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'''Gove County''' (county code '''GO''') is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Gove City, Kansas|Gove City]],<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> and its most populous city is [[Quinter, Kansas|Quinter]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], the county population was 2,718.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Gove County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/govecountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816071646/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/govecountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 16, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its [[The county seat]]was isnamed [[Govefor City,Granville Kansas|Gove City]],<ref name="GR6">{{citea web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspxcaptain |access-date=2011-06-07of |title=FindCompany aG Countyof |publisher=Nationalthe Association[[11th ofKansas CountiesCavalry |url-status=deadRegiment]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspxVolunteer |archive-date=2011-05-31Cavalry, }}</ref>who anddied itsfrom mostbattle populouswounds cityduring isthe [[Quinter,American Kansas|Quinter]]Civil War.

Eighty (80) million years ago, thisGove County was all part of an ancient inland sea known as the [[Western Interior Seaway]]. Many students still visit the [[Castle Rock (Kansas)|Castle Rock Badlands]] today to explore fossils and find clues about the origins, and potentially future, of life on [[Earth]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Believe it or not: dry western Kansas is the place to study prehistoric oceans |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/16/1117658797/believe-it-or-not-dry-dusty-western-kansas-is-the-place-to-study-prehistoric-oce |access-date=2022-08-August 16, 2022}}</ref>

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]].

In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. In 1868, '''Gove County''' was established and named for [[Granville Llewellyn Gove]], member of the [[11th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry]], and son of Moses Gove, a former mayor of [[Manhattan, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n139 140]}}</ref><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/n764 768]}}</ref>

In 2020, ''[[USA Today]]'' profiled Gove County during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]] and called it the "deadliest place in America" due to it having the highest death rate from COVID-19 compared to any other county in the nation: 1 out of every 132 people. The first deaths were reported on October 7; as of November 2020, 20 residents died from the virus, and 314 other positive cases were reported. The article attributed the high death rate to predominant public opposition towards wearing [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|face masks]], doubts over the pandemic's severity, and the county's high [[median age]], all of which left residents highly vulnerable.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Hughes|first=Trevor|date=December 12, 2020|title=Deadliest place in America: They shrugged off the pandemic, then their family and friends started dying|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/12/coronavirus-deaths-highest-us-rural-republican-leaning-county/3828902001/|access-date=December 12, 2020-12-12|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref>

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|1072|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|1072|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi}} (0.01%) 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=2011-04-April 23, 2011|date=2011-02-February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

|estyear=2023

|estimate=2735

|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 24, 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 24, 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 24, 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=2010-03-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 24, 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=2008-01-January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 3,068 people, 1,245 households, and 861 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|3 people per square mile (1|/km<sup>2<mi2|/sup>)km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 1,423 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1 per square&nbsp;mile (1|/km<sup>2<mi2|/sup>)km2|}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 97.95% [[White American|White]], 0.10% [[Black American|Black]] or [[African American]], 0.16% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.10% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.72% from other races, and 0.98% from [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. [[Hispanic]] or [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] of any race were 1.24% of the population.

There were 1,245 [[household]]s, out of which 28.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.50% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.80% were non-families. 29.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.20% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 22.10% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 22.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.30 males.

The [[Median household income|median income for a household]] in the county was $33,510, and the median income for a family was $40,438. Males had a median income of $26,863 versus $21,357 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,852. About 8.00% of families and 10.30% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.90% of those under age 18 and 6.90% of those age 65 or over.

Although the [[Kansas Constitution]] was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Gove County has remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county.<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 2004 |access-date=2007-01-January 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2007-10-08 }}</ref>

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[[Image:Map of Gove Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] Mapmap of Gove County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]

* [[Gove City, Kansas|Gove City]] (county seat)

* [[Oakley, Kansas|Oakley]]‡ (part)- originally named Carlyle & Cleveland

* [[Park, Kansas|Park]] - originally named Buffalo Park

* [[Quinter, Kansas|Quinter]] - originally named Melota & Familton

Gove County is divided into nine [[Civil township|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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| [[Baker Township, Gove County, Kansas|Baker]]|| 03775 || [[Quinter, Kansas|Quinter]] || 1,357 || 4 (11) || 324 (125) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|39|2|18|N|100|13|56|W|}}

| [[Gaeland Township, Gove County, Kansas|Gaeland]]|| 25000 || || 46 || 0 (1) || 208 (80) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|56|21|N|100|44|30|W|}}

| [[Gove Township, Gove County, Kansas|Gove]]|| 27075 || || 215 || 1 (2) || 301 (116) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|57|19|N|100|31|44|W|}}

| [[Grainfield Township, Gove County, Kansas|Grainfield]]|| 27225 || [[Grainfield, Kansas|Grainfield]] || 430 || 2 (6) || 184 (71) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|39|5|41|N|100|28|28|W|}}

| [[Grinnell Township, Gove County, Kansas|Grinnell]]|| 28925 || [[Grinnell, Kansas|Grinnell]] || 480 || 2 (4) || 320 (123) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|39|5|50|N|100|41|41|W|}}

| [[Jerome Township, Gove County, Kansas|Jerome]]|| 35425 || || 132 || 0 (1) || 370 (143) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|38|48|3|N|100|28|45|W|}}

| [[Larrabee Township, Gove County, Kansas|Larrabee]]|| 38750 || || 80 || 0 (1) || 371 (143) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|38|47|24|N|100|15|14|W|}}

| [[Lewis Township, Gove County, Kansas|Lewis]]|| 39750 || || 13 || 0 (0) || 372 (144) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|46|23|N|100|43|39|W|}}

| [[Payne Township, Gove County, Kansas|Payne]]|| 55050 || || 315 || 1 (3) || 324 (125) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|39|3|4|N|100|20|42|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, 2002-08-02 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}

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