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{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Kingman County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = Kingman county kansas courthouse 2009.jpg
|ex image cap       = Kingman County Courthouse in [[Kingman, Kansas|Kingman]] (2009)
|founded            = March 7, 1872
|named for          = [[Samuel Austin Kingman]]
|seat wl            = Kingman
|largest city wl    = Kingman
|area_total_sq_mi   = 867
|area_land_sq_mi    = 863
|area_water_sq_mi   = 3.3
|area percentage    = 0.4%
|population_footnotes = <ref name="2020QF"/>
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 7470
|pop_est_footnotes  =
|pop_est_as_of      =
|population_est     =
|population_density_sq_mi = 8.7
|district           = 4th
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://www.kingmancoks.org/|kingmancoks.org}}
}}
'''Kingman County''' (standard abbreviation: '''KM''') is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]]. In [[2020 United States Census|2020]], 7,470 people lived there.<ref name="2020QF">{{cite web|title=QuickFacts: Kingman County, Kansas|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/kingmancountykansas|access-date=October 1, 2023}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Kingman, Kansas|Kingman]]. Kingman is also the biggest city in Kingman County.

==History==
===19th century===
In 1872, '''Kingman County''' was created. It was named after Samuel A. Kingman, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zdAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA215 | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=215}}</ref><ref>[https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/samuel-austin-kingman/17072 "Samuel Austin Kingman".]  [https://www.kshs.org/ Kansas Historical Society.]  Retrieved April 21, 2016.</ref>

During the 1870s, Kingman County had a lot of [[bison]]. The old-time cowboy author [[Frank H. Maynard]] said he went there on his first buffalo hunt.<ref>[[Frank H. Maynard|Maynard, Frank H.]] ''Cowboy's Lament: A Life on the Open Range''.  Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 2010, 3. {{ISBN|978-0-89672-705-2}}.</ref>

==Geography==
The [[U.S. Census Bureau]] says that the county has a total area of {{convert|867|sqmi}}. Of that, {{convert|863|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|3.3|sqmi}} (0.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

==People==
{{US Census population
|1880= 3713
|1890= 11823
|1900= 10663
|1910= 13386
|1920= 12119
|1930= 11674
|1940= 12001
|1950= 10324
|1960= 9958
|1970= 8886
|1980= 8960
|1990= 8292
|2000= 8673
|2010= 7858
|2020= 7470
|estyear= 
|estimate= 
|estref= 
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=April 26, 2015}}</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|archive-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530033223/https://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</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|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="2020QF"/>
}}
[[Image:USA Kingman County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|150px|left|Age pyramid]]

Kingman County is included in the [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], KS [[Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
{{Hidden begin
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|title      = Presidential Elections Results
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{| align="center" border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|+ '''Presidential Elections Results'''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS | title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections }}</ref>
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2020|2020]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''79.3%''' ''3,130''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|19.0% ''752''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% ''67''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2016|2016]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''75.9%''' ''2,530''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|18.0% ''599''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.2% ''205''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2012|2012]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.2%''' ''2,397''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.7% ''733''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.1% ''101''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008|2008]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''71.0%''' ''2,603''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.3% ''963''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''98''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2004|2004]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''74.4%''' ''2,801''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.0% ''904''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% ''59''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 2000|2000]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''70.2%''' ''2,672''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.0% ''991''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.8% ''145''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1996|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''64.7%''' ''2,659''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.5% ''1,006''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.9% ''448''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1992|1992]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''40.4%''' ''1,680''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.4% ''1,100''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|33.2% ''1,383''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1988|1988]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.7%''' ''2,205''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.8% ''1,420''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% ''129''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1984|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''72.0%''' ''2,826''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.7% ''1,047''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.3% ''50''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1980|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.6%''' ''2,610''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.6% ''1,133''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.8% ''359''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1976|1976]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|44.9% ''1,839''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''52.3%''' ''2,142''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''112''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1972|1972]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.9%''' ''2,756''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|27.7% ''1,107''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.4% ''137''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1968|1968]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.3%''' ''2,318''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|31.2% ''1,201''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.5% ''326''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1964|1964]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.9% ''1,917''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.3%''' ''2,226''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.8% ''32''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1960|1960]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.3%''' ''2,904''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.2% ''1,735''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.5% ''23''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1956|1956]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.1%''' ''3,226''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|30.6% ''1,428''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% ''16''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1952 United States presidential election|1952]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''76.5%''' ''3,820''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.0% ''1,096''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''76''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1948 United States presidential election|1948]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.9%''' ''2,640''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|42.5% ''2,008''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.6% ''76''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1944 United States presidential election|1944]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.7%''' ''2,827''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.6% ''1,579''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.7% ''29''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1940 United States presidential election|1940]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.4%''' ''3,068''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.8% ''2,528''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.9% ''49''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1936 United States presidential election|1936]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|35.1% ''2,014''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''64.6%''' ''3,705''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.2% ''13''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1932 United States presidential election|1932]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.0% ''1,923''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''60.2%''' ''3,050''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.8% ''92''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1928 United States presidential election|1928]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''69.6%''' ''3,287''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|29.8% ''1,408''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.6% ''26''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1924 United States presidential election|1924]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.3%''' ''2,416''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|24.2% ''1,077''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|21.5% ''954''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1920 United States presidential election|1920]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.2%''' ''2,818''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|34.9% ''1,557''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.9% ''85''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1916 United States presidential election|1916]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.3% ''1,891''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.1%''' ''2,626''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.6% ''426''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1912 United States presidential election|1912]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|11.0% ''336''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''46.4%''' ''1,421''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|42.7% ''1,309''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1908 United States presidential election|1908]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.3% ''1,442''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.5%''' ''1,479''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|4.3% ''130''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1904 United States presidential election|1904]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.2%''' ''1,600''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.1% ''661''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.7% ''271''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1900 United States presidential election|1900]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.8%''' ''1,286''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|46.7% ''1,183''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.5% ''63''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[1896 United States presidential election|1896]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.9% ''988''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''57.7%''' ''1,393''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.5% ''35''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Populist}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Kansas, 1892|1892]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.1% ''1,225''
|
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|56.9% ''1,616''
|-
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1888 United States presidential election|1888]]'''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.2%''' ''1,413''
| style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|22.1% ''622''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|27.7% ''780''
|}
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==Education==

===Unified school districts===
* [https://www.knusd331.com/ USD 331 Kingman - Norwich]
* [https://www.usd332.org/ USD 332 Cunningham - West Kingman County]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Kingman Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|250px|2005 [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] Map of Kingman County ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]

===Cities===
* [[Cunningham, Kansas|Cunningham]]
* [[Kingman, Kansas|Kingman]]
* [[Nashville, Kansas|Nashville]]
* [[Norwich, Kansas|Norwich]]
* [[Penalosa, Kansas|Penalosa]]
* [[Spivey, Kansas|Spivey]]
* [[Zenda, Kansas|Zenda]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==More reading==
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223963/ ''Standard Atlas of Kingman County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 74 pages; 1921.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209405/ ''Plat Book of Kingman County, Kansas'']; Northwest Publishing Co; 45 pages; 1903.

==Other websites==
{{Commons category|Kingman County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|http://www.KingmanCoKS.com|Kingman County - Official}}
* [http://www.lkm.org/directory/counties.php?ID=57 Kingman County - Directory of Public Officials]
* [http://www.kingmanks.com/ Kingman County - Economic Development Council]
;Maps
* Kingman County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/kingman.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

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