Kanorado, Kansas

**Kanorado** is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States.  The name is a portmanteau of **Kan**sas and Col**orado**. In 2020, 153 people lived there.

## History

The first post office in Kanorado was created in 1889, but the post office was called **Lamborn** until 1903.

## Geography

Kanorado is at  (39.3330542, -102.0379596).  It is Exit 1 off of Interstate 70 in Kansas. On February 10, 2016 the Kansas House of Representatives passed a Resolution (Res.#6033) designating the City of Kanorado as the **"Top City"** of Kansas. This is because it is the highest city in Kansas. Its elevation is 3,907 feet (the state high point is 4,039-foot Mount Sunflower). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land. Kanorado is located in Sherman County.

In 1873, the book **Cutler's History of the State of Kansas** said the county was "very flat and had almost no trees. Beaver Creek, Little Beaver and both forks of the Sappa River, rise in this county, and the North Fork of the Smoky Hill, passes from Colorado into the south part of the county, and out of it into Wallace."   In the main, farming is by irrigation.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 153 people, 61 households, and 44 families living in Kanorado. Of the households, 88.5% owned their home and 11.5% rented their home.

The median age was 44.5 years. Of the people, 74.5% were White, 1.3% were Black, 11.1% were from some other race, and 13.1% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.4% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 153 people, 73 households, and 44 families living in Kanorado.

## Education

Kanorado is a part of USD 352 Goodland.

Kanorado schools were closed because of school unification. The Kanorado High School mascot was Kanorado Bears.

## Other websites

- City
- Kanorado - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 352, local school district
- Photos
- Photos of Kanorado
- Maps
- Kanorado City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Kanorado, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Kanorado.jpg
- **image caption**: Kanorado Welcome Sign (2008)
- **image map**: Sherman_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kanorado_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Sherman Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman 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**: Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **subdivision name3**: Stateline Township, Sherman County, Kansas, Stateline
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1880s
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1920
- **named for**: two states
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.26
- **area land sq mi**: 0.26
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 0.68
- **area land km2**: 0.68
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 3908
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 153
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain (MST)
- **utc offset**: -7
- **timezone dst**: MDT
- **utc offset dst**: -6
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67741
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID