Erie, Kansas

**Erie** is a city in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Neosho County. Erie is in the valley of the Neosho River, about a mile Northeast of the river. In 2020, 1,047 people lived there.

## History

A settlement called "Erie", later referred to as "Old Erie" and "Beantown USA", was platted  northwest of the present townsite. Another community, known as **Crawfordsville**, was started two miles northeast of the current place.  In 1866, the creators of these two towns decided to leave the towns and combine with the settlement at the current Erie site.  Four men gave 40 acres each, that butted together, out of their 160-acre shares, to create the city plat of Erie.  These men were: David W. Bray, Luther Puckett, John F. Himmelwright and Peter Walter.  In November 1866, the **Erie** Town Company was created.  Each member of this company gave forty acres of land in the center of Section 32, Township 28, Range 20 east. Each member was to buy city plots and improve them.

Erie's first fire company was created in November 1866; its charter members were the men who had gave the land on which the community was built. The first log home in Erie was built in 1866. The first businesses were built in 1867. By 1883, the city had two general stores, two blacksmith shops, one drug store, two hotels, one newspaper office, two churches, and more than 300 people living in the city.

Erie was incorporated on December 25, 1869. On December 30, the trustees met and said Erie was a 3rd class city.

In 1872, Erie was chosen to be the county seat of Neosho County. They defeated "Osage Mission" (later renamed Saint Paul) in an election to decide the county seat. A lawsuit was filed, and it reached the Kansas Supreme Court. The court said Erie would still be county seat.

## Geography

Erie is at  (37.571661, -95.241791). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Climate

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

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,047 people, 418 households, and 284 families living in Erie. Of the households, 72.2% owned their home and 27.8% rented their home.

The median age was 42.2 years. Of the people, 89.5% were White, 1.0% were Asian, 0.6% were Black, 0.5% were Native American, 1.2% were from some other race, and 7.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.4% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 1,150 people, 463 households, and 312 families living in Erie.

## Education

The Unified School District 101 (USD 101) serves Erie, Galesburg, Stark, and Parsons in Neosho County. On September 18, 2007 the district passed a $21.9 million bond issue. They built a new high school in Erie. It opened for classes in the Fall 2010 semester.

## Related pages

- Great Flood of 1951

## Other websites

- City
- Erie - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 101, local school district
- Maps
- Erie City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Erie, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **nickname**: Beantown USA
- **image map**: Neosho_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Erie_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Neosho County, Kansas, Neosho County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Neosho Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Neosho County, Kansas, Neosho 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**: Neosho County, Kansas, Neosho
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established date1**: 1866
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1869
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor-council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.27
- **area land sq mi**: 1.27
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 3.28
- **area land km2**: 3.28
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 889
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1047
- **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**: 66733
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 620, 620
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394698