Editing Andover, Kansas (section)

===20th century===
The class of 1914 was the first class to graduate from [[Andover High School (Andover, Kansas)|Andover High School]]. The class of four students to receive diplomas were Josie Boyer, Virgil Grier, Ola Peacock, and Perry Hiskin. The school itself started in the fall of 1909 as a consolidated school which had been formed by combining four school districts, and qualified as an accredited high school.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Andover did not incorporate into a third class city until February 4, 1957. The population of the city proper was 166. Up until this time, Andover was a small [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] surrounded by farmland. Homes began to spring up south of the original townsite.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

At the first city election on April 2, 1957, Hugo Epp won by one vote over Charles Clay for the position of [[mayor]]. The form of [[government]] is mayor-council, with the mayor elected every four years, and five council members at large every two years. Robert Dodge was elected Police Judge. Councilmen elected were Roy Allison, Orland Wolf, Ual Baker, Roger Moore and Clair Mohler.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

A major annexation in 1968 not only increased the area of the city, but the population grew from 500 to 2,000.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

The first Greater Andover Days Celebration was held in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About GAD {{!}} Andover, KS - Official Website |url=https://www.andoverks.com/895/About-GAD#:~:text=The%20First%20Greater%20Andover%20Days,through%20a%20shared%20festival%20experience. |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=www.andoverks.com |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322212610/https://www.andoverks.com/895/About-GAD#:~:text=The%20First%20Greater%20Andover%20Days,through%20a%20shared%20festival%20experience. |url-status=live }}</ref>

Andover has two golf courses within a mile of each other and one in the southernmost part of the city that, in 2005–2006, was rated the 43rd best golf course in the country by ''Golf Digest''.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=May 2005|title=America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses|journal=Golf Digest|volume=56|issue=5|pages=1|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref>

====1991 tornado====
{{Main|1991 Andover tornado}}
[[File:Andover91tordamg.JPG|thumb|right|Damage from the 1991 tornado.]]
On April 26, 1991, an [[Fujita scale|F5]] [[1991 Andover tornado outbreak#Haysville–McConnell AFB–Andover, Kansas|tornado]] left a trail of destruction through parts of [[Kansas]], including south [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] and Andover. Widening to nearly one-half mile, with winds over {{convert|260|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}, the deadliest blow was to Andover. The twister ripped through the town, killing 13 people. A third of the 4,300 residents were left homeless. Over 300 homes, 10 businesses and two churches were destroyed. The Golden Spur Mobile Home Park and the St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church were leveled. It was rated F5; had the tornado hit the heart of Wichita the death toll would likely have been higher.