Chetopa, Kansas

**Chetopa** is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 929 people lived there.  Chetopa was named after Chief Chetopah, an Osage Indian chief. Later, the community name was shortened.

## History

The community started as an Osage village. It was named after its Chief Chetopah, whose name in the Osage language signifies "four lodges".

In 1847 a trading post to exchange goods with the Osage Nation was built here by Larkin McGhee. By the time McGhee came, there were three other Euro-American families and two families with a Euro-American husband and a Cherokee wife at Chetopa.  There were also many Osage there.

Chetopa was the where a September 18, 1861 battle between the 6th Kansas Cavalry under the direction of James G. Blunt and pro-slavery raiders led by John Allan Mathews happened. Mathews's wife was an Osage and was culturally identified with the Osages.

The first post office in Chetopa was built in April 1867.  In 1880, Postmaster J.M. Cavaness removed the ending “h” in the original spelling to become **Chetopa**.

## Geography

Chetopa is at  (37.037437, -95.092249). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### Climate

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

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says there were 929 people, 430 households, and 233 families living in Chetopa. Of the households, 70.0% owned their home and 30.0% rented their home.

The median age was 49.9 years. Of the people, 86.9% were White, 4.2% were Native American, 1.4% were Black, 1.1% were Asian, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 0.1% were from some other race, and 6.2% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,125 people, 493 households, and 292 families living in Chetopa.

### 2000 census

The 2000 census says that there were 1,281 people, 560 households, and 341 families living in Chetopa.

## Related pages

- Great Flood of 1951

## Other websites

- City
- City of Chetopa
- Chetopa - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 505, local school district
- Maps
- Chetopa City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Chetopa, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Labette_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Chetopa_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Labette County, Kansas, Labette County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Labette Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Labette County, Kansas, Labette 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**: Labette County, Kansas, Labette
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1857
- **named for**: Chief Chetopah
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.44
- **area land sq mi**: 1.36
- **area water sq mi**: 0.08
- **area total km2**: 3.74
- **area land km2**: 3.53
- **area water km2**: 0.20
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 824
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 929
- **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**: 67336
- **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**: 20-12950
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 469285