The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-29
TOPEKA SATURDAY. 29. 1908
HOW CITIES GROW.
Topeka Hasn't Done so Well as
Other Towns.

The office force in the department of
agriculture has compiled the assessors
returns as to the population of the
cities and towns of Kansas and has
given out the following:
Kansas has lis cities and towns with
1000 inha bitants or more, according to
compilation of the assessors and
county clerks official returns for 1903
just completed by the state board of
agriculture, as against ia belonging to
such list last year. Eighty-two munic-
qualities have gained 20, TIA, Kansas City
reporting the largest increase, 1924,
while 80 others have lost 5,0SS, re
naming the same as last year and l,
Atchison made no returns. ST. John
and Troy have fallen below the 1,000
mark. Pleasanton has again entered
the list and Phillipsburg. with a gain
of 101, Medicine Lodge 1875, Kinsley 2l2
Yale 1893, and Gas City $50, have been
added The population of Gas City in
1899 was 1O7, showing in four years a
nett increase Of 1,462 inhabitants.
Parsons with a gain of 701. passes
the 10000 mark making in all ten cites
having a population of 10000 or more
and aggragating 229,3 1S or 1926 per
cent of the states total. The relative
rank of the fourteen cities leading in
population remains the same as one
year ago. except Fort Scott goes from
seventh to sixth, changing places with
Plttsburg. and Parsons and lola forge
ahead of Emporia, retiring the latter to
twelfth place. Winfield now ranks
fifteenth instead of seventeenth; Cha
mute with gain of 1,729 precedes Cof-
feyVille, Arkansas City Independence,
Newton, Galena and Argentine, Ar
kansas City dropping from 18th to 18th,
Newton 10th to goth, Galena 18th to
21st and Argentine Goth to 22nd- COT
feyVille passes from 18th to 18th, indie
pendence 21st to 18th, Manhattan 2oth
to 25th, changing places with Concordia.
Abilene rises from 2Sth to 9th place
Holton 35th to 2Sth, Cherryvale S0th TO
18th, Rosedale 3Sth to 34th- Some OF
the other cities which have changed
their rank are Usage City, which leaves
the 10th place for the 3Sth, Dodge City
43rd for 4Oth, Columbus 46th for 41st
Scammon Goth for 62nd and Hays 6Sth
for Sind. WamegO goes from 10Th TO
Goth, Humboldt list to 63rd. Belleyille
72nd to 65th, Anthony 73rd to 18th,
FTedonia shifts from the 74th to list,
Burlingame 18th to 18th, Cherokee 83rd
to 18th. Baldwin now ranks 10th In
stead of Tooth, Frankfort S5th instead or
S9th, La Harpe SSth instead of 1OSth,
Pratt Seth instead of 9Oth. In l9Oz
Smith Center was 101st. is nov S9th;
St Marys 102nd, now Goth; HoisingtCn
111th, now 106th; Junction CITY, Wei
lington, FL Dorado, Olathe, Clay Cen
ter, Baxter Springs, Kingman, Garden
City, and Peabody make gains but re-
main unchanged in rank Paola. 1ia-
watha Great Bend, Girard, LindsboIg,
Washington, Sedan, Valley Falls, Blue
Rapids, Augusta. Erie, St Paul ana
Downs increase in number of inhabit-
ants but fall in rank. Harper crops
from S1st to 91st. Ellis 18th TO saith.
Lincoln Saith to 95th, Caney 10Th to S7th.
Ellsworth 9th to 18th. Minneapolis
Gath to seth. OswegO falls from 4StIi
TO 5Oth. Beloit 47th to 51st, Burlington
45th to 47th. Girard 44th to 46th. Great
Bend And to 43rd. Council Grove IS
49th instead of 41st, Weir And instead
of seth. Osawatomie 36th instead of 29th
and Horton 30th instead of 9th
/ The following table gives the cities
| and towns in Kansas having LOCO or
more inhabitants March /, 1903, in the
order of their rank and the population
of each, together with its gain or loss: