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McPherson County, Kansas. / 38.4°N 97.7°W / 38.4; -97.7. McPherson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is McPherson. [ 3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 30,223. [ 1] The county was named for James McPherson, a general in the American Civil War.
McPherson (/ m ə k ˈ f ɜːr s ən / mək-FUR-sən) is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 14,082. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson , a Civil War general. [ 5 ]
Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically saw most, if not all, of their town die out.
2393735 [ 1] Website. cantonks.org. Canton is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. [ 1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 685. [ 5] It is named after Canton, Ohio.
FIPS code. 20-44925. GNIS ID. 2395018 [1] Website. marquettekansas.com. Marquette is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 599. [3] It is located between K-4 and the Smoky Hill River .
Added to NRHP. November 21, 1976. The McPherson County Courthouse in McPherson, Kansas is a historic three-story courthouse that was built in 1893. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1976. [1] It was designed by architect John G. Haskell. [2] : 29–30 The building was built in 1893.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
DescriptionMap of McPherson Co, Ks, USA.png. This map of McPherson County, Kansas, USA, is copied at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch from the original PDF file. Date. February 2005. Source. Kansas 2005–2006 Official Transportation Map [1](map legend) Author. Designed and published by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Permission.