Editing Rice County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Rice County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = Rice_County_Courthouse_(Kansas).jpg
|ex image cap       = Rice County Courthouse in [[Lyons, Kansas|Lyons]] (2022)
|founded            = February 26, 1867
|named for          = [[Samuel Allen Rice]]
|seat wl            = Lyons
|largest city wl    = Lyons
|area_total_sq_mi   = 728
|area_land_sq_mi    = 726
|area_water_sq_mi   = 1.7
|area percentage    = 0.2%

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF"/>
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 9,427
|pop_est_footnotes  =<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{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     =9260 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 13.0

|district           = 1st
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://www.ricecounty.us/|ricecounty.us}}
}}

'''Rice County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and largest city is [[Lyons, Kansas|Lyons]].<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>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 9,427.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Rice County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ricecountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819201919/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ricecountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named in memory of [[Samuel Allen Rice]], Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30, 1864, at [[Battle of Jenkins' Ferry|Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rice County |publisher=Kansas State Library |url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/RC/ |access-date=August 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810042116/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/counties/RC/ |archive-date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref>

==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, 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 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. In 1867, Rice County was established.

The [[Santa Fe Trail]] followed the route of present-day [[U.S. Route 56 in Kansas|U.S. Route 56]]. Ruts in the earth from the trail are still visible in several locations. (Ralph's Ruts are visible in aerial photos at {{coord|38.35959264|-98.42225502|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline}}.)<ref name="titleAerial Photos Topo Maps of Santa Fe Trail Ruts and Sites">{{cite web |url=http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/spacepix/0ur-space-link-page.html |title=Aerial Photos Topo Maps of Santa Fe Trail Ruts and Sites |access-date=December 28, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1878, [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] and parties from [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion]] and [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson counties]] chartered the [[Marion and McPherson Railway Company]].<ref name="MarionCountyBook">''Marion County Kansas : Past and Present''; Sondra Van Meter; MB Publishing House; [[LCCN]] 72-92041; 344 pages; 1972.</ref>  In 1879, a branch line was built from [[Florence, Kansas|Florence]] to [[McPherson, Kansas|McPherson]]; in 1880 it was extended to [[Lyons, Kansas|Lyons]], then in 1881 was extended to [[Ellinwood, Kansas|Ellinwood]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZIwpAAAAYAAJ Fourth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners for the Year Ending December 1, 1886 in State of Kansas; Kansas Publishing House; 1886.]</ref>  The line was leased and operated by the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]. The line from Florence to [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]], was abandoned in 1968.<ref name="Abandon Railway 1968">[http://www.abandonedrails.com/Marion_to_Florence Railway Abandonment 1968]</ref>  In 1992, the line from [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]] to McPherson was sold to [[Central Kansas Railway]]. In 1993, after heavy flood damage, the line from Marion to McPherson was abandoned. The original branch line connected Florence, Marion, [[Canada, Kansas|Canada]], [[Hillsboro, Kansas|Hillsboro]], [[Lehigh, Kansas|Lehigh]], [[Canton, Kansas|Canton]], [[Galva, Kansas|Galva]], McPherson, [[Conway, Kansas|Conway]], [[Windom, Kansas|Windom]], [[Little River, Kansas|Little River]], [[Mitchell, Kansas|Mitchell]], Lyons, [[Chase, Kansas|Chase]] and Ellinwood.

<gallery widths="220px" heights="165px">
File:Samuelallenricecommons.jpg|Samuel Allen Rice in 1864
File:1845 trailmap.png|1845 [[Santa Fe Trail]] crossing Rice County
File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Rice County.png|1915-1918 Railroad Map of Rice County
File:Bushton Grain Elevators.jpg|Bushton Grain Elevators (2004)
</gallery>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|728|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|726|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.7|sqmi}} (0.2%) 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>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth County]] (north)
* [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]] (east)
* [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]] (south)
* [[Stafford County, Kansas|Stafford County]] (southwest)
* [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Quivira National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

==Demographics==
[[File:USA Rice County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1870= 5
|1880= 9292
|1890= 14451
|1900= 14745
|1910= 15106
|1920= 14832
|1930= 13800
|1940= 17213
|1950= 15635
|1960= 13909
|1970= 12320
|1980= 11900
|1990= 10610
|2000= 10761
|2010= 10083
|2020= 9427
|estyear=2023
|estimate=9260
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023"/>
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|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 10,761 people, 4,050 households, and 2,830 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|15|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,609 housing units at an average density of {{convert|6|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 94.68% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.15% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.57% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.39% from two or more races. 5.61% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 4,050 households, out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.10% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.10% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.70% under the age of 18, 13.30% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,671, and the median income for a family was $40,960. Males had a median income of $31,175 versus $18,968 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,064. About 8.50% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.60% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,002|2,752|128|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|4,024|2,505|55|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,792|3,635|56|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,318|4,905|22|Kansas}}
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===Laws===
The [[Kansas Constitution]] was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, either with or without a minimum of 30% of sales coming from food. Rice County is one of 35 counties in the state that allows for the sale of liquor by the drink without the minimum food sales stipulation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 30, 2019|title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties|url=https://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/abcwetdrymap.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104064913/https://www.ksrevenue.org/pdf/abcwetdrymap.pdf|archive-date=November 4, 2020|access-date=November 4, 2020|publisher=[[Kansas Department of Revenue]] Alcoholic Beverage Control}}</ref>

==Education==

===Colleges===
* [[Sterling College (Kansas)|Sterling College]] in Sterling

===Unified school districts===
* [[Sterling USD 376]]
* [[Chase–Raymond USD 401]]
* [[Lyons USD 405]]
* [[Little River–Windom USD 444]]

;School district office in neighboring county
* [[Central Plains USD 112]]

==Communities==
[[File:Map of Rice Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|350px|2005 map of Rice 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 Rice County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Rice County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/rice.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507102838/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/rice.PDF |archive-date=May 7, 2024 |date=July 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Alden, Kansas|Alden]]
* [[Bushton, Kansas|Bushton]]
* [[Chase, Kansas|Chase]]
* [[Frederick, Kansas|Frederick]]
* [[Geneseo, Kansas|Geneseo]]
* [[Little River, Kansas|Little River]]
* [[Lyons, Kansas|Lyons]] (county seat)
* [[Raymond, Kansas|Raymond]]
* [[Sterling, Kansas|Sterling]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
* [[Mitchell, Kansas|Mitchell]]
* [[Pollard, Kansas|Pollard]]
* [[Saxman, Kansas|Saxman]]
* [[Silica, Kansas|Silica]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost towns===
* [[Crawford, Kansas|Crawford]]
* [[Galt, Kansas|Galt]]

===Townships===
Rice County is divided into twenty [[Civil township|townships]]. The cities of [[Lyons, Kansas|Lyons]] and [[Sterling, Kansas|Sterling]] 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
|-
| Atlanta || 03075 || || 233 || 3 (7) || 90 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.25% || {{coord|38|18|22|N|98|11|58|W|}}
|-
| Bell || 05375 || || 18 || 0 (0) || 94 (36) || 1 (0) || 0.65% || {{coord|38|13|10|N|98|24|2|W|}}
|-
| Center || 12075 || || 136 || 1 (4) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|38|17|50|N|98|18|12|W|}}
|-
| East Washington || 19725 || || 179 || 2 (5) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.03% || {{coord|38|13|18|N|97|58|34|W|}}
|-
| Eureka || 21900 || || 65 || 1 (2) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|29|52|N|98|19|21|W|}}
|-
| Farmer || 23100 || || 441 || 5 (12) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|30|0|N|98|24|55|W|}}
|-
| Galt || 25175 || || 51 || 1 (1) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.22% || {{coord|38|28|8|N|98|5|59|W|}}
|-
| Harrison || 30425 || || 192 || 2 (5) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|38|23|3|N|98|11|49|W|}}
|-
| Lincoln || 41100 || || 577 || 6 (16) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|22|10|N|98|19|19|W|}}
|-
| Mitchell || 47525 || || 131 || 1 (4) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.18% || {{coord|38|23|24|N|98|5|42|W|}}
|-
| Odessa || 52150 || || 55 || 1 (2) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.10% || {{coord|38|28|17|N|97|59|21|W|}}
|-
| Pioneer || 55925 || || 101 || 1 (3) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.03% || {{coord|38|23|34|N|98|25|39|W|}}
|-
| Raymond || 58575 || || 185 || 2 (5) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 0.71% || {{coord|38|17|38|N|98|24|56|W|}}
|-
| Rockville || 60725 || || 134 || 1 (4) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|38|18|17|N|97|57|36|W|}}
|-
| Sterling || 68225 || || 223 || 2 (5) || 114 (44) || 1 (0) || 1.01% || {{coord|38|12|19|N|98|11|44|W|}}
|-
| Union || 72325 || || 741 || 8 (21) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|23|34|N|97|59|32|W|}}
|-
| Valley || 73100 || || 276 || 4 (9) || 77 (30) || 1 (0) || 1.11% || {{coord|38|13|27|N|98|18|44|W|}}
|-
| Victoria || 73825 || || 364 || 4 (10) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|38|29|57|N|98|10|24|W|}}
|-
| West Washington || 77425 || || 138 || 1 (4) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.12% || {{coord|38|13|9|N|98|4|58|W|}}
|-
| Wilson || 79775 || || 147 || 2 (4) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|38|18|2|N|98|6|2|W|}}
|}

==Trivia==
The CW television series [[Superman & Lois]] places Superman's home town of [[Smallville (comics)|Smallville]] in Rice County ("Pilot").

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[Dry counties]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice 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://www.kansasmemory.org/item/228200/ ''Rice County Centennial 1871 - 1971 Souvenir Book'']; Centennial Book Committee; 50 pages; 1971.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.gov/item/1629/ ''Year Book'']; Automobile Club of Wichita; 92 pages; 1909 to 1910. Contains detailed maps of roads and railroads in City of Wichita, and Sedgwick / Harvey / Sumner / Harper / Rice / Pawnee Counties.* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224041/ ''Standard Atlas of Rice County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 75 pages; 1919.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209396/ ''Plat Book of Rice County, Kansas'']; North West Publishing Co; 44 pages; 1902.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224014/ ''Handbook of Rick County, Kansas'']; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 38 pages; 1888.
;Trails
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=ktjQcNFI3mIC&pg=PA7 ''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.
* [https://archive.org/details/nationaloldtrail00autorich ''The National Old Trails Road To Southern California, Part 1 (LA to KC)'']; Automobile Club Of Southern California; 64 pages; 1916.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Rice County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://www.ricecounty.us/|Rice County - Official Website}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260481 Rice County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Maps
* Rice County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/rice.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    = Rice County, Kansas
|North     = [[Ellsworth County, Kansas|Ellsworth County]]
|Northeast = [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]]
|East      = [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]]
|Southeast = [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]]
|South     = [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]]
|Southwest = [[Stafford County, Kansas|Stafford County]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton County]]
}}

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