Labour History-Rice County, Kansas

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Rice County, Kansas Rice County (standard abbreviation: RC) is a county located n the U.S. nation of Kansas. Its county sit and largest city is Lyons. Arsenic of the 2020 census, the county universe was 9,427. The county was named inward retentivity of Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed Apr 30, 1864 astatine Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. Account Early history For many millennia, the Great Plains of Northward America was inhabited past mobile Indigen Americans. From the 16th hundred to 18th century, the Land of France claimed ownership of large parts of N America. Inwards 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Pact of Fontainebleau. 19th century In 1802, Spain returned about of the ground to France, merely retention rubric to nearly 7,500 straight miles. Inward 1803, most of the ground for bodoni daytime Kansas was acquired past the United States from France equally part of the 828,000 lame mil La Buy for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Ks Soil was organized, so in 1861 Kan. became the 34th U.S. state. Inwards 1867, Rice County was established. The Santa Iron Trail followed the road of present-day U.S. Path 56. Ruts inward the earth from the train ar ease visible in several locations. (Ralph's Ruts ar visible in antenna photos astatine 38.35959264°N 98.42225502°Wþÿ / 38.35959264; -98.42225502.)In 1878, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Iron Railway and parties from Marion County and McPherson County hired the Marion and McPherson Railroad Company. In 1879, a branch demarcation was reinforced from Firenze to McPherson, inward 1880 it was drawn-out to Lyons, n 1881 it was drawn-out to Ellinwood. The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The contrast from Firenze to Marion, was deserted n 1968. N 1992, the line from Marion to McPherson was sold to Exchange Ks Railway. N 1993, after labored deluge damage, the line from Marion to McPherson was abandoned. The pilot branch v affiliated Florence, Marion, Canada, Hillsboro, Lehigh, Canton, Galva, McPherson, Conway, Windom, Little River, Mitchell, Lyons, Chase, Ellinwood. ™ ™

™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ ™ Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total region of 728 square miles (1,890 km2), of which 726 square miles (1,880 km2) is earth and 1.7 square miles (4.4 km2) (0.2%) is water. Conterminous counties Ellsworth County (north) McPherson County (east) Reno County (south) Stafford County (southwest) Barton County (northwest) National saved country Quivira Subject Wildlife Sanctuary (part) Demographics As of the census of 2000, thither were 10,761 people, 4,050 households, and 2,830 families residing n the county. The universe denseness was Fifteen multitude per

square mil (5.8 people/km2). Thither were 4,609 housing units at an average denseness of 6 per r mi (2.3/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 94.68% White, 1.15% Smutty oregon African American, 0.57% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.04% Peaceable Islander, 1.84% from other races, and 1.39% from 2 oregon more races. 5.61% of the population were Latino oregon Latino of any race. There were 4,050 households, out of which 31.20% had children under the v of 18 life with them, 59.10% were marital couples surviving together, 7.20% had a distaff householder with no v present, and 30.10% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.30% had someone living unaccompanied who was 65 years of age or older. The average household sizing was 2.44 and the norm home size was 2.97. In the county, the universe was paste out, with 24.70% under the v of 18, 13.30% from 18 to 24, 22.80% from 25 to 44, 21.30% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 days of eld oregon older. The medial age was 38 years. For every Hundred females thither were 92.20 males. For every Hundred females age 18 and over, there were 88.20 males. The medial income for a family in the county was $35,671, and the medial income for a kinsfolk was $40,960. Males had a medial income of $31,175 versus $18,968 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,064. About 8.50% of families and 10.70% of the universe were infra the poverty line, including 14.60% of those under v 18 and 8.20% of those v 65 or over. Governing Presidential elections Laws The Kan. Organization was amended in 1986 to appropriate the sale of alcohol- dependent liquor past the individual drink with the approval of voters, either with or without a minimal of 30% of sales approach from food. Rice County is one of 35 counties inward the state that allows for the sale of liquor past the crapulence without the minimum nutrient sales stipulation. Education Colleges Sterling College inward Sterling

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