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Wallace has long been one of the most overwhelmingly Republican of all the state's counties. Only two Democratic presidential nominees have ever won Wallace County – Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Since 1944 only three Democratic presidential candidates have won 31 percent of Wallace County's vote – Harry S. Truman in 1948, Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Jimmy Carter in 1976 – whilst since 1980 only Michael Dukakis during the drought-affected 1988 election has obtained so much as seventeen percent for the Democratic Party. Indeed, in the 2016 election Hillary Clinton recorded less than six percent of the county's vote, whilst the last seven Republican nominees have all exceeded 80 percent. In the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections, Wallace was the only county in Kansas to give over 90% of the vote to the Republican nominee, namely Mitt Romney followed by Donald Trump.

Laws

Although the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Wallace County has remained a prohibition, or "dry", county, the only such county remaining in the state as of March 2023.

Education

Unified school districts

  • Wallace County USD 241
  • Weskan USD 242

Communities

[[File:Map of Wallace Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Wallace County<br/>

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

Cities

  • Sharon Springs (county seat)
  • Wallace

Unincorporated communities

  • Weskan†

Townships

Wallace County is divided into four townships. None of the cities within the county are 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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|+align="bottom"|Sources: 2000 U.S. Gazetteer from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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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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| Harrison || 30450 || || 85 || 0 (1) || 210 (81) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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| Sharon Springs || 64400 || Sharon Springs || 1,096 || 1 (3) || 885 (342) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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| Wallace || 74775 ||Wallace|| 175 || 0 (1) || 488 (188) || 0 (0) || 0.01% ||

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| Weskan || 76700 || Weskan || 393 || 1 (1) || 784 (303) || 0 (0) || 0.01% ||

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See also

References

Further reading

  • Standard Atlas of Wallace County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 42 pages; 1908.

;County

  • Wallace County - Directory of Public Officials

;Maps

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