Elkhart, Kansas

**Elkhart** is a city in Morton County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Morton County. The south part of the city is the Kansas-Oklahoma state border. Elkhart is  from the Kansas-Colorado border. In 2020, 1,888 people lived there.

## History

Elkhart was created in 1913. It was named after Elkhart, Indiana.

In 1961, the county seat was moved from Richfield to Elkhart.

## Geography

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Weather

Elkhart has a cool semi-arid climate (Köppen _BSk_). It has dry winters with big temperature differences, and it has hot summers, and it sometimes has a lot of precipitation from thunder showers or storms.

During winter, because western Kansas lies both on the edge of the subtropical anticyclones and in the rain shadow of westerly winds crossing the Rocky Mountains, the region is generally dry: no measurable precipitation fell in Elkhart between 25 December 1903 and 2 April 1904, while monthly precipitation above  has never been recorded during January and is observed fewer than one year in ten during November, December or February. Temperatures can vary greatly during this season: strong chinook winds can drive temperatures above  even in the depth of winter, with  reached on average during six days between December and February, seven during November and eight during March. Nevertheless, cold outbreaks from Canada drive temperatures to or below  on an average of 3.6 nights per winter. The coldest temperature recorded in Elkhart has been  on January 19, 1984, while the hottest winter temperature has been  on February 1, 1963.

In the summer, the climate is generally very hot. It sometime gets thunderstorms. Those storms provide most of the  of precipitation expected during one year.The wettest calendar year has been 1941 with  and the driest 1937 when only  fell.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 1,888 people, 729 households, and 469 families living in Elkhart. Of the households, 69.3% owned their home and 30.7% rented their home.

The median age was 41.1 years. Of the people, 75.1% were White, 1.2% were Asian, 0.7% were Native American, 0.7% were Black, 0.3% were Pacific Islanders, 10.2% were from some other race, and 11.8% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.5% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 2,205 people, 856 households, and 571 families living in Elkhart.

## Education

Elkhart is served by USD 218 Elkhart. The Elkhart High School mascot is the Wildcats.

## Famous people

- Sanora Babb, American writer, came at the age of 11 to attend school for the first time in 1918 with her parents and sister from a farm near the town of Artesia, Baca County, Colorado, following an attempt at homesteading in Lamar, Colorado, as described in her 1970 fictionalized memoir _An Owl on Every Post_.
- Walter Baker, winner of Olympic medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics.
- Glenn Cunningham, nicknamed the "Elkhart Express", former world record-holder in the mile run and silver medalist in the 1500 meter run at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
- Robelyn Garcia, Professional Women’s Basketball Association (WBA) 4X All-Star and WBA Championship MVP. Collegiate All-American basketball player and College Athletic Hall Of Fame Inductee.
- Darrin Simmons, Cincinnati Bengals special teams coach.

## Other websites

- City
- City of Elkhart
- Elkhart - Directory of Public Officials
- Schools
- USD 218, local school district
- Historical
- Morton County Historical Society Museum
- Maps
- Elkhart City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Elkhart, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: MortonCoCH.jpg
- **image caption**: Morton County Court House (2009)
- **image map**: Morton_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Elkhart_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Morton County, Kansas, Morton County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Morton Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Morton County, Kansas, Morton County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Morton County, Kansas, Morton
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1913
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1913
- **named for**: Elkhart, Indiana
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 2.05
- **area land sq mi**: 2.05
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 5.32
- **area land km2**: 5.32
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 3596
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 1888
- **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**: 67950
- **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**: 20-20350
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 2394655