Urbana, Kansas

Urbana is an unincorporated community in Neosho County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 30.[2]

Urbana, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Neosho County (legend)
KDOT map of Neosho County (legend)
Urbana is located in Kansas
Urbana
Urbana
Urbana is located in the United States
Urbana
Urbana
Coordinates: 37°33′29″N 95°23′58″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyNeosho
Elevation
[1]
955 ft (291 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total30
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-72600 [1]
GNIS ID475106 [1]

History

Urbana was platted in 1870.[3] It was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.[4]

A post office was opened in Urbana in 1870, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957.[5]

From 1877 to 1878 it was the sight of the short-lived "Esperanza Community", which was described as "a colony of communists."[6] They bought a hotel[7] and ran a newspaper called The Star of Hope.[8]

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
202030—
U.S. Decennial Census

For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined this community as a census-designated place (CDP).

References
  1. "Urbana, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. "Profile of Urbana, Kansas (CDP) in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 839.
  4. History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 841.
  5. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
  6. Robert S. Fogarty (2003). All Things New: American Communes and Utopian Movements, 1860-1914. Lexington Books. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-7391-0520-7.
  7. W. W. Graves, ed., Annals of Osage Mission (St. Paul, Kansas: Graves Library, 1987), 243
  8. “To Correspondents and Visitors” Star of Hope, 1, No. 3 (March 1878) p. 4, cols. 2-3

Further reading
See also: List of books about Neosho County, Kansas


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