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Harvey County Courthouse in Newton, KS. Photo by Susan Howell
 Harvey County Courthouse

Harvey
 County

 Location of Harvey County in Kansas
 
County Seat: Newton
Founded: 1872
Population:
    · 32,869 (2000)
    · 31,028 (1990)
    · 17,591 (1900)
Area: 540 Square Miles
Standard Abbreviation: HV

History

Map of Harvey County, Kansas, in 1899
Organized in 1872.  County seat Newton.  Named for James M. Harvey, Captain of Company G, Tenth Regiment of Kansas Infantry, and Governor of the State from 1869 to 1873.  In January, 1874, he was elected United States Senator to fill the unexpired term ending in 1877.
 
Map and text from History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)
 
The county's history includes the violence of cowtown wickedness, dynamic railroad activity, and prosperous settlements of "Turkey Red" wheat farmers - many of them Mennonite immigrants from Europe. The beautiful Santa Fe depot in Newton is now mostly an office building; one of the tenant's web site has some neat pictures of the station.
 
William G. Cutler's History of Kansas, first published in 1883, tells about early Harvey County.
 
The Special Collections of the Ablah Library at WSU contain historical images of Sedgwick, Halstead, Newton, and Burrton.
 
The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Harvey County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.
 
Downtown Newton is full of locally-developed historical markers.

Cities, Towns, & Villages of Harvey County

                           2000
    Town                Population  ZIP         Year  Elevation
    =================   ==========  =========   ====  =========
    Alta Mills                                          1420
    Annelly                                             1390
    Burrton                    932  67020               1453
    Halstead                 1,873  67056       1873    1400
    Hesston                  3,509  67062       1886    1476
    McGraw                                              1410
    Mclains                                             1508
    Newton                  17,190  67114       1871    1448
    North Newton             1,522  67117               1440
    Patterson                                           1438
    Paxton                                              1435
    Putnam                                              1399
    Sand Creek                                          1430
    Sedgwick                 1,537  67135               1379
    Van Arsdale                                         1404
    Walton                     284  67151               1537
    Zimmerdale                                          1462
U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts about Harvey County, Kansas

Libraries

Museums

Harvey County School Systems

Colleges & Universities

Hospitals

Harvey County Non-profit agencies & organizations

Newspapers

Economic Development

Genealogy

References

Harvey County Offices

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Last updated on August 6, 2007 by Brig C. McCoy, COUNTIES@KSLIB.INFO
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