Goodland, Kansas

**Goodland** is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States.  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).

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&nbsp;inches (502&nbsp;mm) of precipitation every year. Goodland gets about 41.9&nbsp;inches (1,064&nbsp;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&nbsp;°F (44&nbsp;°C) in 1940; the coldest temperature ever was −27&nbsp;°F (−33&nbsp;°C) in 1989.

## People
### 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.

## Culture
### 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

## References
## 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