Kansas Counties
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Sherman County, Kansas
| Date Established: | March 20, 1873 |
| Date Organized: | |
| Location: |
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| County Seat: | Goodland |
| Origin of Name: | Named for General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), most famous for his scorched-earth tactics during the Civil War, during the march from Atlanta to the sea. As general commander of the U.S. Army after 1869, he asserted that the aim of Indian policy should be to place the tribes on reservations and make them stay there, and he directed the campaigns through the 1870s that put this policy into practice. |
| Cities & Townships: |
| Place | Population (2000 census) |
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| Goodland (city) | 4,948 |
| Grant Township | 115 |
| Iowa Township | 44 |
| Itasca Township | 321 |
| Lincoln Township | 95 |
| Llanos Township | 43 |
| Logan Township | 246 |
| McPherson Township | 52 |
| Shermanville Township | 51 |
| Smoky Township | 87 |
| Stateline Township | 344 |
| Union Township | 56 |
| Voltaire Township | 252 |
| Washington Township | 106 |
| Total population: | 6,760 | |
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| Population: |
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1880
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 (13) |
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1890
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(5,261) |
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1900
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(3,341) |
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1910
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(4,549) |
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1920
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(5,592) |
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1930
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(7,400) |
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1940
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(6,421) |
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1950
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(7,373) |
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1960
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(6,682) |
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1970
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(7,792) |
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1980
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(7,759) |
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1990
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(6,926) |
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2000
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(6,760) |
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| Other Resources: | Bibliography
Cemeteries in Sherman County, as of 1906
Newspapers available on microfilm
Townships & Independent Cities in Sherman County
Post offices in Sherman County
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| Links to Other Sites: | Sherman County page [Blue Skyways]
Sherman County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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