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Laws

Miami 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 52% to 48% despite backing Donald Trump with 68% of the vote to Joe Biden's 29% in the 2020 presidential election.

Education

At one time in its history, Miami County had more than 100 schools. While most of those school buildings either no longer exist, or have been vacant for many years, the Rock Creek School at 231st & Pressonville, a one-room schoolhouse built in 1910, was used as a school until 1966. The residents near it in the northwest corner of Miami County, purchased the red brick schoolhouse from the school district for $1. Today, the schoolhouse is still used as a township hall to hold meetings, suppers, and other community events.

In 1878, a Normal School, one of five in the state of Kansas, was established in Paola by Professor John Wherrell, which flourished for six years. Notable students of the Normal School were: U.S. Senator Chester I. Long, and the father of peanuts George Washington Carver.

Unified school districts

School districts include:

  • Blue Valley USD 229
  • Gardner Edgerton USD 231
  • Louisburg USD 416 [https://www.usd416.org/ ]
  • Osawatomie USD 367 [http://www.usd367.org/]
  • Paola USD 368
  • Spring Hill USD 230 [https://www.usd230.org/]
  • Wellsville USD 289 [https://www.wellsville-usd289.org/]

Communities

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

Cities

‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.

  • Fontana
  • Louisburg
  • Osawatomie
  • Paola (county seat)
  • Spring Hill‡

Unincorporated communities

† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.

  • Beagle
  • Block
  • Bucyrus†
  • Hillsdale†
  • Jingo
  • New Lancaster
  • Somerset†
  • Stanton
  • Wagstaff
  • Wea

Townships

Miami County is divided into thirteen townships. The cities of Louisburg, Osawatomie, Paola, and Spring Hill 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&nbsp;mi)</small>

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

! Geographic coordinates

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| Marysville || 45100 || || 2,575 || 20 (51) || 131 (50) || 12 (5) || 8.28% ||

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| Miami || 46100 || || 506 || 4 (10) || 126 (48) || 1 (0) || 0.53% ||

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| Middle Creek || 46225 || || 1,649 || 11 (28) || 151 (58) || 1 (1) || 0.89% ||

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| Mound || 48700 || || 705 || 8 (22) || 83 (32) || 0 (0) || 0.06% ||

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| Osage || 53175 || || 649 || 6 (16) || 106 (41) || 0 (0) || 0.46% ||

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| Osawatomie || 53250 || || 794 || 9 (23) || 90 (35) || 0 (0) || 0.12% ||

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| Paola || 54275 || || 1,100 || 16 (40) || 71 (27) || 0 (0) || 0.65% ||

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| Richland || 59475 || || 1,758 || 11 (27) || 166 (64) || 16 (6) || 8.89% ||

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| Stanton || 67925 || || 925 || 9 (23) || 103 (40) || 0 (0) || 0.37% ||

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| Sugar Creek || 68825 || || 449 || 4 (11) || 104 (40) || 1 (0) || 0.63% ||

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| Ten Mile || 70125 || || 1,259 || 10 (27) || 121 (47) || 1 (0) || 0.51% ||

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| Valley || 72950 || || 1,478 || 16 (41) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.37% ||

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| Wea || 76225 || || 1,836 || 16 (41) || 117 (45) || 1 (0) || 0.43% ||

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See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Miami County, Kansas

References

;Notes

Further reading

  • The Lindseys - Kansas Pioneers 1855-2024 - A History of the Lindsey Family of Southeast Miami County and Northeast Linn County, Kansas; Marvin and Steven Lindsey; 480 pages; 2024; ISBN 979-8823022231.
  • Soil Survey of Linn and Miami Counties, Kansas; Harold L. Penner; U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service; 207 pages; 1981.
  • History of Paola, Kansas, 1855 to 1955; Berenice B. Wallace; 1955.
  • Standard Atlas of Miami County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 47 pages; 1901.
  • An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Miami County, Kansas; Edwards Brothers; 48 pages; 1878.
  • The King of Counties - Miami County, Her Towns, Villages and Business, Timber, Water, Land and Agricultural Resources; George Higgins; Western Spirit Print; 1877.

;County

  • Miami County - Directory of Public Officials

;Maps

  • Miami County Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
  • Kansas Highway Maps: Current, Historic, KDOT
  • Kansas Railroad Maps: Current, 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society