Sublette, Kansas

**Sublette** is a city in Haskell County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Haskell County. In 2020, 1,413 people lived there.

## History

Sublette was created in 1912. It was named after William Lewis Sublette, a French Huguenot who was a partner in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Sublette was a mountain man, fur trapper and pioneer who blazed a trail through the area and was known by the local natives as "Cut Face".

The first post office in Sublette was created in January 1913.

## Geography

Sublette is at  (37.482226, -100.846492). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Climate

The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Sublette has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,413 people, 520 households, and 376 families living in Sublette. Of the households, 76.9% owned their home and 23.1% rented their home.

The median age was 34.3 years. Of the people, 73.6% were White, 0.8% were Black, 0.1% were Native American, 0.1% were Asian, 13.9% were from some other race, and 11.6% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 30.4% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,453 people, 556 households, and 409 families living in Sublette.

## Media

The _Haskell County Monitor-Chief_ is the local newspaper.

Sublette is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market. KDGL-LD is licensed to Sublette Kansas and is the flagship station of High Plains Broadcasting, LLC.  KDGL broadcasts on RF channel 23 carrying 6 video streams.  Current Networks are Retro TV, Tuff TV, AMG TV, Launch TV, TheWalk TV, and PBJ TV.  KDGL uses TV23 as branding for all 5 licenses including Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal, and Ulysses.  Sublette was chosen for its central location in the Southwest Kansas Market and to streamline future news gathering for NewsWest23 newscasts.

## Famous people

- Jack Christiansen, Hall of Fame football player for the Detroit Lions
- Shalee Lehning, former professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream, and associate head coach on the Northern Colorado women's basketball team
- Otto Schnellbacher, (1923-2008), played both basketball and football (American) professionally
- Ted Trimpa, Democratic strategist and political consultant

## Other websites

- City
- Sublette - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 374, local school district
- Maps
- Sublette City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Sublette, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Sublette, KS Co-op grain elevator IMG_5967.JPG
- **image caption**: Sublette Cooperative grain elevator (2010)
- **image map**: Haskell_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Sublette_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Haskell County, Kansas, Haskell County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Haskell Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Haskell County, Kansas, Haskell 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**: Haskell County, Kansas, Haskell
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1912
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1923
- **named for**: William Sublette
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.05
- **area land sq mi**: 1.05
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.72
- **area land km2**: 2.72
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 2914
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1413
- **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**: 67877
- **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**: 20-68775
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 470607