In the summer, the climate is generally very hot. It sometime gets thunderstorms. Those storms provide most of the of precipitation expected during one year.The wettest calendar year has been 1941 with and the driest 1937 when only fell.
The 2010 census says that there were 2,205 people, 856 households, and 571 families living in Elkhart.
Elkhart is served by USD 218 Elkhart. The Elkhart High School mascot is the Wildcats.
Erie, Kansas
Erie is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Neosho County. Erie is in the valley of the Neosho River, about a mile Northeast of the river. In 2010, 1,150 people lived there.
A settlement called "Erie", later referred to as "Old Erie" and "Beantown USA", was platted northwest of the present townsite. Another community, known as Crawfordsville, was started two miles northeast of the current place. In 1866, the creators of these two towns decided to leave the towns and combine with the settlement at the current Erie site. Four men gave 40 acres each, that butted together, out of their 160-acre shares, to create the city plat of Erie. These men were: David W. Bray, Luther Puckett, John F. Himmelwright and Peter Walter. In November 1866, the Erie Town Company was created. Each member of this company gave forty acres of land in the center of Section 32, Township 28, Range 20 east. Each member was to buy city plots and improve them.
Erie's first fire company was created in November 1866; its charter members were the men who had gave the land on which the community was built. The first log home in Erie was built in 1866. The first businesses were built in 1867. By 1883, the city had two general stores, two blacksmith shops, one drug store, two hotels, one newspaper office, two churches, and more than 300 people living in the city.
Erie was incorporated on December 25, 1869. On December 30, the trustees met and said Erie was a 3rd class city.
In 1872, Erie was chosen to be the county seat of Neosho County. They defeated "Osage Mission" (later renamed Saint Paul) in an election to decide the county seat. A lawsuit was filed, and it reached the Kansas Supreme Court. The court said Erie would still be county seat.
Erie is at (37.568548, -95.242562). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Erie has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Erie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The 2010 census says that there were 1,150 people, 463 households, and 312 families living in Erie.
The Unified School District 101 (USD 101) serves Erie, Galesburg, Stark, and Parsons in Neosho County. On September 18, 2007 the district passed a $21.9 million bond issue. They built a new high school in Erie. It opened for classes in the Fall 2010 semester.
Eureka, Kansas
Eureka is a city Greenwood County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Greenwood County. In 2010, 2,633 people lived there; by 2015, only 2,450 lived there.
In 1857, the first settlement at Eureka was built. The first post office in Eureka was created in August 1858. Eureka was laid out in 1867, and it was incorporated in 1870. The city is named after the Greek expression Eureka, meaning "I have found it".
An EF2 tornado hit Eureka on July 7, 2016 at 9:45 pm. More than 143 total buildings, including at least 50 homes, businesses, a nursing home, and grain elevator, were damaged. No people were injured.
An EF3 tornado hit Eureka on June 26, 2018 at 7:21 pm (daylight). 175 buildings were damaged or destroyed. 78 homes were damaged (12 not livable, 10 totaled). 8 people were injured.
Eureka is at (37.822745, −96.289583). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Eureka has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Eureka has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The 2010 census says that there were 2,633 people, 1,171 households, and 663 families living in Eureka.
Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport. It is two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Eureka.
La Crosse, Kansas
La Crosse is a city in Rush County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Rush County. In 2010, 1,342 people lived there. La Crosse calls itself the "Barbed Wire capital of the world."
La Crosse was created in 1876. It was named after the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin. La Crosse subsequently became the intended county seat, and county records were transferred there from the temporary county seat, nearby Rush Center. A county seat war ensued between the two communities, lasting until La Crosse was declared the permanent county seat and the construction of the county courthouse in 1888.
In the 1960s, La Crosse became a regional center of barbed wire collecting, leading to the establishment of the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum and the nicknaming of the city as "The Barbed Wire Capital of the World".
On May 25, 2012, an EF-1 tornado caused about four blocks of a lot of damage, and two businesses were destroyed. A third of the businesses had very bad damage. There were no injuries.
La Crosse is at (38.532014, -99.308614). It has an elevation of 2,057 feet (627 m). It is in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. It is about south of the Smoky Hill River and north of Walnut Creek, which is a tributary of the Arkansas River. Sand Creek, a tributary of Walnut Creek, goes southeast around the southwestern and southern parts of the city. Mule Creek, a small tributary of Sand Creek, flows southeast through the city. It is in west-central Kansas at the intersection of U.S. Route 183 and K-4. La Crosse is northwest of Wichita, west-southwest of Kansas City, and east-southeast of Denver.
The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
On average in La Crosse, July is the hottest month, January is the coldest month, and May is the wettest month. The hottest temperature ever in La Crosse was 115 °F (46 °C) in 1954; the coldest temperature ever was -24 °F (-31 °C) in 1989.
The 2010 census says that there were 1,342 people, 606 households, and 350 families living in La Crosse.
La Crosse Public Schools (USD 395) controls three schools in the city.
Rush County Airport is northeast of the city. It is on the north side of K-4. It is publicly owned. It has one runway. It is used for general aviation.
A railroad of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad goes southeast-northwest through La Crosse.
"The Rush County News" is the local newspaper. It is published once per week in La Crosse.
La Crosse is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market.
Lakin, Kansas
Lakin is a city in Kearny County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Kearny County. In 2010, 2,216 people lived there.
Lakin was created in 1874. It was named after David Long Lakin, the former treasurer of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
A post office in Lakin was built in March 1874. In 1888, Lakin was chosen to be the county seat.
The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
The 2010 census says that there were 2,216 people, 781 households, and 573 families living in Lakin.
Larned, Kansas
Larned is a city in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Pawnee County. In 2010, 4,054 people lived there.
Larned was planned out in 1873. The first post office in Larned was created in 1872.
The city was named after nearby Fort Larned, which operated from 1859 to 1878. It was also named after Colonel Benjamin F. Larned, U.S. Army Paymaster from July 1854 to his death September 6, 1862.
Larned is at (38.182109, -99.101696). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.