Kanorado, Kansas

Kanorado is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States.  The name is a portmanteau of Kansas and Colorado. In 2020, 153 people lived there.

History
The first post office in Kanorado was created in 1889, but the post office was called Lamborn until 1903.

Geography
Kanorado is at  (39.3330542, -102.0379596).  It is Exit 1 off of Interstate 70 in Kansas. On February 10, 2016 the Kansas House of Representatives passed a Resolution (Res.#6033) designating the City of Kanorado as the "Top City" of Kansas. This is because it is the highest city in Kansas. Its elevation is 3,907 feet (the state high point is 4,039-foot Mount Sunflower). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land. Kanorado is located in Sherman County.

In 1873, the book Cutler's History of the State of Kansas said the county was "very flat and had almost no trees. Beaver Creek, Little Beaver and both forks of the Sappa River, rise in this county, and the North Fork of the Smoky Hill, passes from Colorado into the south part of the county, and out of it into Wallace."   In the main, farming is by irrigation.

People

2020 census
The 2020 census says that there were 153 people, 61 households, and 44 families living in Kanorado. Of the households, 88.5% owned their home and 11.5% rented their home.

The median age was 44.5 years. Of the people, 74.5% were White, 1.3% were Black, 11.1% were from some other race, and 13.1% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 29.4% of the people.

2010 census
The 2010 census says that there were 153 people, 73 households, and 44 families living in Kanorado.

Education
Kanorado is a part of USD 352 Goodland.

Kanorado schools were closed because of school unification. The Kanorado High School mascot was Kanorado Bears."Healy Wins, Coolidge Hit", Garden City Telegram, 22 February 1967, p.3.

References

Other websites

City
 Kanorado - Directory of Public Officials
Schools
 USD 352, local school district
Photos
 Photos of Kanorado 
Maps
 Kanorado City Map , KDOT

Category:Cities in Kansas