Goodland, Kansas

**Goodland** is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Sherman County. In 2020, 4,465 people lived there. It was named after Goodland, Indiana.  Goodland has the Northwest Kansas Technical College.

## Geography

Goodland is at  (39.3508330, −101.7101722). It has an elevation of 3,681 feet (1,122 m).  It is on the south side of the Middle Fork of Sappa Creek, which is part of the Republican River watershed, in the High Plains region of the Great Plains. It is at the intersection of Interstate 70 and K-27 in northwest Kansas. Goodland is about  east of the Colorado state line, 176 miles east-southeast of Denver,  northwest of Wichita, and  west of Kansas City.

The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### Weather

Because Goodland has a higher elevation, Goodland has stronger wind and more snow than other places in Kansas. Wind speed averages . On average, Goodland gets 19.75 inches (502 mm) of precipitation every year. Goodland gets about 41.9 inches (1,064 mm) of snow per year. On average, January is the coldest month, and July is both the hottest month and the wettest month. The hottest temperature ever in Goodland was 111 °F (44 °C) in 1940; the coldest temperature ever was −27 °F (−33 °C) in 1989.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 4,465 people, 1,891 households, and 1,103 families living in Goodland. Of the households, 64.4% owned their home and 35.6% rented their home.

The median age was 36.8 years. Of the people, 82.8% were White, 2.2% were Black, 0.4% were Asian, 0.3% were Native American, 6.5% were from some other race, and 7.7% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 14.9% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 4,489 people, 1,985 households, and 1,161 families living in Goodland.

## Media

_The Goodland Star-News_ is the city's only newspaper. It is published twice per week.
Four radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from Goodland. KLOE broadcasts a full service News/Talk format on 730 AM. KKCI plays a Classic Rock format, and they broadcast on 102.5 FM. KWGB is licensed to Colby, Kansas, and they broadcast from Goodland on 97.9 FM. They play country music. KGCR broadcasts on 107.7 FM from near Brewster, Kansas. They are licensed to Goodland. They play Christian Contemporary music.

Goodland is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market. CBS affiliate KBSL-DT is licensed to Goodland, and they broadcast on digital channel 10.

Due to Goodland and the rest of Sherman County observing Mountain time, prime-time television programming airs from 6 to 9 p.m., instead of 7 to 10 like in the Central time zone.

### Attractions

A reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's painting 3 Sunflowers in a Vase was created in 2001 by artist Cameron Cross. It is 80 feet tall. After it was built, the weather damaged it. Cross came back in 2012 to repaint it using brighter paint.

## Famous people

- Milo Baughman (1923–2003), furniture designer
- Brook Berringer (1973–1996), football quarterback for University of Nebraska
- John Delehant (1890–1972), U.S. federal judge
- Harry Felt (1902–1992), U.S. Navy Admiral
- Mike Friede (1957- ), football wide receiver
- Dave Jones (1947– ), football wide receiver
- Tinker Keck (1976– ), actor and former NFL for the New York Giants and football player for University of Cincinnati
- Marla Luckert (1955– ), Kansas Supreme Court justice
- Charles Sparks (1872–1937), U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Deanell Tacha (1946– ), U.S. federal judge

## Other websites

- City
- City of Goodland
- Schools
- USD 352, local school district
- Photos
- Giant van Gogh painting Part of the Big Easel Project
- Maps
- Goodland City Map , KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Goodland, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **nickname**: The Golden Buckle on the Wheat Belt
- **image skyline**: World's largest easel in Goodland, Kansas 5-20-2014.jpg
- **image caption**: Oversized reproduction of Vincent van Gogh, van Gogh's Sunflowers (Van Gogh series), Sunflowers'' (2014)
- **image map**: Sherman_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Goodland_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Sherman Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman 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**: Sherman County, Kansas, Sherman
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1887
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1887
- **named for**: Goodland, Indiana
- **government type**: Council-Manager
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City Manager
- **area total sq mi**: 4.51
- **area land sq mi**: 4.50
- **area water sq mi**: 0.01
- **area total km2**: 11.67
- **area land km2**: 11.66
- **area water km2**: 0.02
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 3691
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 4465
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Mountain Time Zone, Mountain (MST)
- **utc offset**: -7
- **timezone dst**: MDT
- **utc offset dst**: -6
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67735
- **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**: 20-26875
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485583