Udall, Kansas

**Udall** is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 661 people lived there.

## History

The first post office in Udall was built in September 1879. J.M. Napier and P.W. Smith Bought a ten-acre area of land from I.N Nelson in 1879. Udall was planned out in 1881 by Napier and Smith. It was named after English author Cornelius Udall.

### 1955 tornado

On May 25, 1955, the deadliest tornado to ever hit Kansas hit Udall at 10:35 p.m. The town was destroyed by an  wide F5 tornado. Every building within the city limits was hit, including the grain elevator, water tower, old grade school, new high school, city hall, three churches. The water tower had been knocked over and the streets were flooded. Vehicles were thrown hundreds of yards and destroyed. 77 people died. 270 people were injured. 192 buildings (170 homes) were destroyed. Around 50% of families had one or more members of their families who died in the tornado.

Before hitting Udall, there were no warnings issued by the Weather Bureau. Unknown to them, the same tornado-producing thunderstorm had just hit the city of Blackwell, Oklahoma, where 20 people died and 250 were injured.

## Geography

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 661 people, 263 households, and 177 families living in Udall. Of the households, 69.2% owned their home and 30.8% rented their home.

The median age was 38.1 years. Of the people, 88.2% were White, 3.2% were Native American, 0.5% were Pacific Islanders, 0.2% were Black, 0.2% were Asian, 1.2% were from some other race, and 6.7% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.6% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 746 people, 289 households, and 203 families living in Udall.

## Education

Udall is part of Udall USD 463 public school district.

## More reading

- County
- _History of Cowley County Kansas_; D.A. Millington / E.P. Greer; Winfield Courier; 162 pages; 1901. <small>(Download 16MB PDF eBook)</small>
- Kansas
- _History of the State of Kansas_; William G. Cutler; A.T. Andreas Publisher; 1883. <small>(Online HTML eBook)</small>
- _Kansas : A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc_; 3 Volumes; Frank W. Blackmar; Standard Publishing Co; 944 / 955 / 824 pages; 1912. <small>(Volume1 - Download 54MB PDF eBook), (Volume2 - Download 53MB PDF eBook), (Volume3 - Download 33MB PDF eBook)</small>

## Other websites

- City of Udall
- Photos from 1955 tornado damage

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Udall, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: File:Udall, KS.jpg
- **image caption**: Aerial photograph of Udall in 2015
- **image map**: Cowley_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Udall_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Cowley County, Kansas, Cowley County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Cowley Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Cowley County, Kansas, Cowley 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**: Cowley County, Kansas, Cowley
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1870s
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established date1**: 1881
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1881
- **named for**: Cornelius Udall
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.55
- **area land sq mi**: 0.55
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 1.41
- **area land km2**: 1.41
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1283
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 661
- **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**: 67146
- **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**: 20-71950
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2397077