Hugoton, Kansas Hugoton, Kansas Location inside Stevens County and Kansas Location inside Stevens County and Kansas KDOT map of Stevens County (legend) State Kansas Hugoton /hju t n/ is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Stevens County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 3,904. Settlers from Mc - Pherson, Kansas established a settlement in what was then west-central Seward County, Kansas in 1885. They originally titled this settlement Hugo with respect to French writer Victor Hugo, but then changed its name to Hugoton to distinguish it from Hugo, Colorado. The first postal service in Hugoton was established in April 1886. In 1886, the Kansas Legislature reestablished the encircling area as Stevens County, and Gov.
John Martin designated Hugoton as the interim county seat.
Hugoton became the permanent governmental center of county in 1887, but the conflict continued, culminating in the Hay Meadow Massacre. During the 1890s, economic diminish drove many inhabitants to leave for newly opened territories in the American Southwest, and the populace declined decidedly . The Santa Fe Railway reached Hugoton in 1913, which spurred growth. Natural gas was identified southwest of the town/city in 1927, dominant to the evolution of the Hugoton Natural Gas Area and the transformation of Hugoton into a primary center of natural gas extraction. Map of Stevens County, Kansas including Hugoton and encircling communities Hugoton is positioned at 37 10 35 N 101 20 44 W (37.176367, -101.345569) at an altitude of 3,110 feet (948 m). Located in southwestern Kansas at the intersection of U.S.
Route 56, K-25, and K-51, Hugoton is approximately 136 miles (219 km) north of Amarillo, 222 miles (357 km) west-southwest of Wichita, and 271 miles (436 km) southeast of Denver. It lies in the High Plains region of the Great Plains approximately 11 miles (18 km) southeast of the Cimarron River. It also lies within, and is the namesake of, the Hugoton Natural Gas Area.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.75 square miles (4.53 km2), all land. Hugoton experiences rain an average of 58 days a year and snow flurry an average of 4 days a year.
The hottest temperature recorded in Hugoton was 112 F (44 C) in 1980; the coldest temperature recorded was -20 F (-29 C) in 1959. Climate data for Hugoton, Kansas Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 1.0 4.2 There were 1,413 homeholds of which 40.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.71, and the average family size was 3.32. In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.3% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $52,161, and the median income for a family was $57,269.
As of the 2000 census, there were 3,708 citizens , 1,380 homeholds, and 968 families residing in the city.
There were 1,380 homeholds out of which 37.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.25. In the town/city the populace was spread out with 30.5% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 18.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $41,932, and the median income for a family was $50,225.
The cost of living in Hugoton is mostly low; compared to a U.S.
Average of 100, the cost of living index for the town/city is 80.5. As of 2011, the median home value in the town/city was $79,300, the median chose monthly owner cost was $991 for housing units with a mortgage and $445 for those without, and the median gross rent was $628. Hugoton is a town/city of the second class with a mayor-council form of government.
As the county seat, Hugoton is the administrative center of Stevens County.
The county courthouse is positioned downtown, and all departments of the county government base their operations in the city. Hugoton lies inside Kansas's 1st U.S.
Hugoton Municipal Airport is positioned on the south side of U.S.
The Hugoton Hermes is the city's sole newspaper, presented weekly. Two airways broadcasts are licensed to Hugoton: K222 - AK, a translator station of NPR partner High Plains Public Radio in Garden City, Kansas, broadcasts from Hugoton on 92.3 FM; KFXX-FM broadcasts from Garden City on 106.7 FM, playing a Classic Hits format. Hugoton is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas tv market. Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Hugoton include: a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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