Americus, Kansas

**Americus** is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. In 2020, 776 people lived there.

## History

Americus was planned out in Fall 1857. It was named after Amerigo Vespucci.

Americus was a station and shipping point on the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad.

## Geography

Americus is at  (38.506448, -96.259598). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

## People

Americus is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 776 people, 324 households, and 216 families living in Americus. Of the households, 79.0% owned their home and 21.0% rented their home.

The median age was 39.9 years. Of the people, 92.0% were White, 0.8% were from some other race, and 7.1% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.0% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 894 people, 354 households, and 251 families living in Americus.

## Education

Americus is served by USD 251 North Lyon County. The Northern Heights High School mascot is Wildcats.

## Famous people

- Ross Grimsley, Major League Baseball pitcher in the 1950s.
- Grant Timmerman, U.S. Marine posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Americus
- Americus - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 251, local school district
- Maps
- Americus City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Americus, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image map**: Lyon_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Americus_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Lyon County, Kansas, Lyon County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Lyon Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Lyon County, Kansas, Lyon 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**: Lyon County, Kansas, Lyon
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established date1**: 1857
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1884
- **named for**: Amerigo Vespucci
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.09
- **area land sq mi**: 1.08
- **area water sq mi**: 0.01
- **area total km2**: 2.84
- **area land km2**: 2.80
- **area water km2**: 0.03
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1158
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 776
- **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**: 66835
- **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**: 20-01675
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2393946