Spring Hill, Kansas

**Spring Hill** is a city in Johnson and Miami counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. In 2020, 7,952 people lived there.

## History

In 1856, James B. Hovey named the community after a town near Mobile, Alabama.  Hovey was the community's first postmaster. Hovey built the first building in town in 1856. It was the Spring Hill Hotel.

In January 1859, Celia Ann Dayton, a doctor from Vermont, moved to Spring Hill. She became the first female doctor in Kansas.

In the fall of 1862, Spring Hill was not attacked by Quantrill's Raiders. This is because a farmer talked to them on their way. He convinced them there were soldiers in town. There were not any soldiers in town. This stopped them from continuing. However, in 1863, the Quantrill Raiders did come to Spring Hill. They looted businesses stole from local farmers. At least one person was killed.

By the 1870s, Spring Hill was growing in number of people and commerce.  However, a railroad to come right through the town wanted to go around Spring Hill unless the town paid $15,000. The people did not want to share the costs, so the railroad was moved to about a half-mile east of the town square. The town's businesses then quickly moved closer to the train depot and tracks.

On May 20, 1957 around 7:00 p.m., an F5 tornado, known as the Ruskin Heights tornado, hit Spring Hill.  The only deaths in Spring Hill were the Davis Family, including Isam Davis, his wife Barbara, and their daughters Tamara and Pamela. A neighbor said they were killed when they were trying to leave their home and make it to their car to get away from the tornado.  Their home was completely destroyed by the tornado. Their bodies were found close to 207th Street and US 169 Highway (present day Webster Street).  Davis Street in Spring Hill is named after the family.

## Geography

Spring Hill is at  (38.745316, -94.829261). 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 7,952 people, 2,763 households, and 2,133 families living in Spring Hill. Of the households, 78.7% owned their home and 21.3% rented their home.

The median age was 35.2 years. Of the people, 88.0% were White, 2.0% were Black, 0.7% were Asian, 0.4% were Native American, 1.6% were from some other race, and 7.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.1% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 5,437 people, 1,919 households, and 1,447 families living in Spring Hill.

## Education

Spring Hill is part of the Spring Hill School District (USD 230).

## Famous people

- Curly Brown (1888-1968), baseball pitcher
- Gary Burrell (1937-2019), co-founder and chairman emeritus of Garmin
- Stephen J. Chamberlin (1889-1971), U.S. Army Lieutenant General

## Other websites

- City
- City of Spring Hill
- Spring Hill - Directory of Public Officials
- Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce
- Schools
- USD 230 , local school district
- Maps
- Spring Hill City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Spring Hill, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Spring Hill, KS.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown (2022)
- **image map**: Johnson_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Spring_Hill_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Johnson County, Kansas, U.S..png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson 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, Counties
- **subdivision name2**: Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson, Miami County, Kansas, Miami
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1856
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1857
- **named for**: Spring Hill, Alabama
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 8.95
- **area land sq mi**: 8.84
- **area water sq mi**: 0.11
- **area total km2**: 23.18
- **area land km2**: 22.89
- **area water km2**: 0.29
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1063
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 7952
- **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**: 66083
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 913, 913
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 479558