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Laws

Following amendment to the Kansas Constitution in 1986, the county remained an alcohol-free, or "dry", county until 2004, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic beverages by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.

Education

Unified school districts

  • Hodgeman County USD 227

Communities

[[Image:Map of Hodgeman Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Hodgeman County

Cities

  • Hanston
  • Jetmore (county seat)

Townships

Hodgeman County is divided into nine townships. None of the cities within the county is considered governmentally independent, and all figures for the townships include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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! Township !! FIPS !! Population<br/>center

! Population <br/>(2000) !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq mi)</small>

! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water %

! Geographic coordinates

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| Benton|| 06225 || || 48 || 1 (1) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.13% ||

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| Center|| 11725 || || 1,121 || 3 (8) || 374 (144) || 0 (0) || 0.05% ||

|-

| Hallet|| 29525 || || 62 || 0 (1) || 182 (70) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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| Marena|| 44575 || || 432 || 1 (3) || 373 (144) || 0 (0) || 0.05% ||

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| North Roscoe|| 51350 || || 51 || 0 (0) || 276 (106) || 0 (0) || 0.05% ||

|-

| Sawlog|| 63225 || || 93 || 0 (1) || 187 (72) || 0 (0) || 0.02% ||

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| South Roscoe|| 66900 || || 76 || 0 (1) || 185 (71) || 0 (0) || 0.04% ||

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| Sterling|| 68175 || || 144 || 0 (1) || 374 (144) || 0 (0) || 0.02% ||

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| Valley|| 72825 || || 58 || 0 (1) || 185 (71) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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At the beginning of the 1992 film Unforgiven, the protagonist William Munny, played by Clint Eastwood, is living in Hodgeman County and working as a pig farmer, while attempting to hide evidence of his violent past from all those around him.

See also

References

;Notes

Further reading

  • Handbook of Hodgeman County, Kansas; C.S. Burch Publishing Co; 34 pages; 1887.
  • Standard Atlas of Hodgeman County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 56 pages; 1907.

;County

  • Hodgeman County - Directory of Public Officials

;Maps

  • Hodgeman County Township Map - Kansas Department of Transportation
  • Hodgeman County Road Maps - Kansas Department of Transportation
  • Kansas State Highway Maps - Kansas Department of Transportation