Editing Greeley, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Anderson County, Kansas}}
{{Distinguish|Greeley County, Kansas}}
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'''Greeley''' is a city in [[Walker Township, Anderson County, Kansas|Walker Township]], [[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 273.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Greeley, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2028350 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624220351/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2028350 |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
===Early history===
[[Nomad]]ic [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], perhaps the [[Wichita people|Wichita]] as early as the 1400s and the [[Osage Nation|Osage]] by the 1700s, would have been present in the area for many [[Century|centuries]]. The [[Potawatomi Trail of Death|Trail of Death]] relocated the [[Potawatomi]]e to the area in 1838, and they had established subsistence farming at what would become Greeley prior to the arrival of European-Americans.<ref name="Cutler">{{Cite web|title=Anderson County, Part 6|url=https://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/anderson/anderson-co-p6.html#GREELEY_P1|access-date=2021-03-24|website=www.kancoll.org}}</ref>

The first European-American settlement at Greeley was made in May 1854 by Valentine Gerth and Francis Myer. Though the town of Greeley had not yet been established, Myer's cabin served as Anderson County's temporary county seat from August 1855 through the county's first Territorial District Court session in April 1856. At that time the county seat moved to its first "permanent" location at what would become the town of Shannon.<ref name="HOACK">[https://archive.org/download/historyofanderso00john/historyofanderso00john.pdf ''The History Of Anderson County, Kansas, From Its First Settlement To The Fourth Of July, 1876''; 1877.]</ref>

Greeley was laid out in December 1856 by several [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free Staters]] and named for [[Horace Greeley]].<ref name="HOACK"/> Likely unique among [[American frontier]] towns, the three officers of the original Greeley Town Company were all [[Ashkenazi Jews]]: [[August Bondi]], Jacob Benjamin, and Theodore Wiener (sometimes misspelled Weiner, or even Weimar in later texts).<ref>{{Cite web|title=August Bondi|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/august-bondi|access-date=2021-03-28|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref>

The post office was established in May 1857, though not without some controversy.<ref name="KPO">{{Cite web|title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 - Kansas Historical Society|url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:AN|access-date=2021-03-24|website=www.kshs.org}}</ref> Postal officials in the [[Presidency of James Buchanan|Buchanan Administration]] apparently objected to naming the office after an abolitionist newspaperman, so instead used the name of Buchannan-appointed Territorial Governor [[Robert J. Walker]].<ref name="Cutler"/> The office was called Walker until it relocated to the competing town of Mount Gilead, Kansas in May 1861.<ref name="KPO" /> The postal name Greeley was not used until April 1866 when the Mount Gilead townsite failed and the post office returned to its original location.<ref name="KPO" />

The St. Louis, Kansas and Arizona Railway (a division of the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad|Missouri Pacific]]) reached Greeley in 1879, and today operates as part of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 25, 1879|title=The St. Louis, Kansas, & A. R.R. Officials|url=https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/67812443/|website=Kansas Digital Newspapers|publisher=Garnett Journal}}</ref>

Greeley was incorporated as a city in 1881.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n784 788]}}</ref>

===20th century===
In 1901 [[Arizona]] cattle baron Colin Cameron established his midwestern operations just east of Greeley.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Plat book, Anderson County, Kansas - 5 - Kansas Memory|url=https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209374/page/8|access-date=2021-04-18|website=www.kansasmemory.org}}</ref> Cameron's Fields of Lochiel ranch served as the finishing operation for his [[San Rafael Ranch]] [[Hereford cattle|Herefords]] prior to sale in [[Kansas City, Missouri]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 29, 1903|title=The Cameron Cattle Ranch|url=https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/image/81386481/}}</ref>

==Geography==
Greeley is located in the Pottawatomie Valley near the confluence of the North Fork and South Fork of [[Pottawatomie Creek]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.36|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

===Street names===
Several of Greeley's east–west streets are named for Free Staters who were [[Jayhawker]]s or were involved in Territorial government during the [[Bleeding Kansas]] era.

* Cochran Street - Named for Benjamin L. Cochran, a town founder who had been involved in the [[Wakarusa War]], the [[Battle of Black Jack]], and was a member of the [[Pottawatomie Rifles]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muster Roll of Captain John Brown's company, Fifth Regiment, 1st Brigade, Kansas Volunteers|url=https://territorialkansasonline.ku.edu/index.php?SCREEN=show_document&SCREEN_FROM=border&document_id=102912&FROM_PAGE=&topic_id=67|access-date=2021-03-25|website=territorialkansasonline.ku.edu}}</ref>
* Kaiser Avenue - Named for Charles Kaiser, a [[Bavaria]]n immigrant who was seriously wounded in the [[Battle of Osawatomie]], taken prisoner, and assassinated by his [[Border Ruffian]] captors near [[Olathe, Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Excerpts from the Autobiography of August Bondi (1833–1907)|url=https://maxkade.ku.edu/sites/maxkade.drupal.ku.edu/files/images/general/Germans-after-1848/bondi_and_index.pdf|website=Max Kade Center for German-American Studies, University of Kansas|access-date=March 25, 2021|archive-date=April 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423142355/http://maxkade.ku.edu/sites/maxkade.drupal.ku.edu/files/images/general/Germans-after-1848/bondi_and_index.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Brown Avenue - Greeley's primary commercial street, named for [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]].
* Bondi Avenue - Named for August Bondi, a town founder who fought in the Battle of Black Jack and was a member of the Pottawatomie Rifles.
* Mitchell Avenue - Named for [[Robert Byington Mitchell|Robert B. Mitchell]], who represented [[Linn County, Kansas|Linn County]] in the [[Kansas Legislature#Pre-statehood|Territorial Legislature]] and was a delegate to the [[Leavenworth Constitution|Leavenworth constitutional convention]].

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Greeley has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 145
|1880= 285
|1890= 514
|1900= 394
|1910= 492
|1920= 496
|1930= 504
|1940= 387
|1950= 436
|1960= 415
|1970= 368
|1980= 405
|1990= 339
|2000= 327
|2010= 302
|2020= 273
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===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 273 people, 124 households, and 57 families in Greeley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 793.6 per square mile (306.4/km{{sup|2}}). There were 142 housing units at an average density of 412.8 per square mile (159.4/km{{sup|2}}).<ref name=:0>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> The racial makeup was 95.24% (260) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] or [[European American]] (94.14% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic white]]), 0.0% (0) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[African American|African-American]], 0.37% (1) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 0.73% (2) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% (0) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]], 0.0% (0) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.66% (10) from [[Multiracial Americans|two or more races]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race was 1.47% (4) of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 124 households, 25.8% had children under the age of 18; 32.3% were married couples living together; 29.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 48.4% of households consisted of individuals and 25.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name=:0 /> The average household size was 2.2 and the average family size was 2.5.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 11.0% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

24.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 24.2% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.4 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 103.0 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $51,136 (with a margin of error of +/- $8,926) and the median family income was $51,818 (+/- $15,783).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1903: MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1903?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $32,250 (+/- $15,495) versus $26,591 (+/- $9,503) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $30,104 (+/- $10,085).<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S2001: EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 8.0% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.3% of those under the age of 18 and 1.4% of those ages 65 or over.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1701: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1701?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20s1701%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1702: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1702?q=Greeley%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 302 people, 132 households, and 84 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|838.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 152 housing units at an average density of {{convert|422.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.0% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.7% of the population.

There were 132 households, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 9.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.4% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.85.

The median age in the city was 38.3 years. 24.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 23.2% were from 45 to 64; and 19.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.3% male and 48.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 327 people, 134 households, and 88 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|864.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 144 housing units at an average density of {{convert|380.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.69% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.31% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.61% of the population.

There were 134 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 20.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $39,063, and the median income for a family was $43,393. Males had a median income of $35,556 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $24,591. About 7.1% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The community is served by [[Garnett USD 365]] public school district, and operates Greeley Elementary School in Greeley and [[Anderson County High School (Kansas)|Anderson County Junior-Senior High School]] in [[Garnett, Kansas|Garnett]].<ref>"[http://www.usd365.org/index.php?pageID=1633 School Campuses]." [[Unified School District No. 365]]. Retrieved on November 8, 2013.</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[James G. Blunt]], Anderson County delegate to the [[Wyandotte Constitution|Wyandotte constitutional convention]] and highest ranking Kansan in the [[Union Army]], farmed west of Greeley "in the forks of Pottawatomie" and attempted to establish the competing community of Mount Gilead prior to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name="HOACK" />
* [[Dale Gear]], [[Major League Baseball]] player for parts of three seasons.

==See also==
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas#Anderson County|National Register of Historic Places listings in Anderson County, Kansas]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{See also|Anderson County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Anderson County, Kansas}}

==External links==
* [https://greeleyks.org/ Official website]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260732 Greeley - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/greeley.pdf Greeley city map], KDOT

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