Parsons, Kansas Parsons, Kansas Official seal of Parsons, Kansas Location inside Labette County and Kansas Location inside Labette County and Kansas State Kansas Parsons is a town/city in Labette County, Kansas, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 10,500. It is the most crowded city of Labette County, and is the second most crowded city in the southeastern region of Kansas.
Parsons was titled after Levi Parsons, president of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad. The town was established in 1870 and incorporated the following year.
It soon became a primary hub for a several barns s including the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad, Parsons & Pacific Railroad, Kansas City & Pacific Railroad, and the Memphis, Kansas & Colorado Railroad.
During World War II it was home to the Kansas Ordnance Plant, which later directed for some years as the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant.
The improve has rallied behind the current plant operator, Day and Zimmerman, to keep the business on the grounds after closure and to keep those jobs and more in the Parsons area.
(See link to "Great Plains Industrial Park" in "External Links", below) Parsons is also home to the Parsons State Hospital & Training Center, which has been in operation since 1903 when it was opened as the Kansas State Hospital for Epileptics. In 1957 the hospital was retitled Parsons State Hospital and Training Center.
The hospital also includes residentiary services, the University Center on Developmental Disabilities and the Parsons Research Center for the University of Kansas, the Special Purpose School of the Southeast Regional Education Service Center.
The Southeast Kansas Agricultural Research Center of Kansas State University is also positioned on the grounds, as is the Alzheimer's Association, Heart of America Chapter, Southeast Kansas Regional Office. The first library began as a subscription library in 1904 and was positioned in town/city hall.
Parsons Public Library, a Carnegie library, opened on May 18, 1909.
The sale of Katy Industries to Union Pacific, in 1988, eventually saw the loss of scores of barns jobs and, in effect, severed a primary part of Parsons' town/city history which stretched back to its 1871 incorporation.
While, in return, the town/city received a million dollars to help it recover (and so that it would not file lengthy paperwork opposing the sale and thus delaying it), that cash is kept in a fund by the town/city government, which uses the accrued interest on economic evolution projects.
The only reminder of the Katy Railroad is now found in the small-town historical society's exhibition and of course the tracks, over which trains now speed through Parsons.
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant also was down scaled in the 1980s. On April 19, 2000, an F3 tornado cut a devastating path of destruction through the center of Parsons.
On June 5, 2006 the National Trust for Historic Preservation titled Parsons a 2006 Great American Main Street Award winner for its prosperous accomplishments in revitalizing its downtown region through historic preservation.
Parsons was one of only five metros/cities receiving the 2006 award. Parsons is the home of Dwayne's Photo, which became the last processor of K-14 Kodachrome film in the world and was the locale of the final frame taken on the final roll of Kodachrome film produced. Parsons is positioned at 37 20 21 N 95 16 11 W (37.339070, -95.269747). The town/city is at the junction of U.S.
Along US-59, the town/city of Erie (the governmental center of county of Neosho County) is 17 miles (27 km) to the north and Oswego (the governmental center of county of Labette County) is 20 miles (32 km) south and east.
Big Hill Lake is a several miles to the west of the city, and Lake Parsons is situated northwest of the city.
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant (KSAAP) is positioned southeast of the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.70 square miles (27.71 km2), of which 10.61 square miles (27.48 km2) is territory and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km2) is water. Climate data for Parsons, Kansas As of the census of 2010, there were 10,500 citizens , 4,351 homeholds, and 2,586 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 81.3% White, 18.6% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.8% from other competitions, and 4.3% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,351 homeholds of which 30.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 37.8 years.
24.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 15.4% were 65 years of age or older.
Enumeration in 2000, there were 11,514 citizens , 4,738 homeholds, and 2,909 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 85.54% White, 8.17% Black or African American, 1.12% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 1.90% from other competitions, and 2.84% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,738 homeholds out of which 30.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,345, and the median income for a family was $36,557.
About 9.9% of families and 14.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.3% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.
USD 503 Parsons District Schools Parsons Middle School, grades 6-8 Parsons Senior High School, grades 9-12 USD 506 Labette County District Schools (Serves non-urban and Parsons inside Labette County) USD 504 Oswego District Schools (Serves easterly non-urban Parsons) CUSD 101 Erie-Galesburg Public Schools (Serves non-urban Parsons inside Neosho County) The first enhance library building in Parsons was the Carnegie Library, established in 1909.
The Parsons Public Library moved to a undivided facility in 1977. Parsons Historical Society Museum United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
Kansas State Historical Society (1916).
Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society.
Kansas State Printing Plant.
Parsons Public Library.
"Interim Soil Removal at Kansas Army Ammunition Plant".
"Monthly Averages for Parsons, Kansas".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
History of Labette County, Kansas, and Representative Citizens; Nelson Case; Biographical Publishing Company; 846 pages; 1901.
History of the State of Kansas; William G.
Kansas : A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc; 3 Volumes; Frank W.
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