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48-471: Lane University was a college located in Lecompton, Kansas , United States. It was founded in 1865 by Rev. Solomon Weaver , the first president, and was named after U.S. Senator James H. Lane . Jim Lane was a main free-state leader, and Lecompton was previously the capital of the opposing pro-slavery faction. Local tradition notes that a funding drive to construct the university promised to name it after

96-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

144-593: A property in Kansas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Kansas museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lecompton, Kansas Lecompton (pronounced / l ɪ ˈ k ɒ m p t ə n / ) is a city in Douglas County , Kansas , United States. As of the 2020 census , the population of

192-449: A bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 13.9% of the population. 22.1% of the population was under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 23.8% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 103.6 males. The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that

240-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

288-461: A lesser extent the anti-slavery, factions in the eastern part of the state. Lecompton was a hotbed of pro-slavery sentiment during the mid-1800s. Lecompton was founded in 1854, on a bluff on the south bank of the Kansas River . It was originally called Bald Eagle, and was renamed Lecompton in honor of Samuel Dexter Lecompte , the chief justice of the territorial Supreme Court. In August 1855,

336-614: Is characterized by hot, humid summers, and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Lecompton has a humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. Lecompton is part of the Lawrence, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area . The 2020 United States census counted 588 people, 247 households, and 166 families in Lecompton. The population density

384-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

432-514: Is located in Perry. Lecompton Elementary School is located in Lecompton. The Perry-Lecompton High School mascot is Perry-Lecompton Kaws. Lecompton High School was closed through school unification in 1970. The Lecompton High School mascot was Lecompton Owls. County seat In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below

480-713: The Bleeding Kansas era; and the Lane University building, which is now the Territorial Capital Museum. When the frame business buildings on the east side of main street (Elmore) were destroyed by fire in 1916, they were replaced with brick structures. A mural depicting the city as it appeared before the fire is located in the local post office building. In 1998, the Lecompton Historical Society began restoring

528-635: The Radical United Brethren Church was placed on the Kansas Register for Historic Places. With the building's addition to the historic register, Lecompton now has four buildings on either Kansas or national registers. The other three are Constitutional Hall, where two state constitutions were drafted in the 1850s in hopes of bringing Kansas into the union as a slave state; the Democratic Headquarters from

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576-754: The United Brethren Church established a university in Lecompton. Occupying the Rowena hotel that was originally built for the Territorial Legislature and visitors, the university later built a stone building in 1882 on the foundation of the started, but not completed, capitol building. Named " Lane University " after the free-stater James H. Lane , the university brought professors and students to community. It thrived until 1902, when Lane University moved to Holton, Kansas and merged to form Campbell College , which in turn merged with

624-947: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

672-541: The age of 18 and 2.0% of those ages 65 or over. As of the census of 2010, there were 625 people, 240 households, and 162 families residing in the city. The population density was 353.1 inhabitants per square mile (136.3/km ). There were 254 housing units at an average density of 143.5 per square mile (55.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 94.9% White , 0.5% African American , 2.2% Native American , 0.5% Asian , 0.3% from other races , and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of

720-403: The average family size was 3.06. In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males. The median income for a household in the city

768-564: The city became the capital of the Kansas Territory after President Franklin Pierce appointed Andrew Horatio Reeder as governor and charged him and his officials with establishing government offices in Lecompton. The city soon became a stronghold of pro-slavery politics and Southern sympathy, which put it in conflict with nearby Lawrence, which had been founded by Free-Staters from Massachusetts. The first post office in Lecompton

816-482: The city was 588. Lecompton, located on the Kansas River , was the de jure territorial capital of Kansas from 1855 to 1861, and the Douglas County seat from 1855 to 1858. Anti-slavery Lawrence became the de facto capital during the latter part of this period, when the county seat was moved there. This time period was known as Bleeding Kansas , due to the violence perpetrated by the pro-slavery, and to

864-423: The city. The population density was 677.9 inhabitants per square mile (261.7/km ). There were 233 housing units at an average density of 259.8 per square mile (100.3/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.59% White , 0.16% African American , 2.96% Native American , 0.66% Asian , 0.16% Pacific Islander , 0.16% from other races , and 2.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.30% of

912-517: The congregation to split. One group built another church on adjoining land which they named the Radical United Brethren Church. It burned about 1902 and a limestone church building replaced it. The former church was used as the Lecompton City Hall until about 2006, when a newer city hall was built in the old Lecompton Fire Station. The limestone church building is now a community building and a Douglas County sheriff's substation. In 2016,

960-526: The counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of

1008-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

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1056-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

1104-500: The growing dispute soon to erupt in civil war. The Lecompton Constitution failed, in part, because the antislavery party won control of the territorial legislature in the election of 1857. The new legislature met at Constitution Hall and immediately began to abolish the pro-slavery laws of what they called the Bogus Legislature , the territory's pro-slavery lawmakers since July 1855. The free-staters briefly attempted to move

1152-424: The imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of

1200-585: The increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan

1248-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

1296-758: The later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With

1344-603: The major contributor. Allegedly, James H. Lane made the largest pledge, received the namesake honor, and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound before he could carry out his promise. In 1865 The university was first located in what had been the Rowena Hotel. In 1865 the state donated to the university 13 acres of land that included the foundation of what had been intended to be the Kansas Territorial Capitol building at Lecompton. A college building

1392-425: The median household income was $ 61,458 (with a margin of error of +/- $ 26,139) and the median family income was $ 75,250 (+/- $ 38,228). Males had a median income of $ 26,389 (+/- $ 19,491) versus $ 28,365 (+/- $ 5,820) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $ 27,981 (+/- $ 8,067). Approximately, 15.2% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 33.1% of those under

1440-415: The now-defunct Kansas City University . The bell from Lane University went with the move, and today can be found on the campus of Holton High School . The Lane University building was then used for the high school in Lecompton until a larger brick building was built just to the south of it in 1926. The Lane University building fell into disrepair. In the 1970s, the community raised funds to rehabilitate

1488-559: The old building to become the Territorial Capital Museum , maintained by the Lecompton Historical Society. Two blocks away is Constitution Hall, where the infamous Lecompton Constitution was written in 1857. Constitution Hall is a museum operated by the Kansas Historical Society . In the 1880s, there was some dissension in the United Brethren Church concerning secret organizations, causing

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1536-605: The parents of former president Dwight D. Eisenhower , met at Lane University as students and married in the chapel in 1885. Today Lane University is a museum known as the Territorial Capital Museum , dedicated to Kansas history before the Civil War. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Lane University is not to be confused with Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee . This article about

1584-406: The population. There were 228 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.8% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 21.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and

1632-438: The population. There were 240 households, of which 37.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.5% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1680-775: The provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized

1728-631: The remains of the native limestone Democratic Headquarters Building c.  1850s . Originally there was a log cabin connected to the west side of this building located on East Second Street. The historic building was moved to Riverview Park, a public park along the south limestone bluff of the Kansas River, overlooking the Kaw Valley basin to the north. As of 2015 , downtown Lecompton had an antique shop, cafe/diner, art shop, and an automobile restoration garage. A convenience store/meat market

1776-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

1824-460: The territorial capital to Minneola through a vote, although the resulting bill was later vetoed by Kansas territorial governor James W. Denver , and ruled void by U.S. Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black . As such, Lecompton remained the de jure territorial capital until the victorious free-state leaders officially chose Topeka as capital when Kansas became a state on January 29, 1861. The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861. In 1865,

1872-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

1920-624: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

1968-523: Was $ 38,281, and the median income for a family was $ 46,111. Males had a median income of $ 37,813 versus $ 20,577 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 15,433. About 4.4% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. The community is served by Perry–Lecompton USD 343 public school district. School unification consolidated Perry and Lecompton schools forming USD 343 in 1970. Perry-Lecompton High School

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2016-428: Was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.09. The median age in the city was 36.7 years. 29% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.8% male and 51.2% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 608 people, 228 households, and 168 families residing in

2064-423: Was 2.72% (16) of the population. Of the 247 households, 34.4% had children under the age of 18; 44.9% were married couples living together; 25.5% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 25.5% of households consisted of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.2 and the average family size was 3.5. The percent of those with

2112-492: Was 334.9 per square mile (129.3/km ). There were 265 housing units at an average density of 150.9 per square mile (58.3/km ). The racial makeup was 86.39% (508) white or European American (85.88% non-Hispanic white ), 1.19% (7) black or African-American , 2.38% (14) Native American or Alaska Native , 0.51% (3) Asian , 0.0% (0) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian , 2.04% (12) from other races , and 7.48% (44) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race

2160-635: Was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

2208-540: Was erected on the south half of the old foundation in 1882. The Church of the United Brethren in Christ owned and controlled the school during its entire history. Almost all of the presidents were pastors. In 1900 it had 11 faculty members and 178 enrolled students. In 1902 Lane University was united with Campbell University to form Campbell College (Kansas) . It closed in 1933. David Eisenhower and Ida Stover,

2256-710: Was established in September 1855. The city served as the seat of Douglas County , until 1858, when it was moved to Lawrence. In late 1857, a convention met in Constitution Hall and drafted the Lecompton Constitution , under which Kansas would have been a slave state . The constitution was rejected by Congress after intense national debate and was one of the prime topics of the Lincoln-Douglas debates . The controversy contributed to

2304-407: Was located on the edge of the city. The City of Lecompton bought the old Lecompton High School from the local school district and began remodeling it into a community building. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.78 square miles (4.61 km ), of which, 1.77 square miles (4.58 km ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km ) is water. The climate

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