|97|25|41|W|}}
|-
| Fairview || 22575 || || 155 || 2 (4) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.49% || {{coord|39|52|50|N|97|31|54|W|}}
|-
| Farmington || 23200 || || 81 || 1 (2) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.20% || {{coord|39|52|20|N|97|25|24|W|}}
|-
| Freedom || 24675 || || 186 || 2 (5) || 90 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.28% || {{coord|39|51|31|N|97|38|26|W|}}
|-
| Grant || 28050 || || 77 || 1 (2) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0.15% || {{coord|39|42|5|N|97|32|31|W|}}
|-
| Jefferson || 35325 || || 107 || 1 (3) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0.05% || {{coord|39|47|29|N|97|32|33|W|}}
|-
| Liberty || 40325 || || 52 || 1 (1) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.19% || {{coord|39|57|2|N|97|38|30|W|}}
|-
| Lincoln || 41075 || || 103 || 1 (3) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.09% || {{coord|39|41|58|N|97|38|57|W|}}
|-
| Norway || 51575 || || 163 || 2 (5) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 1.19% || {{coord|39|42|17|N|97|46|9|W|}}
|-
| Richland || 59575 || || 318 || 3 (9) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.11% || {{coord|39|47|30|N|97|26|4|W|}}
|-
| Rose Creek || 61200 || || 170 || 2 (5) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.44% || {{coord|39|57|27|N|97|32|13|W|}}
|-
| Scandia || 63375 || || 541 || 6 (15) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 1.23% || {{coord|39|47|28|N|97|46|27|W|}}
|-
| Union || 72300 || || 51 || 1 (1) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.18% || {{coord|39|52|0|N|97|46|5|W|}}
|-
| Washington || 75700 || || 95 || 1 (3) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.24% || {{coord|39|57|57|N|97|45|14|W|}}
|-
| White Rock || 77975 || || 88 || 1 (2) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 1.09% || {{coord|39|52|34|N|97|51|54|W|}}
|}

== Notable people ==

;Arts and entertainment
* [[Robert Gordon (actor)|Robert Gordon]], actor (1895–1971)
* [[Greta Granstedt]], actress<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0335215|name=Greta Granstedt Biography}}</ref>
* [[Harry A. Pollard]], silent film actor<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0689471|name=Harry A. Pollard}}</ref>

;Athletes
* [[Herb Bradley]], Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbradh102.htm|publisher=Retrosheet.com|title=Herb Bradley|access-date=March 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Bushby]], player for the [[Cincinnati Reds (NFL)|Cincinnati "Football" Reds]] in 1934 and the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in 1935<ref name="Pro Football Reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BushTo20.htm|publisher=Pro Football Reference.com|title=Tom Bushby|access-date=March 28, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Lloyd Cardwell]], football player
* [[Larry Cheney]], Major League Baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=chenela01|publisher=Baseball Almanac.com|title=Larry Cheney Stats|access-date=March 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Dean Nesmith]], professional football player, Olympic athletic trainer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ksathletictrainers.org/main/halloffame.shtml|publisher=Kansas Athletic Trainers Society|title=KATS Hall of Fame|access-date=September 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706003250/http://ksathletictrainers.org/main/halloffame.shtml|archive-date=July 6, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Ronald Severa]], Olympic [[water polo]] player, [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] and [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]
* [[Anthony Zuzzio]], offensive lineman for the [[Detroit Lions]]<ref name="DBF">{{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZUZZITON01|publisher=DatabaseFootball.com|access-date=March 28, 2012|title=Tony Zuzzio|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601103818/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ZUZZITON01|archive-date=June 1, 2012}}</ref>

;Clergy
* [[Allen Wikgren]], pastor and [[Bible]] scholar<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/980611/wikgren.shtml|title=In memoriam: Allen Wikgren|access-date=March 27, 2012|publisher=[[University of Chicago|The University of Chicago Chronicle]]|date=June 11, 1998}}</ref>
* [[Richard B. Wilke]], former pastor in [[Scandia, Kansas|Scandia]], writer of the ''Disciple'' ministry series

;Journalists
* [[J. C. Humphrey]], founder of the ''[[Belleville Telescope]]'' newspaper<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p4.html#BIOGRAPHICAL_SKETCHES_FULCOMER-NORRIS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031019160009/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p4.html#BIOGRAPHICAL_SKETCHES_FULCOMER-NORRIS|archive-date=October 19, 2003|title=History of the State of Kansas|year=1883|first=William|last=Cutler|publisher=A. T. Andreas|location=Chicago, Illinois|chapter=4|access-date=April 2, 2012}}</ref>
* A.Q. Miller, namesake of the [[A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications]] at [[Kansas State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kspress.com/147/miller-aq|title=Miller, A.Q.|website=Kansas Press Association|language=en|access-date=June 18, 2018}}</ref>

;Medicine
* [[C. M. Arbuthnot]], early physician and pharmacist in the county<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p3.html#BIOGRAPHICAL_SKETCHES_ARBUTHNOT-DUNCAN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030510102408/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p3.html#BIOGRAPHICAL_SKETCHES_ARBUTHNOT-DUNCAN|archive-date=May 10, 2003|chapter=3|title=History of the State of Kansas|year=1883|first=William|last=Cutler|publisher=A. T. Andreas|location=Chicago, Illinois}}</ref>

;Philanthropy
* [[Elizabeth Johnson (advocate)|Elizabeth A. Johnson]], Kansas history advocate<ref name="Elizabeth Jones">{{cite book |title=A history of Republic County, Kansas: embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01 |last=Savage |first=I. O.| editor = Carolyn Ward |year=1901 |publisher=Published by Jones & Chubbic |location=[[Beloit, Kansas]] |url= http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/republic/history/1901/011.html |access-date=March 25, 2012 |author-link= Isaac O. Savage |pages= 11, 20}}</ref>

;Politicians
* [[Clay Aurand]], member of Kansas Legislature<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=6926 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Aurand ''Biography'']</ref>
* [[Charles H. Blosser]] (1895–1989), namesake of [[Blosser Municipal Airport]] in [[Concordia, Kansas]]
* [[Edwin C. Johnson]], Governor of [[Colorado]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127|publisher=[[United States Congress]]|access-date=March 25, 2012|title=JOHNSON, Edwin Carl, (1884 - 1970)}}</ref>
* [[William C. Perry]], 34th Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court<ref name=obit>Former justice dies at age 85. ''[[Statesman Journal]]'', November 1, 1985.</ref>
* [[Isaac O. Savage]], state senator in the Kansas legislature<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kslib.info/government-information/legislative-information/kansas-legislators-past-and-present/saar-to-scott-%28c%29.html|publisher=Kansas State Library|title=Kansas Legislators Past and Present > Saar to Scott|access-date=March 25, 2012}}</ref>

;Settlers
* [[Ransom Henry Gile]], early settler in Scandia<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p6.html#SCANDIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030904161754/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p6.html#SCANDIA|archive-date=September 4, 2003|title=History of the State of Kansas|year=1883|first=William|last=Cutler|publisher=A. T. Andreas|location=Chicago, Illinois|chapter=REPUBLIC COUNTY, Part 6: Scandia|access-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Lovewell]], founded settlement of [[White Rock, Kansas|White Rock]],<ref>{{cite book|url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/w/white_rock.html|title=Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc.|page=907|publisher=Standard Publishing Company|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|year=1912|first=Frank|last=Blackmar}}</ref> namesake of [[Lovewell Reservoir]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2176&dat=20070607&id=HQgzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8xEGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2656,7796|publisher=The Superior Express|title=Lovewell Family Meets at Lovewell Lake|date=June 7, 2007|access-date=March 27, 2012}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
* [https://archive.org/details/historyofrepubli02sava/ ''A History of Republic County, Kansas'']; I.O. Savage; Jones & Chubbic; 323 pages; 1901.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224030/ ''Standard Atlas of Republic County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 66 pages; 1923.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209411/ ''Standard Atlas of Republic County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 58 pages; 1904.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224009/ ''Atlas of Republic County, Kansas'']; Gillen & Davy; 47 pages; 1884.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Republic County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|http://republiccounty.org/|Republic County - official website}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260480 Republic County - directory of public officials]
;Other
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130329025014/http://www.nckcn.com/homepage/repcomuse/ Republic County Historical Society Museum]}}
;Maps
* Republic County maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/republic.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

{{Geographic location
|Center    = Republic County, Kansas
|North     = [[Thayer County, Nebraska]]
|Northeast = [[Jefferson County, Nebraska]]
|East      = [[Washington County, Kansas|Washington County]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Cloud County, Kansas|Cloud County]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Jewell County, Kansas|Jewell County]]
|Northwest = [[Nuckolls County, Nebraska]]
}}

{{Republic County, Kansas}}
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{{Authority control}}

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