Atchison (Kansas)
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 Downtown Atchison |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1854 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Kansas |
| County : | Atchison County |
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 34 ′ N , 95 ° 8 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 10,154 (as of 2006) |
| Population density : | 573.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 18.7 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 17.7 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 248 m |
| Postal code : | 66002 |
| Area code : | +1 913 |
| FIPS : | 20-02900 |
| GNIS ID : | 0473516 |
| Website : | www.cityofatchison.com |
| Mayor : | Marianne Estes |
Atchison is a city in the United States of America in the state of Kansas . It is the county seat of Atchinson County . In 2000, 10,232 people lived in Atchison; until the official estimate in 2009, the population increased slightly to 10,432.
geography
The city is located on the west bank of the Missouri near the border between Kansas and Missouri .
The city has an area of 18.7 km² (17.7 km² of which is land area).
history
The place was founded in 1854 and is known as the birthplace of the pilot Amelia Earhart , in whose honor a festival takes place annually in July, which attracts between 30,000 and 50,000 visitors.
Also came from Jesse Stone , an American musician and arranger of jazz and rhythm and blues from Atchison. Jesse Stone and his Blues Serenaders were a Kansas City Jazz Territory band that played in and around Kansas City from Atchison from 1926 to 1927.
Population development
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 2616 | - | |
| 1870 | 7054 | 169.6% | |
| 1880 | 15.105 | 114.1% | |
| 1890 | 13,963 | -7.6% | |
| 1900 | 15,722 | 12.6% | |
| 1910 | 16,429 | 4.5% | |
| 1920 | 12,630 | -23.1% | |
| 1930 | 13,024 | 3.1% | |
| 1940 | 12,648 | -2.9% | |
| 1950 | 12,792 | 1.1% | |
| 1960 | 12,529 | -2.1% | |
| 1970 | 12,565 | 0.3% | |
| 1980 | 11,407 | -9.2% | |
| 1990 | 10,656 | -6.6% | |
| 2000 | 10,232 | -4% | |
| 1900-1990 | |||
Infrastructure
Atchison is close to Interstate 29 .
The nearest airport is in Kansas City .
Personalities
- Ralph Brewster (1914–1990), late swing era jazz singer
- Jesse Stone (pseudonym: Charles E. Calhoun; 1901–1999), leader of a Territory Band
- Amelia Earhart (1897; missing in the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, pronounced dead on January 5, 1939), aviation pioneer and suffragette
- Mary Fieser (1909-1997), chemist
Amelia Earhart Bridge
Atchison shopping street
Atchison Downtown
Atchison County Courthouse
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census Bureau 2009 estimate for Atchison, Kansas
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011