Sheriff John Ketron, began his service to Clark County in late 1997. He started as a dispatcher and then was promoted to Deputy in 1999 by then Sheriff Brad Harris. He left Clark County briefly and worked as the Undersheriff of Trego County for a year and a half. He returned to Clark County in 2005 to serve as under sheriff for Sheriff Eric S. Bates and remained in that position until he was elected sheriff in 2009. Sheriff Ketron has worked hard along with all of his staff to improve services in Clark County from assisting the State of Kansas with improving the 911 system and taking part in training exercises that have helped shape the Kansas response to foreign animal disease and stop movement program in case there is ever an animal event that affects Kansas.
Clark County Sheriffs Historical Timeline:
1885 – Mike Sughrue
1887 – A. R. Neeley
1889 – Mike Sughrue
1891 – Lot Ravenscraft
1893 – Lot Ravenscraft
1895 – George M. Grimes
1897 – Mike Sughrue
1899 – Mike Sughrue
1901 – George M. Grimes
1903 – George M. Grimes
1905 – H.T. Lostetter
1907 – W.A. Williamson
1909 – W.A. Williamson
1911 – W.B. Rankin
1913 – W.B. Rankin
1915 – Charles Watts
1917 – Charles Watts
1919 – W.B. Rankin
1921 – W.B. Rankin
1923 – George M. Grimes
1925 – Geroge M. Grimes
1927 – Tom Davis
1929 – Tom Davis
1931 – Lon Ford, Earl Martin (appointed)
1935 – Lon Ford, S.C. Shelton (appointed)
1937 – S.C. Shelton
1939 – Owen Marshall
1941 – Owen Marshall
1943 – Lon Ford
1945 – Lon Ford
1947 – Eddie Wibright
1949 – Eddie Wibright
1951 – Aeneas Baker
1953 – Eddie Wibright
1955 – Eddie Wibright
1957 – Donna Wibright
1959 – Eddie Wibright
1961 – Eddie Wibright
1963 – Glenn Booth
1965 – Glenn Booth
1967 – Glenn Booth, A.H. Callison (appointed)
1969 to 1990 – L.D. Messer, Brad Harris (appointed)
1990 to 2005 – Brad Harris
2005 to 2009 – Eric S. Bates
2009 to Present – John M. Ketron