Alma, Kansas

**Alma** is a city in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Wabaunsee County. In 2020, 802 people lived there.

### 19th century

The first house in Alma was built in 1867.

In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a railroad from Topeka through Alma to Herington.  The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway closed in 1891. It was taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980.  This railroad of the former Rock Island Railroad was sold to the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific Railroad later merged into the Union Pacific. Union Pacific operates and owns the railroad today. Most locals still call this railroad the "Rock Island".

The city was named after either the city of Alma, Germany, or for a stream in Ukraine.

## Geography

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

## People

Alma is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 802 people, 324 households, and 199 families living in Alma. Of the households, 79.0% owned their home and 21.0% rented their home.

The median age was 42.4 years. Of the people, 90.6% were White, 0.5% were Asian, 0.2% were Native American, 0.1% were Black, 0.7% were some other race, and 7.7% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.2% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 832 people, 342 households, and 212 families living in Alma.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Alma
- Alma - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 329, local school district
- Maps
- Alma City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Alma, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **nickname**: "City of Native Stone Set in the Foothills"
- **image skyline**: Brandt Hotel, 400 Missouri Street, Alma, Kansas.jpg
- **image caption**: Brandt Hotel (2017)
- **image map**: Wabaunsee_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Alma_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Wabaunsee County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Wabaunsee Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Wabaunsee 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**: Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Wabaunsee
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1867
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1869
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 0.60
- **area land sq mi**: 0.58
- **area water sq mi**: 0.02
- **area total km2**: 1.55
- **area land km2**: 1.51
- **area water km2**: 0.04
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1096
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 802
- **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 codes
- **postal code**: 66401, 66501
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-01350
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2393926