Bushton, Kansas

**Bushton** is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States.  In 2020, 203 people lived there.

## History

Bushton was originally called **Sorghum**. It was created in the early 1880s. The name changed to **Bushton** in 1887. It was named "Bushton" because there were many wild bushes growing at the town site. Bushton was incorporated in 1907.

## Geography

Bushton is at  (38.512275, -98.396003). 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 203 people, 92 households, and 59 families living in Bushton. Of the households, 76.1% owned their home and 23.9% rented their home.

The median age was 48.8 years. Of the people, 87.7% were White, 1.5% were Native American, 0.5% were from some other race, and 10.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.9% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 279 people, 117 households, and 78 families living in Bushton.

## Education

Bushton is a part of Central Plains USD 112 school district. Central Plains Middle School was in Bushton, but it closed in 2019.

## Other websites

- City
- Bushton - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 112, local school district
- Maps
- Bushton City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Bushton, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Bushton Grain Elevators.jpg
- **image caption**: Grain elevator in Bushton (2004)
- **image map**: Rice_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Bushton_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Rice County, Kansas, Rice County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Rice Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Rice County, Kansas, Rice 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**: Rice County, Kansas, Rice
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **subdivision name3**: Farmer Township, Rice County, Kansas, Farmer
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1880s
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1907
- **named for**: wild bushes
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.23
- **area land sq mi**: 0.23
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 0.59
- **area land km2**: 0.59
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1768
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 203
- **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**: 67427
- **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**: 20-09700
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2393480