Burlingame, Kansas

**Burlingame** is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 971 people lived there.

## History

Burlingame was originally created as **Council City** and was an stop on the Santa Fe Trail. The Council City post office was opened on April 30, 1855.  The city and post office name was changed from Council City to **Burlingame** on January 30, 1858. It was named after Anson Burlingame.

During the American Civil War the townspeople built a stone fort in the middle of the town. Burlingame's Fort was torn down after the war.

## Geography

Burlingame is on U.S. Route 56, about  south of Topeka. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Climate

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

## People

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

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 971 people, 437 households, and 259 families living in Burlingame. Of the households, 63.6% owned their home and 36.4% rented their home.

The median age was 41.0 years. Of the people, 93.9% were White, 0.4% were Native American, 0.2% were Asian, 0.4% were from some other race, and 5.0% 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 934 people, 404 households, and 250 families living in Burlingame.

## Famous people

- Maurice Mehl (1887-1966), paleontologist, was born in Burlingame, Kansas
- Victor Murdock (1871-1945), U.S. Representative from Kansas, Progressive Party presidential nominee, 1916.
- Carla Provost (b. 1970), chief of the Border Patrol
- Kenny Starr (b. 1952), Country and Western singer
- Earl Sutherland, Jr. (1915–1974), winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine.
- Ron Thornburgh (b. 1962), former Kansas Secretary of State (1994-2010).
- Muriel Window (1892-1965), vaudeville star, Ziegfeld girl, pilot, businesswoman, born in Burlingame

## Other websites

- City
- City of Burlingame
- Burlingame - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 454, local school district
- Newspaper
- _The Osage County Herald-Chronicle_
- Historical
- Early Burlingame History
- Maps
- Burlingame City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Burlingame, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Burlingame kansas post office 2009.jpg
- **image caption**: U.S. post office in Burlingame (2009)
- **image map**: Osage_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Burlingame_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Osage County, Kansas, Osage County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Osage Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Osage County, Kansas, Osage 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**: Osage County, Kansas, Osage
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1861
- **named for**: Anson Burlingame
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Michelle Mullinix
- **area total sq mi**: 0.88
- **area land sq mi**: 0.88
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 2.29
- **area land km2**: 2.29
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1073
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 971
- **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**: 66413
- **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**: 20-09350
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 479434