Editing Hoisington, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Barton County, Kansas}}
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'''Hoisington''' is a city in [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 2,699.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Hoisington, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2032550 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320190330/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2032550 |archive-date=March 20, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Barton County.png|thumb|left|1915 Railroad Map of [[Barton County, Kansas|Barton County]]]]

In 1886, a group of Barton County businessmen formed the Central Kansas Town Company and founded the town of Hoisington to attract the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad|Kansas and Colorado Railroad]] to the area. They named the settlement after Andrew J. Hoisington, one of the company partners and a prominent businessman in nearby [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]].<ref name=KSHS>{{cite web | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hoisington High School, Barton County, Kansas | publisher = [[National Park Service]] | page = 10 | year = 2005 | url = http://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/Barton_HoisingtonHighSchoolNR.pdf | access-date = 2010-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Hoisington | work = The Empire That Missouri Pacific Serves | publisher = [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] | page = 118 | url = http://www.skyways.org/history/mp/p116-119.html | access-date = 2010-02-17}}</ref> The railroad reached Hoisington in the fall of 1886, and the settlement was [[municipal corporation|incorporated]] as a city in 1887.<ref name=KSHS/> The [[post office]], relocated from nearby Buena Vista, was renamed Hoisington in April 1887 as was the [[railroad station]], originally named Monon, by 1889.<ref>{{cite web | title = History of Hoisington | date = 2002-09-09 | url = http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Hoisington/history/index.html | access-date = 2010-02-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090326135917/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Hoisington/history/index.html | archive-date = 2009-03-26 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Hoisington modernized and grew steadily over the following decades. The city's first [[power plant]] opened in 1903, and a [[water supply network|city water system]] was completed in 1904. The railroad, known by that point as the Missouri Pacific, continued to play a central role in the city's development, employing 1,600 local men by 1911. Hoisington became a major freight and passenger operating division, complete with a [[Railway roundhouse|roundhouse]] and shops. Electric street lights were installed in 1915, and the first streets were paved in 1917. The discovery of [[natural gas]] in the area in 1929, followed by the discovery of [[petroleum|oil]] in the area in the 1930s, diversified and further stimulated the local economy.<ref name=KSHS/>

On April 21, 2001, Hoisington suffered a large scale disaster when [[2001 Hoisington tornado|an F4 tornado]] ripped through the city, destroying {{Convert|5|mi|km}} with a path width of {{Convert|3/8|mi|km}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.gov/ict/hoisington|title=Info on the 2001 Hoisington tornado |publisher=[[National Weather Service]] |access-date=14 February 2017}}</ref> It came from the southwestern corner and traveled almost directly into the middle of the city. One fatality was reported, as well as 28 injuries (two critical). Two hundred homes and 12 businesses were destroyed and 85 homes were severely damaged; an additional 200 homes received minor to moderate damage. The city's population and commerce recovered quickly. Today, the tornado's path can still be seen from the air due to the lack of trees, some empty lots, and the newer houses, which are larger and more spaced out than their predecessors.

==Geography==
Hoisington lies on the southern edge of the [[Smoky Hills]] region of the [[Great Plains]]. Blood Creek, which flows east into nearby [[Cheyenne Bottoms]], passes immediately south of the city.<ref>{{GNIS|475498|Blood Creek}}</ref> Central Hoisington lies {{convert|5.5|mi|km}} by road northwest of Cheyenne Bottoms. Situated at the intersection of [[U.S. Route 281 in Kansas|U.S. Route 281]] and [[K-4 (Kansas highway)|K-4]] in central Kansas, Hoisington is roughly {{convert|15|mi|km}} north of [[Great Bend, Kansas|Great Bend]], the [[county seat]], {{convert|105|mi|km}} northwest of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], and {{convert|234|mi|km}} west-southwest of [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref name=Distance>{{cite web | title = City Distance Tool | publisher = [[Geobytes]] | url = http://www.geobytes.com/citydistancetool.htm | access-date = 2010-04-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101005175701/http://geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm | archive-date = 2010-10-05 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The city sits astride the line between [[North Homestead Township, Barton County, Kansas|North]] and [[South Homestead Township, Barton County, Kansas|South]] Homestead Townships.<ref name=DeLorme>DeLorme. ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer''.  4th ed. [[Yarmouth, Maine|Yarmouth]]: [[DeLorme]], 2009, p. 46.  {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.15|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all  land.<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]] |access-date=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>

==Demographics==
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|1890= 446
|1900= 789
|1910= 1975
|1920= 2395
|1930= 3001
|1940= 3719
|1950= 4012
|1960= 4248
|1970= 3710
|1980= 3678
|1990= 3182
|2000= 2975
|2010= 2706
|2020= 2699
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===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 2,699 people, 1,164 households, and 714 families in Hoisington.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Hoisington%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 2,326.7 per square mile (898.3/km{{sup|2}}). There were 1,371 housing units at an average density of 1,181.9 per square mile (456.3/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=Hoisington%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 89.51% (2,416) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] or [[European American]] (86.29% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic white]]), 1.22% (33) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[African American|African-American]], 1.07% (29) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 0.3% (8) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% (0) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]], 1.41% (38) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 6.48% (175) 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=Hoisington%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 7.0% (189) 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=Hoisington%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 1,164 households, 29.9% had children under the age of 18; 44.2% were married couples living together; 27.7% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 34.8% of households consisted of individuals and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name=:0 /> The average household size was 2.5 and the average family size was 3.0.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Hoisington%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 16.7% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Hoisington%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

26.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.9 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 103.1 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $47,566 (with a margin of error of +/- $8,203) and the median family income was $58,828 (+/- $13,969).<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=Hoisington%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $36,359 (+/- $3,979) versus $22,090 (+/- $3,558) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $29,773 (+/- $5,996).<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=Hoisington%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 15.2% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.6% of those under the age of 18 and 11.9% 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=Hoisington%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=Hoisington%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 2,706 people, 1,167 households, and 721 families in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,255|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,361 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,134.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.9% [[White American|White]], 1.1% [[African American]], 0.4% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], 1.1% from some other race, and 2.4% from two or more races. 4.1% of the population was [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref name="Census2010">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=2021-11-10|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

There were 1,167 households, of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18, 48.5% were married couples living together, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32, and the average family size was 2.98.<ref name=Census2010/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 23.3% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.9 males age 18 and over.<ref name=Census2010/>

==Education==
The community is served by [[Hoisington USD 431]] public school district with four schools in Hoisington:<ref>{{cite web | title = Hoisington School District | publisher = Hoisington School District | url = http://www.usd431.net/ | access-date = 2010-02-15}}</ref>
* [[Hoisington High School]] (9–12)
* Hoisington Middle School (5–8)
* Lincoln Elementary School (3–4)
* Roosevelt Elementary School (PreK–2)

==Transportation==
[[U.S. Route 281]] runs north–south through Hoisington, intersecting and briefly running [[concurrency (road)|concurrently]] with [[K-4 (Kansas highway)|K-4]] which runs east–west through the city.

The Hoisington Subdivision of the [[Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad]] runs east–west around the southern side of the city.

==Media==
Hoisington has two weekly [[newspaper]]s: ''The Hoisington Dispatch'' and ''Tri-County News''.<ref>{{cite web | title = About this Newspaper: The Hoisington dispatch | work = Chronicling America | publisher = [[Library of Congress]] | url = http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83040208/ | access-date = 2009-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = About this Newspaper: Tri county news | work = Chronicling America | publisher = [[Library of Congress]] | url = http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83040178/ | access-date = 2009-09-09}}</ref>

[[Radio station]] [[KHOK]] is [[city of license|licensed]] to Hoisington and broadcasts from [[Great Bend, Kansas]] on 100.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], playing a [[Country music|country]] format.<ref>{{cite web | title = Station Information Profile | publisher = [[Arbitron]] | url = http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm | access-date = 2009-09-09}}</ref>

[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[KOCW (TV)|KOCW]], a satellite of [[KSAS-TV]] in [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]], is licensed to Hoisington and broadcasts on digital channel 14.<ref>{{cite web | title = TVQ TV Database Query | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | url = http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html | access-date = 2009-09-09 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022231/http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html | archive-date = 2009-05-08 }}</ref>

==Culture==
The April 2001 storm was featured on an episode of [[The Weather Channel]] series ''[[Storm Stories]]''. The tornado struck during the high school prom, and many of the prom goers were unaware the tornado had even hit—a fact that was the subject of the June 9, 2001, episode of the [[National Public Radio|NPR]] radio show ''[[This American Life]]''.<ref>[http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=875 Episode #186] "Prom" (originally aired on June 8, 2001)</ref>

The ABC comedy ''[[Sports Night]]'' referenced Hoisington on October 13, 1998, in the episode "Intellectual Property." Associate Producer Jeremy Goodwin, challenged to find material to enable sports anchors Dan Rydell and Casey McCall to stretch a segment about a sporting event, notes that the "attendance at tonight's game, 11,323, is exactly the same as the population of Hoisington, Kansas."  Producer Dana Whitaker then relays to Dan and Casey that they have two options for stretching the segment:  report this odd "fact" about Hoisington, or "talk slower."  Hoisington's population in 1998 was probably much closer to 2,975, according to the 2000 census.

==Notable people==
Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Hoisington include:
* [[Walter Broadnax]] (1944–), public administration professor<ref>{{cite web | title = Walter Broadnax | publisher = The History Makers | url = http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/walter-broadnax-41 | access-date = 2015-07-09}}</ref>
* [[Doug Dumler]] (1950–), football offensive lineman<ref>{{cite web | title = Doug Dumler | publisher = Pro-Football-Reference.com | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DumlDo20.htm | access-date = 2015-07-09}}</ref>
* [[Kathryn Eames]] (1908–2004), actress<ref>{{cite web | title = Kathryn Eames | work = The Plaza of Heroines | publisher = [[Iowa State University]] | url = http://www.las.iastate.edu/plaza/?lastname=e | access-date = 2011-11-06}}</ref>
* [[Roy Ehrlich]] (1928–1997), Kansas state legislator<ref name="kslib">{{cite web |url=https://kslib.info/BusinessDirectoryii.aspx?ysnShowAll=0&lngNewPage=0&txtLetter=&txtZipCode=&txtCity=&txtState=&txtBusinessName=Ehrlich%2C+Roy&lngBusinessCategoryID=0&txtCustomField1=&txtCustomField2=&txtCustomField3=&txtCustomField4=&txtAreaCode= |title=Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Ehrlich, Roy |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=kslib.info |publisher=State Library of Kansas |access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Kari Wahlgren]] (1977–), voice actress<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitgreatbend.com/NaturePlay/WWNSB/BywayCommunityFactSheets/110824.aspx |title=Hoisington Community Fact Sheet |work=Visit Great Bend |publisher=Visitgreatbend.com |access-date=2014-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623233149/http://www.visitgreatbend.com/NaturePlay/WWNSB/BywayCommunityFactSheets/110824.aspx |archive-date=2015-06-23 |url-status=dead }} - click HoisingtonFactSheet.pdf</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

==External links==
{{Commons category|Hoisington, Kansas}}
* [https://www.hoisingtonks.org/ City of Hoisington]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260766 Hoisington — Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120409162042/http://www.kansas.com/2011/04/21/1818020/2001-hoisington-tornado.html Photos from 2001 tornado damage]
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/hoisington.PDF Hoisington city map], KDOT
* {{Cite episode |title=Prom |date=8 June 2001 |type=Radio broadcast/podcast |language=en |url=https://www.thisamericanlife.org/186/prom |access-date=3 May 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |format=Web/MP3 |series=[[This American Life]] |network=[[The Public Radio Exchange]] (PRX)}} Rebroadcast with updates on 3 May 2024. Covers the high school senior class dance that was taking place during the 2001 tornado.

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