Editing Hanston, Kansas (section)

==Education==

===Schools===
The community is served by [[Hodgeman County USD 227]] public school district.<ref name=KSMapasof2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_227.pdf|title=USD 227 Map|publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]]|accessdate=2020-04-29}}</ref> In 2011 it absorbed the former Hanston USD 228, which had dissolved.<ref name=KansasSchoolcons>{{cite web|url=https://www.cjonline.com/article/20110724/NEWS/307249967|title=School consolidations in Kansas for past decade|work=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]]|date=2011-07-24|accessdate=2020-04-26}}</ref> The district has two schools:
* Hodgeman County Elementary School
* Hodgeman County Middle/High School

USD 227 Hodgeman County High School is located in [[Jetmore, Kansas|Jetmore]]. The Hodgeman County High School mascot is the Longhorns. Prior to school unification, the Hanston High School mascot was Hanston Elks.<ref>"Dragons Nip Elks", Garden City Telegram, 28 February 1979, p.10.</ref>

The Hanston Elks won the following [[Kansas State High School Activities Association|Kansas State Championships]]:
*8-Man DII Football – 1989, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2004<ref>{{cite web | title = State Football Champions | publisher = Kansas State High School Activities Association Inc. (KSHSAA) | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/PDF/Champs/Football%20History.pdf | accessdate = 26 December 2017}}</ref>
*1A Boys Basketball – 1978, 1989, 2004 and 2005<ref>{{cite web | title = History of State Champions | publisher = Kansas State High School Activities Association Inc. (KSHSAA) | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/PDF/BoysStateHistory.pdf | accessdate = 6 February 2019}}</ref>

===Library===
Hanston is served by the Hanston City Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hodgemancountyks.com/city-of-hanston.html | title=City of Hanston | publisher=Hodgeman County, Kansas | accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref>