Anthony, Kansas

**Anthony** is a city in Harper County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Harper County. In 2020, 2,108 people lived there.

## History

The Anthony townsite was planned out in 1878. The city was named after the 7th governor of Kansas, George T. Anthony. He was governor at the time. After Harper County was reorganized in 1878, Anthony became the temporary county seat. This is because Bluff City, which was county seat of the fraudulent county organization, did not exist at the time. In 1879, a county seat election was held, and Anthony won over Harper City even though 2,960 ballots were cast with 800 legal voters in the county.

## Geography

Anthony is at  (37.153902, -98.029396). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### Climate

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

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 2,108 people, 922 households, and 538 families living in Anthony. Of the households, 65.7% owned their home and 34.3% rented their home.

The median age was 41.7 years. Of the people, 90.3% were White, 2.1% were Native American, 0.6% were Black, 0.4% were Asian, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 0.9% were some other race, and 5.6% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.2% of the people

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 2,269 people, 977 households, and 631 families living in the city.

## Education

Anthony is served by USD 361 Anthony-Harper.

## Famous people

- Dennis Moore, Congressman, 3rd District Kansas 1999-2011, born in Anthony.
- Virgil A. Richard, United States Army general, was born in Anthony.

## Other websites

- City of Anthony
- Anthony Chamber of Commerce
- Anthony City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Anthony, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Harper County Courthouse.png
- **image caption**: Harper County Courthouse (2015)
- **image map**: Harper_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Anthony_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Harper County, Kansas, Harper County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Harper Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Harper County, Kansas, Harper 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**: Harper County, Kansas, Harper
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1870s
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established date1**: 1878
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1879
- **named for**: George T. Anthony, George Anthony
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 3.40
- **area land sq mi**: 3.22
- **area water sq mi**: 0.18
- **area total km2**: 8.80
- **area land km2**: 8.34
- **area water km2**: 0.46
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1352
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 2108
- **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**: 67003
- **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**: 20-01975
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485540