Kansas Counties

Mitchell County, Kansas

Date Established:

February 26, 1867

Date Organized:

Location:

County Seat:

Beloit

Origin of Name:

For William D. Mitchell, who entered the Union army as a private in Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry. Promoted to captain in a Kentucky regiment, he was killed in action at Monroe's Cross Roads, North Carolina, in 1865.

Cities & Townships

Place	Population (2010 census)
Asherville Township	97
Beloit (city)	3,835
Beloit Township	205
Bloomfield Township	76
Blue Hill Township	27
Carr Creek Township	17
Cawker Township	522
Center Township	39
Custer Township	110
Eureka Township	22
Glen Elder Township	514
Hayes Township	16
Logan Township	125
Lulu Township	87
Pittsburg Township	298
Plum Creek Township	105
Round Springs Township	24
Salt Creek Township	33
Solomon Rapids Township	65
Turkey Creek Township	122
Walnut Creek Township	34
Total population:	6,373

Population:

1870	(485)
1880	(14,911)
1890	(15,037)
1900	(14,647)
1910	(14,089)
1920	(13,886)
1930	(12,774)
1940	(11,339)
1950	(10,320)
1960	(8,866)
1970	(8,010)
1980	(8,117)
1990	(7,203)
2000	(6,932)
2010	(6,373)

Other Resources:

Post offices in Mitchell County
Cemeteries in Mitchell County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Mitchell County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory

Links to Other Sites:

Mitchell County page [Blue Skyways]
Mitchell County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]

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