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Laws
Leavenworth County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement.
The county voted "No" on the 2022 Kansas abortion referendum, an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 59% to 41% despite backing Donald Trump with 59% of the vote to Joe Biden's 38% in the 2020 presidential election.
Education
Colleges and universities
- United States Army Command and General Staff College
- University of Saint Mary
- Leavenworth Normal School (closed)
Unified school districts
School districts include:
- Basehor–Linwood USD 458
- Bonner Springs USD 204
- Easton USD 449
- Fort Leavenworth USD 207
- Jefferson County North USD 339
- Kansas City USD
- Lansing USD 469
- Lawrence USD 497
- Leavenworth USD 453
- McLouth USD 342
- Tonganoxie USD 464
Communities
[[Image:Map of Leavenworth Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|250px|2005 map of Leavenworth County
Cities
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
- Basehor
- Bonner Springs‡
- De Soto‡
- Easton
- Lansing
- Leavenworth (county seat)
- Linwood
- Tonganoxie
Unincorporated communities
- Fairmount
- Fall Leaf
- Fort Leavenworth
- Hoge
- Jarbalo
- Kickapoo
- Lenape
- Lowemont
- Millwood
- Reno
- Springdale
- Wadsworth
Ghost town
- Delaware City
Townships
Leavenworth County is divided into ten townships. The cities of Lansing and Leavenworth are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. 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 !! 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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| Alexandria || 01100 || || 859 || 7 (18) || 123 (48) || 1 (0) || 0.62% ||
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| Delaware || 17450 || || 1,361 || 22 (57) || 62 (24) || 3 (1) || 4.19% ||
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| Easton || 19625 || || 1,245 || 11 (30) || 109 (42) || 0 (0) || 0.11% ||
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| Fairmount || 22325 ||Basehor || 6,266 || 61 (159) || 102 (39) || 0 (0) || 0.39% ||
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| High Prairie || 32125 || || 1,768 || 14 (37) || 124 (48) || 0 (0) || 0.27% ||
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| Kickapoo || 36700 || || 1,760 || 15 (40) || 114 (44) || 3 (1) || 2.39% ||
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| Reno || 58950 || || 1,143 || 10 (27) || 111 (43) || 2 (1) || 1.56% ||
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| Sherman || 65000 || || 2,367 || 22 (57) || 108 (42) || 3 (1) || 2.44% ||
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| Stranger || 68500 || || 2,451 || 19 (50) || 127 (49) || 0 (0) || 0.17% ||
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| Tonganoxie || 70825 ||Tonganoxie (part) || 4,852 || 35 (91) || 137 (53) || 1 (0) || 0.66% ||
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Notable people
- Sean Malto, professional skateboarder
- Wayne Simien, professional basketball player
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Leavenworth County, Kansas
- Lenape and Christian Munsee
- Ernest Fox Nichols - Educator and MIT physicist
- Fort Leavenworth (Frontier Army Museum)
- Freedom's Frontier, NE Kansas National Heritage Area
- Kansas Sampler, shares insights on community character
References
Further reading
- History of Leavenworth County Kansas; Jesse Hall and LeRoy Hand; Historical Publishing; 684 pages; 1921.
- Standard Atlas of Leavenworth County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 42 pages; 1903.
- Atlas Map of Leavenworth County, Kansas; Missouri Publishing Co; 38 pages; 1878.
External links
;County
- Leavenworth County - Directory of Public Officials
;Maps
- Leavenworth County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
- Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society