Dighton, Kansas

**Dighton** is a city in Lane County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Lane County. In 2020, 960 people lived there. Dighton is named after Dick Dighton, a surveyor.

## Geography

Dighton is at  (38.48101, -100.466367). It is at the intersection of K-96 and K-23. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 960 people, 461 households, and 244 families living in Dighton. Of the households, 75.5% owned their home and 24.5% rented their home.

The median age was 48.5 years. Of the people, 88.4% were White, 0.4% were Native American, 0.2% were Pacific Islanders, 4.4% were from some other race, and 6.6% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.3% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,038 people, 506 households, and 282 families living in Dighton.

## Education

Dighton USD 482 Public Schools has two schools in Dighton. They are the Dighton Jr/Sr High School and the Dighton Elementary School.

The Lane County Library is in Dighton.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Dighton
- Dighton - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 482 , local school district
- Historical
- Early Dighton photos from Wichita State University Libraries Special Collections
- Maps
- Dighton City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Dighton, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image map**: Lane_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Dighton_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within  Lane County, Kansas, Lane County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Lane Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Lane County, Kansas, Lane 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**: Lane County, Kansas, Lane
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1879
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1887
- **named for**: Dick Dighton
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.87
- **area land sq mi**: 0.87
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.25
- **area land km2**: 2.25
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 2769
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 960
- **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**: 67839
- **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**: 20-18050
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394534