Place:McPherson, Kansas, United States
Larger map
NameMcPherson
Alt namesMcPhersonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
MPsource: Wikipedia
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.4°N 97.667°W
Located inKansas, United States     (1870 - )
See alsoHarvey, Kansas, United StatesChild county (1872)
Reno, Kansas, United StatesChild county (1872)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Eureka Cemetery
McPherson Cemetery
Valley View Memorial Cemetery ( 1877 - )
Inhabited place
Canton
Conway
Elyria
Freemount
Galva
Groveland
Inman
Jenkins
Johnstown
Lindsborg
Mackie
Marquette
McPherson
Moundridge
New Gottland
Roxbury
Windom
Township
Bonaville
Castle
Gypsum Creek ( 1870 - )
Smoky Hill ( 1870 - )
South Sharps Creek ( 1870 - )
Superior
Turkey Creek ( 1870 - )
Unknown
Elvira
Empire
Lone Tree

Contents

[edit]

County of McPherson

[edit]

History

[edit]

Boundaries

The boundaries of McPherson County were initially fixed in 1867. From that time up to 1870 it was attached as a township to Saline, for judicial purposes. The county then comprised 1,080 square miles, and included five additional Congressional townships: three townships now belonging to Harvey and two townships now belonging to Reno. The last change was made in 1872. It was thought that by striking off a row of townships on the south, Lindsborg would become the permanent county seat. This reduced McPherson to its present limits, which are defined as follows:

Commencing at the northwest corner of Marion county; thence south with the sixth principal meridian, to the north line of township 23 south; thence west with the township line, to east line of range 6 west; thence north with range line, to the south line of township 16; thence east with the township line, to the place of beginning. (G.S. 1868, ch. 24, § 45; Oct. 31; R.S. 1923, 18-159.)
[edit]

Population

Census Year 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990
Population 73817,14321,61421,42121,52121,84523,58824,15223,67024,28524,77826,85527,268
Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
[edit]

Timeline

Date Event Source
1870 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1885 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
[edit]

Cemeteries

See the category: Cemeteries of McPherson, Kansas, United States.
[edit]

Research Tips

The McPherson County Old Mill Museum houses the McPherson County Library and Archives, and can be contacted by email for research help.

This place has no commentary yet. It is only a stub. You can help by editing it and sharing what you know: research tips, history, relationships with other places, etc.


[edit]

Bibliography

  • Blackmar, Frank W. Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. (Chicago, Illinois: Standard Publishing, 1912). WorldCat
  • Edwards' atlas of McPherson Co., Kansas. (Quincy, Illinois: Edwards, 1884). Images. KansasMemory
  • [Cutler, William G.] History of the State of Kansas. (Chicago, Illinois: Andreas, 1883). WorldCat KanColl
  • Tuttle, Charles R. A new centennial history of the state of Kansas being a full and complete civil, political and military history of the state, from its earliest settlement to the present time. (Madison, Wisconsin, and Lawrence, Kansas: Inter-state Book, 1876). WorldCat
[edit]

Resources

www.mcphersoncountyks.us

[edit]

From Wikipedia

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

McPherson County (standard abbreviation: MP) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 30,223. The largest city and county seat is McPherson. The county is named for Civil War General James B. McPherson.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at McPherson County, Kansas. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:McPherson%2C_Kansas%2C_United_States"