Goodland, Kansas Goodland, Kansas Location inside Sherman County and Kansas Location inside Sherman County and Kansas State Kansas Goodland is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 4,489. It was titled after Goodland, Indiana. Goodland is home to Northwest Kansas Technical College.
One of the earliest pieces of recorded history relating to Goodland concerns the Kidder Massacre.
On July 2, 1867, a detachment of the 2nd United States Cavalry Regiment was massacred; second lieutenant Lyman S.
In 1886, there were four communities vying to turn into governmental center of county for Sherman County: Itasca, Voltaire, Sherman Center and Eustis.
The new town was to be titled Goodland.
A vote for the governmental center of county was held among the county populace and Goodland won with 872 of the 1495 votes cast while with Eustis received 611 and Voltaire received 12.
Eustis refused to yield the county records it held until January 13, 1888, when an armed group from Goodland seized the records and sent them to the new county seat. Goodland sprang up around the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad that had been assembled through it. The town was titled after Goodland, Indiana. Goodland utilizes a council-manager style of government.
The commission is responsible for appointing a town/city manager, who handles the day-to-day operations of the city.
Goodland has a full-time police department that provides 24/7 law enforcement coverage inside the town/city limits.
The National Weather Service maintains a full-featured Weather Forecast Office in Goodland with doppler radar and a 19 County Warning Area (CWA) including 3 counties in easterly Colorado, 3 counties in southwest Nebraska, and 13 counties in northwest Kansas.
Aviation forecasts are created for two sites: Goodland, Kansas, and Mc - Cook, Nebraska.
Goodland is positioned at 39 20 55 N 101 42 40 W (39.348583, 101.711148) at an altitude of 3,681 feet (1,122 m). It lies on the south side of the Middle Fork of Sappa Creek, part of the Republican River watershed, in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.
Located at the intersection of Interstate 70 and K-27 in northwest Kansas, Goodland is roughly 17 miles (27 km) east of the Colorado state line, 176 miles east-southeast of Denver, 265 miles (426 km) northwest of Wichita, and 383 miles (616 km) west of Kansas City. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.37 square miles (11.32 km2), of which 4.36 square miles (11.29 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. Goodland's climate is officially classed as Humid continental (Koppen Dfa); although it only just misses a semi-arid (Bsk) classification and is also close to a wet-summer continental climate (Dwa).
The average temperature for the year is 51 F (10 C) with temperatures exceeding 90 F (32 C) an average of 50 days a year and dropping below 32 F (0 C) an average of 159 days a year.
Due to its higher elevation, Goodland experiences stronger wind and higher snow flurry totals than other locations in Kansas.
Wind speed averages 13 mph (21 km/h). On average, Goodland receives 19.75 inches (502 mm) of rain annually, and snow flurry averages 41.9 inches (1,064 mm) per year. On average, January is the coolest month, and July is both the warmest month and the wettest month.
The hottest temperature recorded in Goodland was 111 F (44 C) in 1940; the coldest temperature recorded was -27 F (-33 C) in 1989. Climate data for Goodland, Kansas (1981 2010 normals, extremes 1895 present) Average high F ( C) 42.4 Average low F ( C) 16.9 Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 3.7 4.1 3.6 2.0 0.2 0 0 0 0.2 0.8 2.9 3.5 21.0 As of the census of 2010, there were 4,489 citizens , 1,985 homeholds, and 1,161 families residing in the city.
There were 2,395 housing units at an average density of 549.3 per square mile (212.1/km2).
There were 1,985 homeholds of which 27.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.5% were non-families.
36.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.85.
The median age in the town/city was 40 years.
22.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.2% were from 25 to 44; 25.9% were from 45 to 64; and 19% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,948 citizens , 2,085 homeholds, and 1,259 families residing in the city.
There were 2,410 housing units at an average density of 549.0 per square mile (212.0/km ).
There were 2,085 homeholds out of which 27.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families.
32.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.95.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 13.9% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2000 the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $31,356, and the median income for a family was $38,309.
About 9.7% of families and 12.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.
Downtown Goodland Goodland Junior Senior High School (7 12) The Goodland Star-News is the city's sole newspaper, presented twice weekly. Four airways broadcasts are licensed to and/or broadcast from Goodland.
KLOE broadcasts a full service News/Talk format on 730 AM. KKCI plays a Classic Rock format, transmitting on 102.5 FM. KWGB, which is licensed to Colby, Kansas, broadcasts from Goodland on 97.9 FM, playing a Country format. Licensed to Goodland, KGCR broadcasts on 107.7 FM from near Brewster, Kansas, playing a Christian Contemporary format. Goodland is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas tv market. CBS partner KBSL-DT, a satellite station of KWCH-DT in Wichita, is licensed to Goodland and broadcasts on digital channel 10. Goodland was briefly mentioned in the 2006 08 tv series Jericho. Howel's novel, Planetfall, Goodland is the hometown of astronaut Karla Dawson and is a featured locale in the story. Shields' novels, "Into Shadow" and "Into Light," Goodland is the site of the new nationwide capital after Washington D.C.
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