Douglass, Kansas

**Douglass** is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 1,555 people lived there.

### 19th century

The first settlement was founded at Douglass in 1869. Douglass is named after its founder, Joseph W. Douglass, a storeowner who was deadly shot at the town site in 1873 while apprehending a suspected chicken thief. Douglass was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1879.

In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a train line from Florence to El Dorado, in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City. The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942.  The train line connected Florence, Burns, De Graff, El Dorado, Augusta, Douglass, Rock, Akron, Winfield, Arkansas City.

### 21st century

In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was constructed about 1.8 miles west of Douglass, north to south through Butler County.

## Geography

Douglass is at  (37.516802, -97.011705).

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Climate

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

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,555 people, 595 households, and 393 families living in Douglass. Of the households, 71.4% owned their home and 28.6% rented their home.

The median age was 35.4 years. Of the people, 90.2% were White, 1.5% were Native American, 1.1% were Asian, 0.3% were Black, 0.5% were from some other race, and 6.4% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,700 people, 625 households, and 452 families living in Douglass.

## Education

Douglass is part of Douglass USD 396 public school district.

## Notable people

- Monty Beisel (b1978), football linebacker in NFL.
- William Couch (1850–1890), leader of the Oklahoma Boomer Movement and as the first provisional mayor of what became Oklahoma City.
- James Durham (1881–1949), pitcher in Major League Baseball.
- Phyllis Haver (1899–1960), actress during silent movie era.
- George Hill (1895–1934), movie director and cinematographer during silent movie era.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Douglass
- Douglass - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 396, local school district
- Historical
- , from _Hatteberg's People_ on KAKE TV news
- Maps
- Douglass City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Douglass, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Butler_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Douglass_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Butler County, Kansas, Butler County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Butler Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Butler County, Kansas, Butler 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**: Butler County, Kansas, Butler
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1869
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1879
- **named for**: Joseph Douglass
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.06
- **area land sq mi**: 1.06
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.75
- **area land km2**: 2.75
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1204
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1555
- **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**: 67039
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 316, 316
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394553