Leoti, Kansas

**Leoti**, pronounced "Lee-OH-Tah." is a city in Wichita County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Wichita County. In 2020, 1,475 people lived there.

## History

Leoti was created in 1885. It was created by a group of men from Garden City, Kansas. In 1887, it was involved in the bloodiest county seat fight in the history of the American West. The shooting was on February 27, 1887. Men—some would say hired gunmen—from Leoti, went to the nearby, rival town of Coronado. The gunmen left several people dead and wounded.

There are disagreements about where the name "Leoti" came from: one tradition says the name is an Indian term for "prairie flower"; another says the town was named for settler Leoti Kibbee; a third says it was named for Leoti Gray, the daughter of a town creator.

## Geography

Leoti is at  (38.483388, -101.357648). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Weather

The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Leoti has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,475 people, 589 households, and 375 families living in Leoti. Of the households, 72.2% owned their home and 27.8% rented their home.

The median age was 36.9 years. Of the people, 64.3% were White, 1.2% were Native American, 0.1% were Black, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 17.2% were from some other race, and 17.0% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 39.7% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,534 people, 607 households, and 419 families living in Leoti.

## Education

Leoti is served by USD 467 Wichita County Schools. The Wichita County High School mascot is Wichita County Indians.

Before school unification, Leoti High School also used the Indians mascot.

## Famous people

- Ben Diggins, baseball player.
- Steve Tasker, American football player (retired), sportscaster.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Leoti
- Leoti - Directory of Public Officials
- County
- Wichita County
- Wichita County Museum
- Schools
- Wichita County High School
- Maps
- Leoti City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Leoti, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Leoti.JPG
- **image caption**: Aerial view of Leoti (2005)
- **image map**: Wichita_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Leoti_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Wichita County, Kansas, Wichita County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Wichita Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Wichita County, Kansas, Wichita County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Wichita County, Kansas, Wichita
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1885
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1887
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.32
- **area land sq mi**: 1.32
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 3.41
- **area land km2**: 3.41
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 3301
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1475
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67861
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 620, 620
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-39550
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2395684