Wa - Keeney, Kansas Wa - Keeney, Kansas Location inside Trego County and Kansas Location inside Trego County and Kansas KDOT map of Trego County (legend) KDOT map of Trego County (legend) State Kansas Wa - Keeney is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Trego County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 1,862. James Keeney, a territory speculator in Chicago, purchased territory at the site of modern-day Wa - Keeney from the Kansas Pacific Railway in 1877.
He and company partner Albert Warren formed Warren, Keeney, & Co., surveyed and plotted the site in 1878, and established a colony there in 1879. They titled the colony Wa - Keeney, a portmanteau of their surnames, and billed it as "The Queen City of the High Plains", advertising and holding celebrations to attract settlers. The colony interval rapidly, but crop failures drove pioneer to leave in 1880 as quickly as they had come.
Wa - Keeney became the governmental center of county in June 1879 and was incorporated as a town/city in 1880. Wa - Keeney is positioned at 39 01 28 N 99 52 55 W (39.024467, -99.881972) at an altitude of 2,447 feet (746 m). Located in northwestern Kansas at the intersection of Interstate 70 and U.S.
Route 283, it is 162 miles (261 km) northwest of Wichita, 281 miles (452 km) east-southeast of Denver, and 284 miles (457 km) west of Kansas City. Wa - Keeney lies in the High Plains region of the Great Plains approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Big Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill River. A small tributary of Big Creek flows south from near the center of the city. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.71 square miles (4.43 km2), all of it land. The average temperature is 52.8 F (11 C), and the average annual rain is 22.3 inches (566 mm). Snowfall averages 25.2 inches (640 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 Wa - Keeney was 110 F (43 C) in 1980; the coldest temperature recorded was -25 F (-32 C) in 1989. Climate data for Wa - Keeney, Kansas As of the census of 2010, there were 1,862 citizens , 864 homeholds, and 500 families residing in the city.
There were 988 housing units at an average density of 577.8 per square mile (223.1/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.9% White, 0.5% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.9% from other competitions, and 1.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 864 homeholds of which 23.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.1% were non-families.
36.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 19.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.73.
The median age in the town/city was 48.8 years.
20% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 5.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.9% were from 25 to 44; 30.3% were from 45 to 64; and 25.3% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,924 citizens , 882 homeholds, and 539 families residing in the city.
There were 1,023 housing units at an average density of 598.1 per square mile (231.0/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.14% White, 0.05% African American, 0.47% Native American, 0.78% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, and 1.46% from two or more competitions.
There were 882 homeholds out of which 25.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.80.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 26.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,945, and the median income for a family was $40,547.
About 6.3% of families and 8.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.
USD 208 provides enhance major and secondary education with two schools in Wa - Keeney: Trego Grade School (Grades Pre-K-8) and Trego Community High School (9-12). The Trego Golden Eagles won the Kansas State High School boys class 2 - A Track & Field championship in 1977 and the boys class 3 - A Track & Field championship in 1997. Route 40 run concurrently southeast-northwest immediately south of Wa - Keeney, intersecting U.S.
283 runs east-west for one mile in downtown Wa - Keeney, concurrent with U.S.
Trego Wa - Keeney Airport is positioned on the west side of U.S.
Union Pacific Railroad operates one freight rail line, the Kansas Pacific (KP) line, through Wa - Keeney.
The small-town journal presented in Wa - Keeney is the weekly Western Kansas World. K231 - BG, a translator of airways broadcast KJIL in Copeland, Kansas, broadcasts from Wa - Keeney on 94.1 FM playing a Contemporary Christian format. Wa - Keeney is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas tv market. It was inaugurated on July 4 of that year, with officials from Warren, Keeney and the Kansas governor in attendance.
The Trego County Courthouse, constructed of Trego County difficult contemporary and Manhattan stone, was designed by Topeka architect George R.
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