Wakarusa is a census-designated place (CDP) in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 242.[3] It is located 11 miles (18 km) south of downtown Topeka. Wakarusa is also the name of an unincorporated community in adjacent Douglas County, Kansas, 6.6 mi (10.6 km) southwest of downtown Lawrence and the name of the township that includes Lawrence, Kansas.
Wakarusa, Kansas | |
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  Wakarusa  Wakarusa | |
| Coordinates: 38°53′09″N 95°41′45″W / 38.88583°N 95.69583°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Shawnee |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.999 sq mi (12.95 km2) |
| • Land | 4.965 sq mi (12.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.034 sq mi (0.09 km2) |
| Elevation | 951 ft (290 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 242 |
| • Density | 48/sq mi (19/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 66546 |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-74425 |
| GNIS ID | 2629183[1] |
History
editWakarusa was founded in 1858.[4]
Wakarusa has a post office with ZIP code 66546.[5]
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2010 | 260 | — | |
| 2020 | 242 | −6.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Wakarusa as a census-designated place (CDP).
Education
editThe community is served by Auburn–Washburn USD 437 public school district.
References
edit- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wakarusa, Kansas
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "Profile of Wakarusa, Kansas (CDP) in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
- ^ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 854.
- ^ ZIP Code Lookup
Further reading
edit- Living in the Depot: The Two-Story Railroad Station; H. Roger Grant; University of Iowa Press; 130 pages; 1993; ISBN 978-0877455882. Contains historic images of Kansas stations at Alta Vista, Bucklin, Comiskey, Haddam, Hoyt, and Wakarusa.