Editing Harvey County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Harvey County
|state              = Kansas
|ex image           = NewtonKSLibrary.jpg
|ex image cap       = Former [[Carnegie Library (Newton, Kansas)|Carnegie Library]] in [[Newton, Kansas|Kansas]], currently is the Harvey County Historical Museum
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|founded            = March 7, 1872
|named for          = [[James M. Harvey (politician)|James Harvey]]
|seat wl            = Newton
|largest city wl    = Newton
|area_total_sq_mi   = 541
|area_land_sq_mi    = 540
|area_water_sq_mi   =
|area percentage    = 1.0

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF"/>
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 34024
|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     =33504 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 63.0

|area codes         =
|district           = 4th
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://www.harveycounty.com/|harveycounty.com}}
|coordinates        = {{coord|38|03|N|97|26|W|type:adm2nd_region:US-KS|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Harvey County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and most populous city is [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]].<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 34,024.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Harvey County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harveycountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817022856/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/harveycountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named for [[James M. Harvey (politician)|James Harvey]], a U.S. senator and the fifth governor of Kansas.

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

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

In 1871, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] extended a main line from [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] to Newton.<ref name="Santa Fe Rail History">[http://kansasheritage.org/research/rr/santafe.html Santa Fe Rail History]</ref> The next year, in 1872, Harvey County was founded from portions of McPherson, Marion, and Sedgwick counties, and named in honor of the fifth [[Governor of Kansas]], [[James M. Harvey (politician)|James M. Harvey]], with Newton designated the county seat.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr/page/772 772]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Blackmar |first=Frank Wilson |url=https://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/1912/h/harvey_county.html |title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. ... with a Supplementary Volume Devoted to Selected Personal History and Reminiscence |date=1912 |publisher=Standard publishing Company |language=en}}</ref>

The first settlers arrived in 1869, and by 1871, there was already significant pressure to organize a new county in what was then the northern portion of Sedgwick County, an effort which succeeded in 1872. The early years of Harvey County's government were dogged by persistent public discontent over missing records and financial irregularities, but by the mid-1870s confidence in the county's government was restored and the county grew rapidly, particularly with the arrival of large numbers of [[Mennonites|Mennonite]] settlers in 1872.<ref name=":0" />

The county developed quickly, with churches, schools, and businesses established within a few years of its founding. Despite early hardship from prairie fires, storms, and the devastating grasshopper plague of 1874, Harvey County rebounded with strong agricultural output and infrastructure improvements. The county's abundant water resources, fertile farmland, and natural materials like gypsum and limestone further strengthened its economy. By 1910, Harvey County had a population of 19,200 and no public debt, a rare achievement among Kansas counties at that time.<ref name=":0" />

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|541|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|540|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.0|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> The [[Little Arkansas River]] flows through the county.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]] (northeast)
* [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler County]] (east)
* [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick County]] (south)
* [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]] (west)
* [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]] (northwest)

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Harvey County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1880= 11451
|1890= 17601
|1900= 17591
|1910= 19200
|1920= 20744
|1930= 22120
|1940= 21712
|1950= 21698
|1960= 25865
|1970= 27236
|1980= 30531
|1990= 31028
|2000= 32869
|2010= 34684
|2020= 34024
|estyear=2023
|estimate=33504
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023"/>
|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 26, 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 26, 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 26, 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 26, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}
Harvey County is part of the [[Wichita metropolitan area]].

===2000 census===
As of the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 32,869 people, 12,581 households, and 8,932 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|61|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 13,378 housing units at an average density of {{convert|25|/mi2|/km2|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 91.04% [[White American|White]], 1.59% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 0.52% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.52% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 4.17% from other races, and 2.14% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 7.97% of the population.

There were 12,581 [[household]]s, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 25.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.00% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 16.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $40,907, and the median income for a family was $48,793. Males had a median income of $35,037 versus $22,492 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,715. About 4.20% of families and 6.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.50% of those under age 18 and 5.00% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,893|5,503|315|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,507|4,599|174|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|7,045|4,173|1,694|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|6,624|6,003|360|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|8,287|3,555|485|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,682|3,351|808|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,979|5,306|130|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1956|Republican|7,367|3,084|43|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,154|2,726|215|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,270|3,615|245|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,339|3,300|64|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,539|4,087|133|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,456|5,357|28|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|4,192|4,091|224|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1924|Republican|4,499|1,744|1,387|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,479|3,131|493|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,362|690|291|Kansas}}
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===Laws===
Following amendment to the [[Kansas Constitution]] in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 1996, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% 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>

The county voted "No" on the [[2022 Kansas abortion referendum]], an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 53% to 47% despite backing [[Donald Trump]] with 59% of the vote to [[Joe Biden]]'s 39% in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/14-out-19-counties-that-rejected-kansas-anti-abortion-measure-backed-trump-2022-8|title=14 of the 19 Kansas counties that rejected an anti-abortion amendment voted for Trump in 2020|publisher=Business Insider|last=Panetta|first=Grace|date=August 3, 2022|accessdate=August 3, 2022}}</ref>

==Education==

===Colleges===
* [[Bethel College (Kansas)|Bethel College]] in [[North Newton, Kansas|North Newton]]
* [[Hesston College]] in [[Hesston, Kansas|Hesston]]

===Unified school districts===
* [[Burrton USD 369]]
* [[Newton USD 373]]
* [[Sedgwick USD 439]]
* [[Halstead–Bentley USD 440]]
* [[Hesston USD 460]]

;School district office in neighboring county
* [[Remington USD 206]]
* [[Peabody–Burns USD 398]]
* [[Goessel USD 411]]
* [[Moundridge USD 423]]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Harvey Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|350px|right|2005 map of Harvey 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 Harvey County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Harvey County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/harvey.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318203957/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/harvey.PDF |archive-date=March 18, 2023 |date=January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
{{div col}}
* [[Burrton, Kansas|Burrton]]
* [[Halstead, Kansas|Halstead]]
* [[Hesston, Kansas|Hesston]]
* [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] (county seat)
* [[North Newton, Kansas|North Newton]]
* [[Sedgwick, Kansas|Sedgwick]]‡
* [[Walton, Kansas|Walton]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[McLain, Kansas|McLain]]
* [[Patterson, Kansas|Patterson]]
* [[Putnam, Kansas|Putnam]]
* [[Zimmerdale, Kansas|Zimmerdale]]

===Ghost towns===
* [[Annelly, Kansas|Annelly]]
* Van Arsdale

===Townships===
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Harvey County.png|thumb|1915 railroad map]]
Harvey County is divided into fifteen [[Civil township|townships]]. The cities of [[Halstead, Kansas|Halstead]] and [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]] 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%;"
|- 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
|-
| [[Alta Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Alta]] || 01500 || || 221 || 2 (6) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.48% || {{coord|38|7|27|N|97|38|44|W|}}
|-
| [[Burrton Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Burrton]] || 09600 || || 1,143 || 12 (32) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.17% || {{coord|38|1|32|N|97|39|55|W|}}
|-
| [[Darlington Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Darlington]] || 17025 || || 601 || 7 (17) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.10% || {{coord|37|57|5|N|97|19|32|W|}}
|-
| [[Emma Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Emma]] || 21025 || || 4,181 || 45 (116) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|8|10|N|97|25|46|W|}}
|-
| [[Garden Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Garden]] || 25300 || || 294 || 3 (8) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|7|44|N|97|32|14|W|}}
|-
| [[Halstead Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Halstead]] || 29625 || || 353 || 4 (10) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || {{coord|38|2|9|N|97|31|51|W|}}
|-
| [[Highland Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Highland]] || 31875 || || 415 || 5 (12) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.19% || {{coord|38|7|38|N|97|19|9|W|}}
|-
| [[Lake Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Lake]] || 37825 || || 173 || 2 (5) || 92 (36) || 1 (0) || 1.05% || {{coord|37|57|46|N|97|39|7|W|}}
|-
| [[Lakin Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Lakin]] || 38150 || || 357 || 4 (10) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|37|57|18|N|97|32|20|W|}}
|-
| [[Macon Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Macon]] || 43925 || || 1,056 || 11 (30) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|2|8|N|97|24|58|W|}}
|-
| [[Newton Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Newton]] || 50500 || || 1,950 || 28 (73) || 69 (27) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || {{coord|38|3|27|N|97|19|31|W|}}
|-
| [[Pleasant Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Pleasant]] || 56250 || || 439 || 5 (12) || 93 (36) || 1 (0) || 0.81% || {{coord|38|2|27|N|97|12|8|W|}}
|-
| [[Richland Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Richland]] || 59350 || || 360 || 4 (10) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.20% || {{coord|37|57|39|N|97|12|1|W|}}
|-
| [[Sedgwick Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Sedgwick]] || 63825 || || 1,711 || 18 (48) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|37|56|24|N|97|25|22|W|}}
|-
| [[Walton Township, Harvey County, Kansas|Walton]] || 75225 || || 552 || 6 (15) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|38|7|26|N|97|13|1|W|}}
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html| title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division| 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}}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Harvey County, Kansas]]
* [[List of people from Harvey County, Kansas]]
* [[March 1990 Central US tornado outbreak]]
* [[Chisholm Trail]]
{{See also Kansas counties}}

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

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

;County
* [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/223957/ ''Mitchell Map of Harvey County, Kansas'']; Grant Mitchell; 15 pages; 1926.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223955/ ''Standard Atlas of Harvey County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 70 pages; 1918.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209389/ ''Plat Book of Harvey County, Kansas'']; North West Publishing Co; 34 pages; 1902.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223956/ ''Historical Atlas of Harvey County, Kansas'']; 33 pages; John P. Edwards; 1882.

;Newton
* [http://tools.bethelks.edu/mennonitelife/pre2000/1974dec.pdf ''Bernhard Warkentin and the Kansas Mennonite Pioneers'']{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; David A. Haury; Mennonite Life; December 1974.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Harvey County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://www.harveycounty.com/|Harvey County - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260440 Harvey County - Directory of Public Officials]
* [http://www.harveycoedc.org/ Harvey County - Economic Development Council]
;Historical
* [http://www.hchm.org/ Harvey County Historical Society]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100924035756/http://hcgsks.org/ Harvey County Genealogical Society]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050318153439/http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.php?county=HV Kansas State Historical Society]
;Maps
* Harvey County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/harvey.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    = Harvey County, Kansas
|North     = [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]]
|Northeast = [[Marion County, Kansas|Marion County]]
|East      = [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler County]]
|Southeast = [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler County]]
|South     = [[Sedgwick County, Kansas|Sedgwick County]]
|Southwest = [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]]
|West      = [[Reno County, Kansas|Reno County]]
|Northwest = [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]]
}}

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