Talk:Stanton County, Kansas

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Townships pops: (2010 - pop doc)Kansas: 2010, Population and Housing unit Counts, pdf p. 21 (2012)] / (1980 census doc) [1] / (1950 census doc) [2]

Big Bow: 2010:248 / 2000:338 / 1990:415 / 1980: 442 / 1970:536 / 1960:513 / 1950 : 464 / 1940: 316 / 1930 - blank
Manter 2010:276 / 2000:312 / 1990:354 / 1980: 426 / 1970: 479 / 1960: 499 / 1950 : 511 / 1940: 377 / 1930 - blank
Stanton 2010: 1711/ 2000:1756 / 1990: 1564 / 1980: 1471 / 1970: 1272 / 1960: 1096 / 1950: 1288 / 1940: 750 / 1930 - blank
1940 census Kansas section p. 404, n.42 notes "County redistricted in 1934." [3]
1930 census Kansas section p. 420, notes [4] - "Manter township organized from part of Stanton township in 1924. Manter city incorporated in 1924 and Johnson city in 1923." Township Pop: Manter 1930 - 427 / Mitchell 1930: 502 - 1920: 301 - 1910: 394 / Roanoke 1930 - 443 - 1920: 316 - 1910: 299 / Stanton: 1930: 762 - 1920:291 - 1910:341.
1910 census KS division info: Mitchell 1910 - 394, 1900 - 165, 1890: blank; Roanoke - 1910 -299, 1900- 107, 1890 - blank; Stanton - 1910, 341 - 1900, 55 - 1890, blank.
1895 Kansas house bill to vacate Township of Gognac and Liverpool [5]
1890 census with population of seven townships [6] (Also 1890 figures, blank in 1880 since presumably not yet created) - Borders: 114, Falkenstein: 89, Liverpool: 190, Mitchell: 68, Roanoke: 69, Robinson: 166, Stanton (with Johnson city): 345 (Johnson City - 143). (1880 county population was 5!).
1885 Stanton map with seven townships [7]. (Also good for finding "ghost town" locations).

See 2014 Hutchinson News Bickel article on Stanton County "Ghost towns" for future articles: [8]. Saunders (which has signs on US 160), Liverpool, Border, perhaps others, look promising.
See July 24, 1938 Hutchinson News article [9] (OCR link); "Stanton County, Home Of 11 Ghost Towns ...."