Hodgeman County, Kansas

{{Infobox U.S. county

|county = Hodgeman County

|state = Kansas

|type = County

|ex image = Hodgeman County courthouse (Kansas) from W 2.JPG

|ex image cap = Hodgeman County Courthouse in Jetmore (2016)

|founded = February 26, 1867

|named for = Amos Hodgman

|seat wl = Jetmore

|largest city wl = Jetmore

|area_total_sq_mi = 860

|area_land_sq_mi = 860

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

|area percentage = 0.04%

|population_footnotes =

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_total = 1723

|pop_est_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021|access-date=October 23, 2022}}

|pop_est_as_of = 2021

|population_est = 1710 {{decrease}}

|population_density_sq_mi = 2.0

|district = 1st

|time zone = Central

|website = {{URL|https://hodgemancountyks.com/|hodgemancountyks.com}}

}}

Hodgeman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Jetmore.{{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}} As of the 2020 census, the county population was 1,723.{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Hodgeman County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/hodgemancountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817025035/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/hodgemancountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |url-status=live}} It was named for Amos Hodgman, a member of the 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

History

In 1867, Hodgeman County was established and named for Amos Hodgman, member of the 7th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. The letter E was later added to the namesake's name.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n855 859]–860}} The county was not formally organized until 1879.{{Cite web |title=Hodgeman County |url=https://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/hodgeman/hodgeman-co-p1.html |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=www.kancoll.org}}

The Homestead Act of 1862 drew many settlers to the region beginning in the spring of 1877, with only a small amount of wheat sown that year due to hail damage. Crop yields improved in 1878. The county initially had several competing towns vying to become the county seat, including Buckner (present-day Jetmore), which eventually won out. While many small towns, such as Kidderville and Milroy, had sprung up in the early years of the county, only Jetmore and Hanston survived as permanent settlements.{{Cite web |title=EARLY FORD COUNTY, by Ida Ellen Rath, Ch. 4 {{!}} Dodge City and Other Towns {{!}} Dodge City, Kansas KS |url=http://www.kansashistory.us/fordco/rath2/04.html |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=www.kansashistory.us}}

By the late 1870s, Hodgeman County had a population of approximately 1,500 people.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|860|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|0.3|sqmi}} (0.04%) is covered by water.{{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}}

=Adjacent counties=

Ness County (north)
Pawnee County (east)
Edwards County (southeast)
Ford County (south)
Gray County (southwest)
Finney County (west)

Demographics

Image:USA Hodgeman County, Kansas age pyramid.svg based on 2000 census age data]]

{{US Census population

|1880= 1704

|1890= 2895

|1900= 2032

|1910= 2930

|1920= 3734

|1930= 4157

|1940= 3535

|1950= 3310

|1960= 3115

|1970= 2662

|1980= 2269

|1990= 2177

|2000= 2085

|2010= 1916

|2020= 1723

|estyear=2023

|estimate=1655

|estref={{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}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{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}}
1790-1960{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 26, 2014}} 1900-1990{{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}}
1990-2000{{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}} 2010-2020

}}

As of the census of 2000, 2,085 people, 796 households, and 581 families were residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|2|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people|}}. The 945 housing units had an average density of {{convert|1|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 97.31% White, 0.91% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.48% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 2.69% of the population.

Of the 796 households, 34.7% had children under 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together, 4.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were not families. About 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the county, the age distribution was 29.0% under 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 96.9 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,994 and for a family was $39,358. Males had a median income of $27,568 versus $21,534 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,599. About 10.70% of families and 11.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.9% of those under 18 and 7.7% of those 65 or over.

Government

=Presidential elections=

Hodgeman County is a Republican stronghold. Only six Republican presidential candidates have failed to win the county from 1888 to the present, and no Democrat has to managed to win even a quarter of the county's votes since Michael Dukakis in 1988. The last Democrat to carry the county was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

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=Laws=

Following amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 1986, the county remained an alcohol-free, or "dry", county until 2004, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.{{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}}

Education

=Unified school districts=

Hodgeman County USD 227

Communities

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List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Hodgeman County.{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Hodgeman County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/hodgeman.PDF |publisher=Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003055618/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/hodgeman.PDF |archive-date=October 3, 2023 |date=December 2008 |url-status=live}}

=Cities=

Hanston
Jetmore (county seat)

=Townships=

Hodgeman County is divided into nine townships. None of the cities within the county is considered governmentally independent, and all figures for the townships include those of the cities. 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.

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! Township !! FIPS !! Population
center

! Population
(2000) !! Population
density
/km² (/sq mi)

! Land area
km² (sq mi) !! Water area
km² (sq mi) !! Water %

! Geographic coordinates

Benton

06225

1 (1)

93 (36)

0 (0)

0.13%

{{coord|38|2|39|N|100|10|18|W

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| Center|| 11725 || || 1,121 || 3 (8) || 374 (144) || 0 (0) || 0.05% || {{coord|38|5|7|N|99|53|46|W|}}

| Hallet|| 29525 || || 62 || 0 (1) || 182 (70) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|5|40|N|100|4|10|W|}}

| Marena|| 44575 || || 432 || 1 (3) || 373 (144) || 0 (0) || 0.05% || {{coord|38|9|52|N|99|41|19|W|}}

| North Roscoe|| 51350 || || 51 || 0 (0) || 276 (106) || 0 (0) || 0.05% || {{coord|38|10|29|N|100|7|14|W|}}

| Sawlog|| 63225 || || 93 || 0 (1) || 187 (72) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|37|58|18|N|99|54|32|W|}}

| South Roscoe|| 66900 || || 76 || 0 (1) || 185 (71) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|37|56|59|N|100|6|31|W|}}

| Sterling|| 68175 || || 144 || 0 (1) || 374 (144) || 0 (0) || 0.02% || {{coord|37|59|46|N|99|40|24|W|}}

| Valley|| 72825 || || 58 || 0 (1) || 185 (71) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|12|41|N|99|51|47|W|}}

|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}

In popular culture

At the beginning of the 1992 film Unforgiven, the protagonist William Munny, played by Clint Eastwood, is living in Hodgeman County and working as a pig farmer, while attempting to hide evidence of his violent past from all those around him.

References

;Notes

External links

;County

{{Official website|https://hodgemancountyks.com/|Hodgeman County - Official}}
[https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260442 Hodgeman County - Directory of Public Officials]

;Maps

Hodgeman County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/hodgeman.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 = Hodgeman County, Kansas

|North = Ness County

|Northeast =

|East = Pawnee County

|Southeast = Edwards County

|South = Ford County

|Southwest = Gray County

|West = Finney County

|Northwest =

}}

Category:Kansas counties