Wallace County, Kansas
PO Box 70
Sharon Springs, KS 67758
Phone: (785) 852-4282
Fax: (785) 852-4783
On central western border of KS; organized Mar 2, 1868 from Indian lands. Name Origin: For Gen. William Harvey Lamb Wallace (?-1862), Union officer in the Civil War who died of wounds received at Shiloh, TN.
Area (sq mi): 914.05 (land 913.99; water 0.05). Pop per sq mi: 1.70.
Pop 2005: 1,573. State rank: 104. Pop change: 2000-20005 -10.10%; 1990-2000 -4.00%. Pop 2000: 1,749 (White 92.80%; Black or African American 0.60%; Hispanic or Latino 4.80%; Asian 0.20%; Other 4.60%). Foreign born: 2.20%. Median age: 39.50.
Income 2000: per capita $17,016; median household $33,000; Pop below poverty level: 16.10%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $21,309-$25,809.
Unemployment 2004: 3.20%. Change from 2000: 0.20%. Median travel time to work: 18.70 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 11.70%.
Sharon Springs, KS 67758
Phone: (785) 852-4282
Fax: (785) 852-4783
On central western border of KS; organized Mar 2, 1868 from Indian lands. Name Origin: For Gen. William Harvey Lamb Wallace (?-1862), Union officer in the Civil War who died of wounds received at Shiloh, TN.
Area (sq mi): 914.05 (land 913.99; water 0.05). Pop per sq mi: 1.70.
Pop 2005: 1,573. State rank: 104. Pop change: 2000-20005 -10.10%; 1990-2000 -4.00%. Pop 2000: 1,749 (White 92.80%; Black or African American 0.60%; Hispanic or Latino 4.80%; Asian 0.20%; Other 4.60%). Foreign born: 2.20%. Median age: 39.50.
Income 2000: per capita $17,016; median household $33,000; Pop below poverty level: 16.10%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $21,309-$25,809.
Unemployment 2004: 3.20%. Change from 2000: 0.20%. Median travel time to work: 18.70 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 11.70%.
Cities with population over 10,000: None.
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