Kiowa, Kansas

**Kiowa** is a city in Barber County, Kansas, United States.  In 2020, 902 people lived there.

### 19th century

Kiowa was created in 1872. It was named after the Kiowa people.

### 20th century

On June 7, 1900, anti-saloon advocate Carrie Nation vandalized her first saloon in Kiowa.

In 1905, the Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad was built from Enid, Oklahoma to Kiowa.  In 1907, it was sold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.  In 1996, the railroad from Kiowa to Blanton, Oklahoma was abandoned.

## Geography

Kiowa is at  (37.017405, -98.484819). 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 902 people, 404 households, and 230 families living in Kiowa. Of the households, 84.7% owned their home and 15.3% rented their home.

The median age was 43.9 years. Of the people, 90.8% were White, 0.4% were Native American, 0.4% were Asian, 0.4% were Pacific Islanders, 1.9% were from some other race, and 6.0% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.3% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,026 people, 466 households, and 273 families living in Kiowa.

## Education

Kiowa is a part of USD 255 South Barber.

The Kiowa Chieftains won the Kansas State High School class B Track & Field championship in 1940.

## Media

_The Kiowa News_ is the local newspaper. It is published once per week.

## Famous people

- Marcellus Boss, the 5th Civilian Governor of Guam; former Kiowa city attorney.
- Charles E. Brown, Jr., Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Army.
- Bill Tidwell, Four-time NAIA middle distance champion at Kansas State Teachers College (ESU), later coached Oberlin University and Emporia State University where he was Athletic Director (1971-1979).

## Other websites

- City
- City website
- Schools
- USD 255, local school district
- Historical
- Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas Barber County, Kansas: History and Genealogy
- Maps
- Kiowa City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Kiowa, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Barber_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Kiowa_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Barber County, Kansas, Barber County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Barber Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Barber County, Kansas, Barber 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**: Barber County, Kansas, Barber
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1872
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1885
- **named for**: Kiowa people
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.11
- **area land sq mi**: 1.11
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.87
- **area land km2**: 2.87
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1332
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 902
- **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**: 67070
- **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**: 20-37125
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2395545