For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In the 1930s, the prosperity of the area was severely affected by its location within the Dust Bowl.

This catastrophe intensified the economic impact of the Great Depression in the region.

22.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Although the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 to allow the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with the approval of voters, Stanton County remained a prohibition, or "dry", county, until the county voted to approve the amendment in 2022, with no restrictions of food sales.

[12] † means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.