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{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Brown County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = BrownCoKScourthouse.JPG
|ex image cap       = Brown County Courthouse in [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]] (2011)
|founded            = August 25, 1855
|named for          = [[Albert Gallatin Brown]]
|seat wl            = Hiawatha
|largest city wl    = Hiawatha
|area_total_sq_mi   = 572
|area_land_sq_mi    = 571
|area_water_sq_mi   = 1.2
|area percentage    = 0.2%

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF"/>
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 9508
|pop_est_footnotes  =<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
|pop_est_as_of      =2023
|population_est     =9250 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 16.7

|area codes         = [[Area code 785|785]]
|district           = 2nd
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://www.brcoks.org/|brcoks.org}}
|coordinates        = {{coord|39|48|N|95|35|W|region:US-KS_type:adm2nd_source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Brown County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the northeastern portion of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and most populous city is [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 9,508.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Brown County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/browncountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815052944/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/browncountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named after [[Albert G. Brown]], a U.S. Senator from Mississippi and Kansas statehood advocate. The [[Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas|Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Kansas]], the majority of the [[Sac and Fox Reservation]], and the majority of the [[Ioway Reservation|Iowa Reservation of Kansas and Nebraska]] are located within the county.

==History==

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For many [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] was inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. From the 16th century to 18th century, the [[Kingdom of France]] claimed ownership of large parts of [[North America]]. In 1762, after the [[French and Indian War]], France secretly ceded [[New France]] to [[Spain]], per the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]] for 2.83 [[Penny (United States coin)|cents]] per [[acre]].

In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. Brown County was founded in 1855,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n233 237]}}</ref>  was named for [[Albert G. Brown]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr/page/710 710]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|572|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|571|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.2|sqmi}} (0.2%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The [[Wolf River (Kansas)|Wolf River]] has its source in the county.<ref>[[DeLorme]] (2003).  ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''. p. 26. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.  {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref> [[Brown State Fishing Lake]], formerly known as "Brown County State Park" is in the county, <span style="white-space:nowrap">8&nbsp;miles&nbsp;(13&nbsp;km)</span> east of Hiawatha.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Richardson County, Nebraska]] (north)
* [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]] (east)
* [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]] (southeast)
* [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson County]] (southwest)
* [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha County]] (west)

===Major highways===
Sources: National Atlas,<ref>[http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ National Atlas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205020547/http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ |date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> U.S. Census Bureau<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger |title=U.S. Census Bureau TIGER shape files |access-date=December 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523020601/https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ |archive-date=May 23, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{jct|state=KS|US|36}}
* {{jct|state=KS|US|73|LCT}}
* {{jct|state=KS|US|75}}
* {{jct|state=KS|US|159}}
* {{jct|state=KS|K|20}}
* {{jct|state=KS|K|246}}

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Brown County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1860= 2607
|1870= 6823
|1880= 12817
|1890= 20319
|1900= 22369
|1910= 21314
|1920= 20949
|1930= 20553
|1940= 17395
|1950= 14651
|1960= 13229
|1970= 11685
|1980= 11955
|1990= 11128
|2000= 10724
|2010= 9984
|2020= 9508
|estyear=2023
|estimate=9250
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023" />
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 21, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 10,724 people, 4,318 households, and 2,949 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|19|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,815 housing units at an average density of {{convert|8|/mi2|/km2|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 86.87% [[White American|White]], 1.56% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 8.82% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.21% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 0.73% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.81% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 2.32% of the population.

There were 4,318 [[household]]s, out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.70% were non-families. 28.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.40% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 22.70% from 45 to 64, and 19.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 93.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.80 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $31,971, and the median income for a family was $39,525. Males had a median income of $29,163 versus $19,829 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,163. About 10.60% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 11.80% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
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{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,748|1,199|473|Kansas}}
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Like all of Kansas outside the eastern cities, Brown County is overwhelmingly Republican, although its history of [[Yankee]] settlement means it has been thus for longer than certain other parts of the state. Brown was [[Alf Landon]]’s strongest county in his home state during his disastrous 1936 presidential campaign. [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|FDR]] was never to win so much as 42 percent of the vote in any of his four Presidential elections; indeed no Democratic presidential nominee has ever won a majority in Brown County, with the highest percentage being 47 percent by [[William Jennings Bryan]] in 1896. A mortally divided Republican Party allowed [[Woodrow Wilson]] to win a plurality in 1912 with under 37 percent of the county’s vote – nonetheless since 1968 no Democrat has reached even that percentage.

===Laws===
Following amendment to the [[Kansas Constitution]] in 1986, the county remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 2000, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink without a food sales requirement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties |publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue |date=November 2006 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2007 }}</ref>

==Education==
;Unified school districts<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20013_brown/DC20SD_C20013.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721183345/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20013_brown/DC20SD_C20013.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Brown County, KS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 21, 2022}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20013_brown/DC20SD_C20013_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Hiawatha USD 415]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hiawathaschools.org/|title=Hiawatha Schools USD 415|website=www.hiawathaschools.org}}</ref>
* [[South Brown County USD 430]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usd430.org/|title=USD 430 South Brown County|website=www.usd430.org}}</ref>

;School district office in neighboring county
* [[Doniphan West USD 111]]
* [[Prairie Hills USD 113]]
* [[Jackson Heights USD 335]]

;[[Bureau of Indian Education]]-affiliated tribal schools:
* [[Kickapoo Nation School]]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Brown Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Brown County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Brown County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Brown County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/brown.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527003800/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/brown.PDF |archive-date=May 27, 2024 |date=February 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
‡ means a community has portions in an adjacent county.
{{div col}}
* [[Everest, Kansas|Everest]]
* [[Fairview, Kansas|Fairview]]
* [[Hamlin, Kansas|Hamlin]]
* [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]] (county seat)
* [[Horton, Kansas|Horton]]
* [[Morrill, Kansas|Morrill]]
* [[Powhattan, Kansas|Powhattan]]
* [[Reserve, Kansas|Reserve]]
* [[Robinson, Kansas|Robinson]]
* [[Sabetha, Kansas|Sabetha]]‡
* [[Willis, Kansas|Willis]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
† means a community is designated a [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{div col}}
* [[Baker, Kansas|Baker]]
* [[Mercier, Kansas|Mercier]]
* [[Padonia, Kansas|Padonia]]
* [[Kickapoo Tribal Center, Kansas|Kickapoo Tribal Center]]†
* [[Kickapoo Site 1, Kansas|Kickapoo Site 1]]†
* [[Kickapoo Site 2, Kansas|Kickapoo Site 2]]†
* [[Kickapoo Site 5, Kansas|Kickapoo Site 5]]†
* [[Kickapoo Site 6, Kansas|Kickapoo Site 6]]†
* [[Kickapoo Site 7, Kansas|Kickapoo Site 7]]†
{{div col end}}

===Indian reservations===
{{div col}}
* [[Ioway Reservation]]‡
* [[Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas|Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Kansas]]‡
* [[Sac and Fox Reservation]]‡
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
Brown County is divided into ten [[Civil township|townships]]. The cities of [[Hiawatha, Kansas|Hiawatha]], [[Horton, Kansas|Horton]], and [[Sabetha, Kansas|Sabetha]] 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.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; margin-bottom:0.25em; clear:both;"
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|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
|- 
| [[Hamlin Township, Brown County, Kansas|Hamlin]]|| 29725 ||  || 344 || 3 (8) || 106 (41) || 0 (0) || 0.18% || {{coord|39|57|1|N|95|36|40|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Hiawatha Township, Brown County, Kansas|Hiawatha]]|| 31700 ||  || 739 || 4 (12) || 164 (63) || 0 (0) || 0.18% || {{coord|39|50|25|N|95|31|59|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Irving Township, Brown County, Kansas|Irving]]|| 34500 ||  || 311 || 2 (6) || 137 (53) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|39|57|24|N|95|23|36|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Mission Township, Brown County, Kansas|Mission]]|| 47200 ||  || 645 || 3 (8) || 219 (84) || 2 (1) || 0.73% || {{coord|39|43|14|N|95|32|12|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Morrill Township, Brown County, Kansas|Morrill]]|| 48325 || [[Morrill, Kansas|Morrill]] || 503 || 5 (12) || 105 (41) || 0 (0) || 0.24% || {{coord|39|56|23|N|95|43|20|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Padonia Township, Brown County, Kansas|Padonia]]|| 54025 ||  || 259 || 2 (6) || 107 (41) || 0 (0) || 0.14% || {{coord|39|57|2|N|95|31|4|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Powhattan Township, Brown County, Kansas|Powhattan]]|| 57375 ||  || 874 || 4 (10) || 232 (90) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|39|43|49|N|95|41|59|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Robinson Township, Brown County, Kansas|Robinson]]|| 60350 || [[Robinson, Kansas|Robinson]] || 452 || 4 (10) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.25% || {{coord|39|48|29|N|95|23|49|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Walnut Township, Brown County, Kansas|Walnut]]|| 74875 || [[Fairview, Kansas|Fairview]] || 665 || 4 (11) || 161 (62) || 1 (0) || 0.46% || {{coord|39|50|53|N|95|42|27|W|}} 
|- 
| [[Washington Township, Brown County, Kansas|Washington]]|| 75525 || [[Everest, Kansas|Everest]] || 541 || 5 (12) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.17% || {{coord|39|41|43|N|95|24|41|W|}} 
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Brown County, Kansas]]
{{See also Kansas counties}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223976/ ''Standard Atlas of Brown County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 70 pages; 1919.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/216457/ ''Plat Book of Brown County, Kansas'']; Northwest Publishing Company; 44 pages; 1904.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223979/ ''Meacham's Illustrated Atlas of Brown and Nemaha Counties, Kansas'']; J.H. Meacham & Company; 127 pages; 1887.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Brown County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://www.brcoks.org/|Brown County - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260407 Brown County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Maps
* Brown County Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/brown.PDF Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [http://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Brown County, Kansas
|North     = [[Richardson County, Nebraska]]
|Northeast = [[Holt County, Missouri]]
|East      = [[Doniphan County, Kansas|Doniphan County]]
|Southeast = [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]]
|South     = [[Jackson County, Kansas|Jackson County]]
|Southwest = [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha County]]
|West      = [[Nemaha County, Kansas|Nemaha County]]
|Northwest = [[Richardson County, Nebraska]]
}}

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