La Harpe, Kansas

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official_name = City of La Harpe
settlement_type = City
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map_caption = Location of La Harpe, Kansas


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Kansas
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Allen
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established_title = Founded
established_date = 1881

unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 2.2
area_land_km2 = 2.2
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 0.9
area_land_sq_mi = 0.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = LookupUSEstPop|2037725|EYR
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timezone = Central (CST)
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
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elevation_m = 315
elevation_ft = 1033
latd = 37 |latm = 54 |lats = 56 |latNS = N
longd = 95 |longm = 17 |longs = 59 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 66751
area_code = 620
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 20-37725GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0474511GR|3
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La Harpe is a city situated in the central part of Allen County, located in southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was 706 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be formatnum:LookupUSEstPop|2037725|EST in the year LookupUSEstPop|2037725|EYR.

History

La Harpe was founded by the Fort Scott, Wichita & Western Railroad company (later the Missouri Pacific), and was platted in 1881. When natural gas was discovered in the immediate vicinity in 1899 the city began to grow more rapidly and soon rose to be a city of importance. It was incorporated as a city of the second class, and in 1910 had some of the largest zinc smelters in the world, two banks, an opera house, several good mercantile establishments, a newspaper, and all the municipal improvements usually found in cities of that class. The population that year was 2,080. Its post office, first opened in November 1881, [Cite web| title=Kansas Post Offices Database| url=http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/postoffices.htm| publisher=Kansas State Historical Society| accessdate=2007-12-15| Containing information taken from Cite book| first=Robert W| last=Baughman| title=Kansas Post Offices, May 29, 1828–August 3, 1961| publisher=Kansas Postal History Society|] was authorized to issue international money orders, and two rural routes supplied mail to the surrounding country. [Cite encyclopedia| editor=Frank W. Blackmar| title=La Harpe| url=http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/l/laharpe.html| accessdate=2007-12-15| encyclopedia=Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc ...| volume=II| publisher=Standard Pub Co| location=Chicago| year=1912| pages=92]

Geography

La Harpe is located at coor dms|37|54|56|N|95|17|59|W|city (37.915631, -95.299729).GR|1 Situated along U.S. Route 54 in the central part of Allen County, La Harpe is about 5½ miles east of the city of Iola (the county seat), 2½ miles east of Gas, and about seven miles west of the junction of U.S. Routes 54 and 59 and the city of Moran.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9 square miles (2.2 km²), all of it land.GR|2

Demographics

La Harpe's population was estimated to be formatnum:LookupUSEstPop|2037725|EST in the year LookupUSEstPop|2037725|EYR, LookupUSEstPop|2037725|TXT.Cite web| url=http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php| title=Population Estimates| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division| Annual estimates of the population to 2037725|EDT. Released 2037725|RDT. Population change is from 2037725|IDT to 2037725|EDT.]

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 706 people, 268 households, and 191 families residing in the city. The population density was 819.4 people per square mile (317.0/km²). There were 298 housing units at an average density of 345.9/sq mi (133.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.77% White, 0.99% African American, 2.12% Native American, and 3.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population.

There were 268 households out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,219, and the median income for a family was $32,981. Males had a median income of $22,102 versus $16,058 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,196. About 8.9% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

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