St. John, Kansas

**St. John** is a city in Stafford County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Stafford County. In 2020, 1,228 people lived there.

## History

The first settlement in what is today St. John was made in 1875 when William Bickerton of the Church of Jesus Christ created a religious group named **Zion Valley**. By 1879, Zion Valley had grown into a small town, and the residents renamed it **St. John**. It was named after then-governor John P. St. John, in order to try to become the county seat of Stafford County.

In 2015, the official government listing of places has been corrected to spell the town as "St. John" instead of "Saint John." The name was incorrectly changed by the United States Postal Service in the 1970s.

## Geography

St. John is at  (38.000024, -98.761071). 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 1,228 people, 491 households, and 309 families living in St. John. Of the households, 79.6% owned their home and 20.4% rented their home.

The median age was 40.4 years. Of the people, 82.1% were White, 1.4% were Native American, 0.2% were Black, 0.2% were Asian, 5.9% were from some other race, and 10.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.9% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,295 people, 534 households, and 336 families living in St. John.

## Other websites

- City
- City of St. John
- St. John - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 350, local school district
- Historical
- , from _Hatteberg's People_ on KAKE TV news
- , from _Hatteberg's People_ on KAKE TV news
- Maps
- St. John City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: St. John, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image map**: Stafford_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_St._John_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Stafford County, Kansas, Stafford County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Stafford Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Stafford County, Kansas, Stafford 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**: Stafford County, Kansas, Stafford
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1875
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1885
- **named for**: John St. John (American politician), John St. John
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.94
- **area land sq mi**: 1.94
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 5.04
- **area land km2**: 5.04
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1910
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1228
- **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**: 67576
- **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**: 20-62275
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2396496