Editing Wyandotte County, Kansas

{{Short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
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{{Infobox U.S. county
|county               = Wyandotte County
|state                = Kansas
|type                 = [[Consolidated city-county]]
|image_flag           = Flag of Wyandotte County, Kansas.svg
|image_seal           = KCKS-UG-LOGO.png
|ex image             = Wyandotte County Kansas courthouse.jpg
|ex image cap         = Wyandotte County Courthouse in [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] (2009)
|founded              = {{Start date and age|1859|01|29}}
|named for            = [[Wyandot people]]
|seat wl              = Kansas City
|largest city wl      = Kansas City
|coordinates          = {{Coord|39|07|N|94|43|W|type:adm2nd_region:US-KS|display=title,inline}}
|area_total_sq_mi     = 156
|area_land_sq_mi      = 152
|area_water_sq_mi     = 4.6
|area percentage      = 2.9
|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF" />
|population_as_of     = 2020
|population_total     = 169245
|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       = 165281 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 1,087
|district             = 2nd
|district2            = 3rd
|time zone            = Central
|website              = {{URL|https://wycokck.org/|wycokck.org}}
}}

'''Wyandotte County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|aɪ|.|ən|d|ɒ|t}}) is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and most populous city is [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]],<ref name="GR6">{{Cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> with which it shares a [[Consolidated city-county|unified government]].  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 169,245,<ref name="QF">{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts; Wyandotte County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/wyandottecountykansas/POP010220 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815204634/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/wyandottecountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |access-date=August 15, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> making it Kansas's [[List of counties in Kansas|fourth-most populous county]].  The county was named after the [[Wyandot people|Wyandot tribe]].

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas}}

===Wyandot tribe===
The county is named after the [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] (also Wyandott or Wyandotte) Indians. They were called the Huron by the French in Canada, but called themselves Wendat. They were distantly related to the [[Iroquois]], with whom they sometimes fought. They had hoped to keep white Americans out of their territory and to make the [[Ohio River]] the border between the United States and Canada.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pritzker |first=Barry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y84rc5HGKpEC&dq=Origin+of+the+Wyandotte+Huron+Petun&pg=PA682 |title=Native Americans: Southwest - California - Northwest Coast - Great Basin - Plateau |date=March 9, 1998 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780874368369 |access-date=March 9, 2022 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

One branch of the Wyandot moved to the area that is now the state of Ohio. They generally took the course of assimilation into Anglo-American society. Many of them embraced Christianity under the influence of missionaries. They were transported to the current Wyandotte County in 1843, where they set up a community and worked in cooperation with Anglo settlers. The [[Christian Munsee]] also influenced this area's early settlement.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rogers |first1=Edward S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvhyVWgWhyEC&dq=Huron+Petun+nation+Wyandotte&pg=PA59 |title=Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations |last2=Smith |first2=Donald B. |date=September 9, 1994 |publisher=Dundurn |isbn=9781550022308 |access-date=March 9, 2022 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

The Wyandot in Kansas set up a constitutional form of government they had devised in Ohio. They set up the territorial government for Kansas and Nebraska, and elected one of their own territorial governor.

===Other historical facts===
The county was organized in 1859.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAPTER XXIV. ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY. |url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume1/271.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120194232/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume1/271.html |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=March 9, 2022}}</ref> [[Tenskwatawa]] ([[Tecumseh]]'s brother), "the Prophet", fought at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] in 1811. He was buried at Shawnee Native American historical site [[Whitefeather Spring]], at 3818 Ruby Ave. Kansas City, which was added in 1975 to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975. The Kansas City Smelting and Refining Company employed over 250 men during the 1880s. The ore and base bullion is received from the mountains' mining districts and is crushed, separated and refined.

The [[Grinter Place|Delaware Crossing]] (or "Military Crossing"; sometimes "the [[Secondine]]") was where the old [[Great Trail|Indian trail]] met the waters of the [[Kaw River]]. Circa 1831, [[Moses Grinter]], one of the area's earliest permanent white settlers, set up the [[Grinter Ferry]] on the [[Kansas River]] there. His house was known as the [[Grinter Place]]. The ferry was used by traders, freighters, and soldiers traveling between [[Fort Leavenworth]] and [[Fort Scott National Historic Site|Fort Scott]] on the military road. Others crossed this area on their way to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]].

The Diocese of Leavenworth moved its see from Leavenworth, Kansas to Kansas City, Kansas on May 10, 1947. It became an archdiocese on August 9, 1952.

In January 2025, Wyandotte County was the epicenter of the largest [[tuberculosis]] outbreak in United States history according to the [[Kansas Department of Health and Environment]] (KDHE).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/2242/Tuberculosis-Outbreaks |title=Tuberculosis Outbreaks: Kansas City Area TB Outbreak |work=[[Kansas Department of Health and Environment]] (KDHE) |date=January 28, 2025 |access-date=January 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128201243/https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/2242/Tuberculosis-Outbreaks |archive-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kekatos |first1=Mary |last2=Benadjaoud |first2=Youri |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/kansas-faces-largest-tuberculosis-outbreak-us-history-health/story?id=118174420 |title=Kansas faces largest tuberculosis outbreak in US history: Health officials. So far, there have been 67 confirmed cases of active TB related to the outbreak. |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=January 28, 2025 |access-date=January 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250128201210/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/kansas-faces-largest-tuberculosis-outbreak-us-history-health/story?id=118174420 |archive-date=January 28, 2025}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|156|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|152|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.6|sqmi}} (2.9%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2011 |title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html |access-date=April 23, 2011 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> It is Kansas's smallest county by area.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brackman, Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdD5adyrRFEC&pg=PA10 |title=Kansas Trivia |publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc. |year=1997 |isbn=9781418553814 |pages=10}}</ref>

===Topography===
The county's natural [[topography]] consists of gently rolling terrain. The [[Kansas River]] forms part of the county's southern boundary. The elevation generally increases from south to north as the distance from the Kansas River and [[Missouri River]] increases.

===Watersheds and streams===
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[[File:NEKS-RiverKeeper-Trails.jpg|thumb|right|Mission Creek watershed]]
The county is drained by natural creek and stream watersheds of the [[Kansas River|Kaw River]], which is part of the [[Missouri River]] [[Missouri River#Watershed|basin]]. It receives plentiful rainfall.

[[Turkey Creek (Kansas River tributary)|Turkey Creek]] is a [[stream]] spanning [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson]] and Wyandotte counties.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|479260}}</ref><ref name="controlkmbc">{{cite news | publisher=[[KMBC]] | title=Could Turkey Creek's flood control project be answer to Indian Creek's flooding? | url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/could-turkey-creek-s-flood-control-project-be-the-answer-to-indian-creek-s-flooding/27413288 | date=May 8, 2019 | first=Alan | last=Shope | access-date=June 20, 2024}}</ref> The creek has disastrously flooded the area through all measurable history, including several cities in the Upper Turkey Creek Basin, for which the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] has developed complicated [[flood control]] deployments and ongoing proposals, including major drainage at Rosedale, KCK.<ref name="Winding">{{cite book | title=The Winding Valley and the Craggy Hillside | url=https://www.kckpl.org/kansas/documents/rosedale-history/rosedale_chapter8.pdf | chapter=8: Turkey Creek and the Diversion Tunnel | date=1976 | access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref><ref name="mil">{{cite web | url=https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Civil-Works-Programs-And-Projects/UpperTurkeyCreek/ | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908212803/http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/CivilWorksProgramsAndProjects/UpperTurkeyCreek.aspx | archive-date=September 8, 2015 | publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers | title=Upper Turkey Creek Basin | access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Platte County, Missouri|Platte County]], [[Missouri]] (north)
* [[Clay County, Missouri|Clay County]], [[Missouri]] (northeast)
* [[Jackson County, Missouri|Jackson County]], [[Missouri]] (east)
* [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County]] (south)
* [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]] (west)

==Demographics==
[[File:USA Wyandotte County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1860= 2609
|1870= 10015
|1880= 19143
|1890= 54407
|1900= 73227
|1910= 100068
|1920= 122218
|1930= 141211
|1940= 145071
|1950= 165318
|1960= 185495
|1970= 186845
|1980= 172335
|1990= 161993
|2000= 157882
|2010= 157505
|2020= 169245
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 165281
|estref= <ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/counties/totals/co-est2023-pop.xlsx |access-date=March 14, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
|align-fn= center
|footnote= U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Decennial Census |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1790–1960<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Census Browser |url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=University of Virginia Library}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><br/>1990–2000<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |url-status=live |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 |access-date=July 29, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> 2010–2020<ref name="QF" />
}}

Wyandotte County is included in the Kansas City, [[Missouri|MO]]-KS [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].

The 2000 [[census]] has 157,882 people, 59,700 households, and 39,163 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,043|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 65,892 housing units at an average density of {{convert|435|/mi2|/km2}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 58.18% [[White American|White]], 28.33% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 1.63% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.74% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 8.17% from other races, and 2.91% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 16.00% of the population.

By 2007, 48.1% of Wyandotte County's population was non-Hispanic whites. 26.3% of the population was African-American. Native Americans made up 0.6% of the population, Asians 1.8%, and Latinos 21.7%.

There were 59,700 [[household]]s, of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.10% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.40% were non-families. 28.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.50% under the age of 18, 10.40% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 19.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32. For every 100 females there were 95.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $33,784, and the median income for a family was $40,333. Males had a median income of $31,335 versus $24,640 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,005. About 12.5% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23% of those under age 18 and 11.1% of those 65 or older.

Approximately 1.4% of the county's residents take public transportation to work. This is the highest percentage in the state.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2002 |title=Kansas Statistical Abstract |url=http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/KSA37.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901235147/http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/KSA37.pdf |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |access-date=March 9, 2022 |publisher=PRI Policy Research Institute, The University of Kansas}}</ref>

==Government==
===Law===
The Wyandotte County Sheriff's Office oversees the Wyandotte County Jail. The Bonner Springs Police Department, Edwardsville Police Department, and the Kansas City Kansas Police Department serve those respective cities in Wyandotte County.

Wyandotte County was a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until the [[Kansas Constitution]] was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement. Voters removed the food sales requirement in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2006 |title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties |url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2007 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue}}</ref>

The county voted against the [[2022 Kansas abortion referendum]], an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 74% to 26%, outpacing its support of [[Joe Biden]] during the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Panetta |first=Grace |date=August 3, 2022 |title=14 of the 19 Kansas counties that rejected an anti-abortion amendment voted for Trump in 2020 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/14-out-19-counties-that-rejected-kansas-anti-abortion-measure-backed-trump-2022-8 |access-date=August 3, 2022 |publisher=Business Insider}}</ref>

===Local government===
In 1997, residents voted to consolidate the municipal government of Kansas City, Kansas and county government of Wyandotte into a single unified government, combining many duplicative public departments.  Voters at the time largely decided the municipal government harbored widespread corruption and patronage, and that consolidation with the better run county offered a path toward better public services and increased government transparency.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 6, 2015 |title=How KCK And Wyandotte County Unified During Troubled Times |url=https://www.kcur.org/community/2015-03-06/how-kck-and-wyandotte-county-unified-during-troubled-times |access-date=June 16, 2024 | publisher=[[KCUR]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Presidential elections===
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Unlike almost every other county in Kansas, Wyandotte County has been solidly Democratic ever since the [[New Deal]]. This is largely due to its highly urbanized nature and significant minority population. The only Democrat to lose Wyandotte County since 1932 has been [[George McGovern]] in [[Richard Nixon]]'s 49-state landslide of 1972, when Nixon swept all 275 counties [[list of counties in Oklahoma|in Oklahoma]], Kansas, and [[list of counties in Nebraska|Nebraska]]. Wyandotte was the only county in Kansas to vote for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1944, [[Adlai Stevenson II]] in both 1952 and 1956, [[Hubert Humphrey]] in 1968, [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1980, and [[Walter Mondale]] in 1984. No Republican presidential nominee has received even 40% of the vote since [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984. Democratic strength is primarily concentrated east of [[Interstate 435]], while areas west of the highway, especially the neighborhoods of [[Piper, Kansas|Piper]] and [[Wolcott, Kansas|Wolcott]], lean [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html | title=An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2020 Election | work=The New York Times | date=February 2, 2021 | last1=Park | first1=Alice | last2=Smart | first2=Charlie | last3=Taylor | first3=Rumsey | last4=Watkins | first4=Miles}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[Village West]] is at the intersection of Interstates [[Interstate 70 in Kansas|70]] and [[Interstate 435|435]], and has significantly fueled growth in KCK and Wyandotte County. Anchored by the [[Kansas Speedway]], its attractions and retailers include Hollywood Casino, [[Legends Outlets Kansas City]], [[Cabela's]], [[Nebraska Furniture Mart]], [[Great Wolf Lodge]], [[Legends Field (Kansas City)| Legends Field]] (hosting the [[Kansas City Monarchs (American Association)|Monarchs]] of the [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]] of baseball) and [[Children's Mercy Park]] (hosting [[Sporting Kansas City]] of [[Major League Soccer]]).

Other attractions include [[Azura Amphitheater]] (formerly and still commonly known as the Sandstone Amphitheater), the [[National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame]], Wyandotte County Park, and Sunflower Hills Golf Course.

===Colleges and universities===
Public
* [[Kansas City Kansas Community College]] 
* [[University of Kansas Medical Center]] 
Private
* [[Donnelly College]]

===School districts===
* Turner USD 202
* Piper USD 203
* [[Bonner Springs–Edwardsville USD 204]]
* [[Kansas City USD 500]]

===Private schools===
Primary
* Resurrection Grade School (formerly St. Peter's Cathedral Grade School)
* St. Patrick's Grade School
* Christ the King Grade School
Secondary
* [[Bishop Ward High School]]

===Other schools===
* [[Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB)]]

==Communities==
[[File:wy1899.gif|thumb|right|Wyandotte County, Kansas 1899 Map]]
These are townships, incorporated cities, unincorporated communities, and extinct former communities within Wyandotte County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Wyandotte County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/wyandotte.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519164020/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/wyandotte.PDF |archive-date=May 19, 2024 |date=July 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs]] (also in [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]] and [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson]] counties)
* [[Edwardsville, Kansas|Edwardsville]]
* [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]] (county seat)
* [[Lake Quivira, Kansas|Lake Quivira]] (also in Johnson County)
{{div col end}}

===Neighborhoods===
{{div col}}
* [[Argentine, Kansas|Argentine]]
* [[Armourdale, Kansas|Armourdale]]
* Armstrong
* [[Fairfax District (Kansas City, Kansas)|Fairfax]]
* [[Muncie, Kansas|Muncie]]
* Pomeroy
* [[Piper, Kansas|Piper]]
* Riverview
* [[Rosedale, Kansas|Rosedale]]
* [[Strawberry Hill (Kansas City, Kansas)|Strawberry Hill]]
* [[Turner, Kansas|Turner]]
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
Delaware is the sole [[Civil township|township]] of Wyandotte County. The cities of [[Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs]], [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], and [[Lake Quivira, Kansas|Lake Quivira]] are considered governmentally independent and excluded from Delaware's census. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of significant size.

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|- style="background:#ccf;"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br />center
! Population !! Population<br />density<br /><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq mi)</small>
! Land area<br /><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water area<br /><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|-
| Delaware || 17475 || [[Edwardsville, Kansas|Edwardsville]] || 4,200 || 141 (364) || 30 (12) || 1 (0) || 3.97% || {{coord|39|3|50|N|94|49|8|W}} 
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division}}
|}

The 2010 census lists the city of [[Edwardsville, Kansas|Edwardsville]] as also governmentally independent, with the size of the remaining township dropping to a population of 31 living on {{convert|2.43|sqmi}} of land (and {{convert|0.36|sqmi}} water), resulting in a population density of {{convert|12.76|/mi2|/km2}}. The Kansas State Historical Society also confirms Edwardsville's departure.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wyandotte County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:WY |access-date=April 6, 2018 |website=Kshs.org}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
* ''[http://www.wycokck.org/planning/histmap.htm Historic Preservation]''. Kansas City, Kansas, Urban Planning & Land Use
* Sween, ''[http://www.ku.edu/heritage/for_nancy/cards1.htm Argentine Pictures]''. Interactive Genealogy. Pictorial History of Wyandotte County, KS.
* ''[http://www.ku.edu/heritage/towns/kansascity.html Historical Wyandotte County]''. Kansas Heritage, Kansas Community Network.
* ''[http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kscoll/lochist/views/views.htm Views of the Past]''. Kansas City, Kansas Bicentennial Commission.
* Sween, ''[http://members.aol.com/Sftrail/bonner/index.html Bonner Springs and Edwardsville]''. Virtual Bonner Springs, KS.
* ''Kansas City, Kansas''; Joe H. Vaughan; Arcadia Publishing; 2012; {{ISBN|978-0-7385-9399-9}}.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/225075/ ''Tuttle and Pike's Atlas of Kansas City, Kansas'']; Tuttle & Pike; 13 pages; 1907.
* [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224011/ ''Complete Set of Surveys and Plats or Properties in Wyandotte County and Kansas City Kansas'']; G.M. Hopkins & Co; 51 pages; 1887.
* {{cite book | title=History of Wyandotte County, Kansas And Its People | volume=1 | date=1911 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tpJw0rNEuJwC | publisher=Harvard University | first=Perl Wilbur | last=Morgan | isbn=9781344993708 | access-date=June 20, 2024}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Wyandotte County, Kansas}}
* {{Official website|https://www.wycokck.org/|Wyandotte County - Official Website}}
* [https://www.visitkansascityks.com/ Kansas City / Wyandotte County Convention and Visitors Bureau]
* [https://www.wyedc.org/ Wyandotte County Economic Development Council]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kswyanhp/index.html Wyandotte County Kansas History and Heritage Project]
* Wyandotte County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/wyandotte.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    = Wyandotte County, Kansas
|North     = [[Platte County, Missouri]]
|Northeast = [[Clay County, Missouri]]
|East      = [[Jackson County, Missouri]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson County]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]]
|Northwest = 
}}
{{Wyandotte County, Kansas}}
{{Kansas City MSA}}
{{Kansas}}
{{Authority control}}

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