Yates Center, Kansas

**Yates Center** is a city in Woodson County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Woodson County. In 2020, 1,352 people lived there.

## History

Yates Center was created in August 1875. It was named for Abner Yates, the original owner of the town site. She donated an entire block around the courthouse, land for the churches, a city park, and a lot each for the first two children born in the town. Yates Center is the only town in Kansas to be chosen as a county seat before there was a house or person in its boundaries.

More than thirty buildings in downtown Yates Center are included in the Yates Center Courthouse Square Historic District.

## Geography

Yates Center is at  (37.879948, -95.734522). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,352 people, 590 households, and 327 families living in Yates Center. Of the households, 73.4% owned their home and 26.6% rented their home.

The median age was 44.5 years. Of the people, 92.8% were White, 0.6% were Native American, 0.5% were Black, 0.5% were from some other race, and 5.6% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,417 people, 664 households, and 347 families living in Yates Center.

## Education

Yates Center is served by USD 366 Woodson School District.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Yates Center
- Yates Center - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 366, local school district
- Maps
- Yates Center City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Yates Center, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: File:Woodson County Courthouse, Yates Center, KS.jpg
- **image caption**: Woodson County Courthouse (2017)
- **image map**: Woodson_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Yates_Center_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Woodson Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson 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**: Woodson County, Kansas, Woodson
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1875
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1884
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 2.96
- **area land sq mi**: 2.53
- **area water sq mi**: 0.43
- **area total km2**: 7.67
- **area land km2**: 6.55
- **area water km2**: 1.12
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1093
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1352
- **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**: 66783
- **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**: 20-80700
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485664