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Sumner County, Kansas

Date Established:	February 26, 1867
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County Seat:	Wellington
Origin of Name:	In honor of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. The Senate's leading opponent of slavery, he was beaten unconscious on the Senate floor by a South Carolina congressman after one speech Sumner made against pro-slavery groups in Kansas in 1856. During the Civil War, he became a leader of the Radical Republicans, arguing for black suffrage and urging an extensive programme of economic aid, land distribution and free education for freed slaves. He also lead the impeachment movement against President Andrew Johnson.
Cities & Townships:	Place Population (2000 census) Caldwell (city) 1,284 Wellington (city) 8,647 Avon Township 319 Belle Plaine Township 3,504 Bluff Township 74 Caldwell Township 200 Chikaskia Township 69 Conway Township 1,286 Creek Township 241 Dixon Township 738 Downs Township 159 Eden Township 452 Falls Township 187 Gore Township 2,220 Greene Township 80 Guelph Township 164 Harmon Township 277 Illinois Township 178 Jackson Township 153 London Township 774 Morris Township 35 Osborne Township 273 Oxford Township 1,403 Palestine Township 249 Ryan Township 239 Seventy-Six Township 238 South Haven Township 670 Springdale Township 761 Sumner Township 150 Valverde Township 147 Walton Township 431 Wellington Township 344 Total population: 25,946
Population:	1870 (22) 1880 (20,812) 1890 (30,271) 1900 (25,631) 1910 (30,654) 1920 (29,213) 1930 (28,960) 1940 (26,163) 1950 (23,646) 1960 (25,316) 1970 (23,553) 1980 (24,928) 1990 (25,841) 2000 (25,946)
Other Resources:	Bibliography Cemeteries in Sumner County, as of 1906 Newspapers available on microfilm Townships & Independent Cities in Sumner County Post offices in Sumner County
Links to Other Sites:	Sumner County page [Blue Skyways] Sumner County GenWeb Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]