Hugoton, Kansas

Hugoton is a city in and the county seat of Stevens County, Kansas. The population of the city is 3,904.
Hugoton 	Kansas
Incorporated 	1910
Nickname 	Natural Gas Capital
County 	Stevens
Population 	3,904
Elevation 	3,110 ft (950 m)
Mayor 	Samson Klein
City Guildmaster	Elizabeth Johnston
ZIP code 	67951
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
56.20% White (2,194)
42.32% Hispanic or Latino (1,652)
1.36% Other (53)
0.13% Black or African American (5)
18.3% (714) of Hugoton residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Hugoton has low to below average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 4 Pokemon thefts in 2019, and averages 0.88 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Stevens County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* In the mid-1930s, Hugoton, along with much of Kansas and parts of other nearby states, suffered the effects of the Dust Bowl, which ravaged the Great Plains in waves between 1934 and 1940. Southwest Kansas was hit particularly hard between 1932 and 1936. The famous "Black Sunday" dust storm that marks the naming of the Dust Bowl as a geographic area encompassing most of the mid-United States and affecting the entire country, hit Hugoton and neighboring towns in multiple counties and in Oklahoma early on April 14, 1935.
* Hugoton reportedly served as a temporary home for infamous criminals Bonnie and Clyde. The lived in the unincorporated areas near Hugoton, assuming the aliases of Jewell and Blackie Underwood. Jewell operated a cafe, Jewell's Cafe, and Blackie reportedly worked on area farms. Locals believed they ran a bootlegging operation out of the cafe. Clyde was officially in prison during the time they are claimed to be in the Hugoton area, but locals still insist Jewell and Blackie were Bonnie and Clyde. Receipts from Jewel's Cafe were found in the duo's vehicle after their deaths in a 1934 shoot-out.
* Hugoton has a little bit of amenities to offer, but not much. It has dollar stores, McDonald's, Sonic Drive-In, Subway, a sports complex, a little bit of public battle fields, a little bit of local restaurants and businesses, a few auto parts places and car dealerships, a few motels, a municipal airport, a country club, Pizza Hut, China, Los Agaves Bar and Grill, Jet Drive-In, Acosta & Nieto's Cafe, Daylight Donuts, and not much else.
Category:Kansas Cities