Hoxie, Kansas

**Hoxie** is a city in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Sheridan County. In 2020, 1,211 people lived there.

## History

Hoxie was planned in early 1886. The town creators convinced the residents of Kenneth, a community three miles to the north and the current county seat, to move south (including their buildings) at their expense to the new site of Hoxie.  The people of Kenneth knew a railroad would go through Hoxie and not Kenneth, so the offer sounded good. The towns agreed to consolidate and carry out that plan, making Hoxie the new county seat. It was named for H. M. Hoxie, a railroad official.  The railroad (which became part of the Union Pacific Railroad) came in 1888.

The 99-mile Plainville-Colby line of the Union Pacific railroad was abandoned in 1998. It went through Hoxie.

## Geography

Hoxie is at  (39.355828, -100.439844). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Weather

Hoxie has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Hoxie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,211 people, 504 households, and 300 families living in Hoxie. Of the households, 70.2% owned their home and 29.8% rented their home.

The median age was 40.4 years. Of the people, 90.4% were White, 0.6% were Native American, 0.6% were Asian, 0.2% were Black, 2.0% were from some other race, and 6.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.3% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,201 people, 546 households, and 341 families living in Hoxie.

## Media

_The Sheridan Sentinel_ is the local newspaper. It was published once per week. The name changed from _The Hoxie Sentinel_ in 2016. _The Hoxie Sentinel_ was created in 1884. It was called the _Weekly Sentinel_. It was called _The Hoxie Sentinel_ from 1886 to 2016.

## Famous people

- Les Barnhart, Major League Baseball player
- Nick Hague, NASA astronaut
- Dirk Johnson, professional football player, NFL
- Brad Lambert, Head Coach, Charlotte 49ers (Collegiate football)
- Urbane Pickering, Major League Baseball player
- Gordon Sloan, associate justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
- Erastus Turner, U.S. Representative from Kansas

## Other websites

- City
- Hoxie - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 412, local school district
- Historical
- Sheridan County Historical Society & Mickey’s Museum
- Maps
- Hoxie City Map , KDOT
- Newspaper
- The Sheridan Sentinel

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Hoxie, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image map**: Sheridan_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Hoxie_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sheridan County, Kansas, Sheridan County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Sheridan Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Sheridan County, Kansas, Sheridan 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**: Sheridan County, Kansas, Sheridan
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1886
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1886
- **named for**: Herbert Melville Hoxie, Herbert Hoxie
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.86
- **area land sq mi**: 0.86
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.23
- **area land km2**: 2.23
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 2704
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1211
- **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**: 67740
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-33350
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394432