Editing Leavenworth, Kansas

{{Short description|City and county seat in Kansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Leavenworth, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]] and [[County seat]]
|motto                    = First City of Kansas

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|image_caption            = Downtown Leavenworth (2014)
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]] and [[Kansas]]
|image_map1               = Map of Leavenworth Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1             = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])

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|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = [[United States]]
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kansas]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kansas|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]]
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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1854
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
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|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1855
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|government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Commission-Manager]]
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Holly Pittman<ref name="Leadership">{{cite web|url=https://www.leavenworthks.org/citycommission |title=Leavenworth City Commission |work=City of Leavenworth |access-date= December 17, 2024}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = [[City Manager]]
|leader_name1             = Scott Peterson<ref name="Leadership"/> 

<!-- Area -->
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 24.31
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|elevation_ft             = 840

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census-2020-Profile"/><ref name="Census-2020-QF"/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 37351
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 66043, 66048
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 913|913]]
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 485610<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|485610}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://www.leavenworthks.org/|leavenworthks.org}}
}}

'''Leavenworth''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|v|ə|n|ˌ|w|ɜːr|θ}}) is the [[county seat]] and largest city of [[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name=gnis/> Part of the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]], Leavenworth is located on the west bank of the [[Missouri River]], on the site of [[Fort Leavenworth]], built in 1827. The city became known in [[History of the United States|American history]] for its role as a key supply base in the settlement of the [[American frontier|American West]]. During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], many volunteers joined the [[Union Army]] from Leavenworth.  The city has been notable as the location of several prisons, particularly the [[United States Disciplinary Barracks]] and [[United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title = Leavenworth | encyclopedia = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] | url = https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/334118/Leavenworth | access-date = 2014-04-04}}</ref> As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 37,351.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Leavenworth, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Leavenworth_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2039000 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119180145/https://data.census.gov/profile/Leavenworth_city,_Kansas?g=1600000US2039000 |archive-date=November 19, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Census-2020-QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Leavenworth, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/leavenworthcitykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824020653/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/leavenworthcitykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 24, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas}}

Leavenworth, founded in 1854, was the first city incorporated in the territory of Kansas.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lvks.org/category/?categoryid=3 | title=Visitors | publisher=City of Leavenworth, Kansas | access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> The city developed south of [[Fort Leavenworth]], which was established as Cantonment Leavenworth in 1827 by Colonel [[Henry Leavenworth]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_eRM1AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Leavenworth County Kansas | publisher=Historical Publishing Company | author=Hall, Jesse A. and Hand LeRoy T. | year=1921 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_eRM1AQAAMAAJ/page/n49 116]}}</ref> Its location on the [[Missouri River]] attracted [[Slavery in the United States|refugee African-American slaves]] in the antebellum years, who were seeking freedom from the slave state of [[Missouri]] across the river. Abolition supporters helped them find refuge. In the years before the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Leavenworth was a hotbed of anti-slavery and pro-slavery agitation, often leading to open physical confrontations on the street and in public meetings.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}}

On April 3, 1858, the "[[Leavenworth Constitution]]" for the state of Kansas was adopted here. Although the federal government never approved this early version of the state constitution, it was considered one of the most radical of the four constitutions drafted for the new territory because it recognized freed black people as citizens.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kansas Memory, "Leavenworth Constitution"|url=http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/207410|website=Kansas Memory, "Leavenworth Constitution"|publisher=Kansas Historical Foundation|access-date=4 November 2015|ref=DaRT ID: 207410|format=Images of historic documents}}</ref>

Refugee African Americans continued to settle in the city during the war. By 1865, it had attracted nearly one-fifth of the 12,000 black people in the state.<ref name="kshs.org">Richard B. Sheridan, [http://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/1999winter_sheridan.pdf "Charles Henry Langston and the African American Struggle in Kansas"], ''Kansas State History'', Winter 1999, accessed 15 December 2008.</ref> In 1866, the 10th Regiment of Cavalry, an all-black unit within the U.S. Army, was stood up at Fort Leavenworth.<ref>{{cite web | title = Tenth Regiment of Cavalry | publisher = [[U.S. Army]] | url = https://history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-10CV.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071222181421/http://www.history.army.mil/books/R&H/R&H-10CV.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 22, 2007 | access-date = 2019-04-12}}</ref> [[Charles Henry Langston]] was an African-American leader from Ohio who worked and lived in Leavenworth and northeastern Kansas in the [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction era]] and afterward. In Kansas, Langston worked for black suffrage and the right of African Americans to sit on juries, testify in court, and have their children educated in common schools.<ref name="berwanger">{{cite journal|url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.2307/2717202|jstor=2717202|author=Eugene H. Berwanger|title=Hardin and Langston: Western Black Spokesmen of the Reconstruction Era|journal=Journal of Negro History|year=1979|volume=64|issue=Spring 1979|pages=101–115|doi=10.2307/2717202|s2cid=149978378|access-date=19 October 2015}}</ref> African Americans gained suffrage in 1870 after passage of the federal 15th constitutional amendment, and the legislature voted for their right to sit on juries in 1874.<ref name="berwanger"/>

African Americans continued to migrate to the state of Kansas after the war. There were a total of 17,108 African Americans in Kansas in 1870, with 43,107 in 1880, and 52,003 by 1900, most of whom lived in urban areas.<ref name="kshs.org"/>

===20th century to present===
Fred Alexander, a 22-year-old black veteran of the Spanish–American War, was arrested on circumstantial evidence following months of assaults on young white women in late 1900. Witnesses had identified a "large white man" and a "slight black man" as having been seen in the vicinity of the attacks, Police moved him to the penitentiary during questioning, but a lynch mob was forming in Leavenworth.<ref name="alexander"/> The sheriff needed to bring him to Leavenworth for arraignment at the county court. He refused the governor's offer of state militia, and was unable to protect the prisoner. On January 15, 1901, Alexander was taken from jail by a mob of 5,000 people and to the site of the murder of Pearl Forbes, where he was brutally [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]]: burned alive.<ref name="lovett">[https://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/2010summer_lovett.pdf Christopher Lovett, "A Public Burning: Race, Sex, and the Lynching of Fred Alexander"], Kansas State Historical Society, Summer 2010; accessed 02 June 2018</ref> He protested his innocence to the end. An inquest concluded he had been killed by "persons unknown".

His family refused to claim his body for burial. His father Alfred Alexander, an [[exoduster]], said "The people have mutilated him, now let them bury him."<ref name="alexander"/> The city arranged burial. African Americans in the region were horrified at Alexander's murder by the mob and created the first state chapter of the Afro-American Council, then the only national organization working for civil rights.<ref name="alexander">[https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2456&context=greatplainsquarterly Shawn Leigh Alexander, "Vengeance Without Justice, Injustice Without Retribution/ The Afro-American Council’s Struggle Against Racial Violence"], ''Great Plains Quarterly'', Center for Great Plains Studies, Spring 2007; accessed 02 June 2018</ref> (The [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] (NAACP) was founded a few years later, and absorbed most members of the AAC.)

In 1972 Benjamin Day became the city's first African-American mayor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Benjamin Day Papers|url=http://etext.ku.edu/view?docId=ksrlead/ksrl.kc.daybenjamin.xml;route=ksrlead;brand=ksrlead;query=| website=Benjamin Day Papers| publisher=University of Kansas Libraries | access-date=21 August 2017 }}</ref> Day had been elected to the City Commission one year earlier. Leavenworth appoints its mayor from among the members of the Commission, and Day was named mayor in 1971. Day was a former educator and principal in Leavenworth.

[[Fort Leavenworth]] was located outside the city limits until its territory was annexed by the city on April 12, 1977.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/1977717443FSupp274_1665.xml/UNITED%20STATES%20v.%20CITY%20OF%20LEAVENWORTH,%20KAN. | title=United States v. City of Leavenworth, Kansas | work=Leagle | access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref>

In 2008, an underground series of "vaults" was found in the city, apparently built during the late 19th century.<ref>{{cite news | title = Mystery Surrounds Leavenworth's Underground City | publisher = [[KCTV5]] | date = 2008-08-07 | url = http://www.kctv5.com/news/17126244/detail.html | access-date = 2008-08-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110519161102/http://www.kctv5.com/news/17126244/detail.html | archive-date = 2011-05-19 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Riverfront Park (Leavenworth, Kansas).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Leavenworth is on the west bank of the Missouri River]]
Leavenworth is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of [[U.S. Route 73#Kansas|U.S. Route 73]] and Kansas Highway 92 (K-92), Leavenworth is {{convert|25|mi|abbr=on}} northwest of downtown [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], {{convert|145|mi|abbr=on}} south-southeast of [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], and {{convert|165|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]].<ref name=Distance>{{cite web|title=City Distance Tool|publisher=[[Geobytes]]|url=http://www.geobytes.com/citydistancetool.htm|access-date=2011-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005175701/http://geobytes.com/CityDistanceTool.htm|archive-date=2010-10-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=KDOT/>

The city lies on the west bank of the [[Missouri River]] in the [[Dissected Till Plains]] region of North America's Central Lowlands.<ref name=KDOT>{{cite web | title = 2003-2004 Official Transportation Map | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | year = 2003 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps/2003-04Mapside.pdf | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Phase I Environmental Assessment | publisher = Tetra Tech, Inc. | date = July 2009 | url = http://munibase.elabra.com/LsFls/Envrion_PAL/004.pdf | access-date = 2011-12-21 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426064955/http://munibase.elabra.com/LsFls/Envrion_PAL/004.pdf | archive-date = 2012-04-26 }}</ref> Four small tributaries of the river flow generally east through the city. From north to south, these are Quarry Creek, Corral Creek, Three Mile Creek, and Five Mile Creek.<ref name=CityMap>{{cite web | title = City of Leavenworth (map) | publisher = [[Kansas Department of Transportation]] | date = August 2008 | url = http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/city-pdf/leavenworth.pdf | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref> 
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|24.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|24.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.02|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]] |access-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref> [[Fort Leavenworth]] occupies the northern half of the city's area.<ref name=CityMap/>

Leavenworth, along with the rest of Leavenworth County, lies within the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].<ref name=Metro/> [[Lansing, Kansas|Lansing]] is located to the south.<ref name=CityMap/>

===Climate===
Leavenworth experiences a [[humid continental climate|humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfa'')]], with hot, humid summers and cold, drier winters. On average, January is the coldest month, July is the hottest month, and June is the wettest month.<ref name=NOAA/>

{{Weather box
|location = Leavenworth, Kansas, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1891–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 74
|Feb record high F = 84
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 103
|Jun record high F = 106
|Jul record high F = 110
|Aug record high F = 114
|Sep record high F = 111
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 85
|Dec record high F = 75

|Jan avg record high F = 61.5
|Feb avg record high F = 66.9
|Mar avg record high F = 78.3
|Apr avg record high F = 85.0
|May avg record high F = 89.1
|Jun avg record high F = 94.5
|Jul avg record high F = 98.4
|Aug avg record high F = 98.0
|Sep avg record high F = 91.7
|Oct avg record high F = 86.6
|Nov avg record high F = 72.1
|Dec avg record high F = 62.3
|year avg record high F = 100.4

|Jan high F = 39.3
|Feb high F = 44.8
|Mar high F = 56.6
|Apr high F = 67.0
|May high F = 76.9
|Jun high F = 86.2
|Jul high F = 90.5
|Aug high F = 88.7
|Sep high F = 80.5
|Oct high F = 68.0
|Nov high F = 54.1
|Dec high F = 42.9
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|Jan mean F = 30.0
|Feb mean F = 34.6
|Mar mean F = 45.0
|Apr mean F = 55.6
|May mean F = 66.1
|Jun mean F = 75.4
|Jul mean F = 79.9
|Aug mean F = 78.3
|Sep mean F = 69.4
|Oct mean F = 57.2
|Nov mean F = 44.2
|Dec mean F = 33.9
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 20.7
|Feb low F = 24.3
|Mar low F = 33.5
|Apr low F = 44.2
|May low F = 55.3
|Jun low F = 64.6
|Jul low F = 69.2
|Aug low F = 68.0
|Sep low F = 58.3
|Oct low F = 46.4
|Nov low F = 34.2
|Dec low F = 24.9
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|Jan avg record low F = -0.6
|Feb avg record low F = 5.6
|Mar avg record low F = 14.5
|Apr avg record low F = 27.1
|May avg record low F = 39.3
|Jun avg record low F = 52.0
|Jul avg record low F = 58.5
|Aug avg record low F = 55.0
|Sep avg record low F = 41.7
|Oct avg record low F = 29.3
|Nov avg record low F = 17.0
|Dec avg record low F = 5.8
|year avg record low F = -3.9

|Jan record low F = -22
|Feb record low F = -21
|Mar record low F = -10
|Apr record low F = 4
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 42
|Jul record low F = 45
|Aug record low F = 41
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 16
|Nov record low F = -2
|Dec record low F = -27

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|Jan precipitation inch = 1.05
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.58
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.36
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.11
|May precipitation inch = 5.24
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.49
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.32
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.30
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.58
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.56
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.98
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.70
|year precipitation inch = 

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|Jan precipitation days = 4.6
|Feb precipitation days = 5.1
|Mar precipitation days = 7.3
|Apr precipitation days = 9.5
|May precipitation days = 10.8
|Jun precipitation days = 10.1
|Jul precipitation days = 8.3
|Aug precipitation days = 7.2
|Sep precipitation days = 7.5
|Oct precipitation days = 7.5
|Nov precipitation days = 5.8
|Dec precipitation days = 4.9

|Jan snow inch = 4.8
|Feb snow inch = 5.6
|Mar snow inch = 1.5
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
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|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.4
|Nov snow inch = 1.0
|Dec snow inch = 5.5
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|Jan snow days = 2.5
|Feb snow days = 2.1
|Mar snow days = 0.9
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.6
|Dec snow days = 2.5

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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Leavenworth, KS
|access-date = November 26, 2023
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|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=eax
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Kansas City
|access-date = November 26, 2023
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 7429
| 1870 = 17873
| 1880 = 16546
| 1890 = 19768
| 1900 = 20735
| 1910 = 19363
| 1920 = 16912
| 1930 = 17466
| 1940 = 19220
| 1950 = 20579
| 1960 = 22052
| 1970 = 25147
| 1980 = 33656
| 1990 = 38495
| 2000 = 35420
| 2010 = 35251
| 2020 = 37351
| estyear = 2023
| estimate = 37034
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 30, 2014}}</ref><br/>2010-2020<ref name="Census-2020-QF"/>
}}
Leavenworth is the 10th most populated city in the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]].<ref name=Metro>{{cite web|title=State and Metropolitan Area Data Book: 2010|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|page=201|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/10smadb/ctables.pdf|access-date=2011-12-21}}</ref>

===2020 census===
The [[2020 United States census]] counted 37,351 people, 13,143 households, and 8,369 families in Leavenworth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name=:0 /> The population density was 1,540.7 per square mile (594.9/km{{sup|2}}). There were 14,756 housing units at an average density of 608.7 per square mile (235.0/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=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web   |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 71.01% (26,523) [[White (U.S. Census)|white]] or [[European American]] (67.28% [[Non-Hispanic White|non-Hispanic white]]), 13.77% (5,145) [[African American (U.S. Census)|black]] or [[African American|African-American]], 1.08% (405) [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]], 1.78% (666) [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.31% (117) [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] or [[Native Hawaiian]], 1.99% (742) from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 10.05% (3,753) 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=Leavenworth%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 8.82% (3,294) 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=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

Of the 13,143 households, 34.0% had children under the age of 18; 45.6% were married couples living together; 26.8% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 31.0% of households consisted of individuals and 11.1% 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 3.1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Leavenworth%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 22.7% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

24.6% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.9 males.<ref name=:0 /> For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 83.1 males.<ref name=:0 />

The 2016-2020 5-year [[American Community Survey]] estimates show that the median household income was $60,870 (with a margin of error of +/- $3,391) and the median family income was $81,133 (+/- $5,077).<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=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Males had a median income of $36,795 (+/- $4,066) versus $25,100 (+/- $2,878) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $31,027 (+/- $2,275).<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=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> Approximately, 7.7% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.7% of those under the age of 18 and 6.4% 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=Leavenworth%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=Leavenworth%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 35,251 people, 12,256 households, and 8,129 families residing in the city.<ref name=Census2010>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=2011-09-18}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|1,466|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 13,670 housing units at an average density of {{convert|568.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|racial makeup]] of the city was 75.4% [[White American|White]], 15.1% [[African American]], 0.9% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]], 1.8% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.2% [[Pacific Islander]], 2.0% from other races, and 4.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics and Latinos]] of any race were 8.1% of the population.<ref name=Census2010/>

There were 12,256 households, of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.7% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55, and the average family size was 3.15.<ref name=Census2010/>

The median age in the city was 34.8 years. 26% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.6% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 10% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.9% male and 46.1% female.<ref name=Census2010/>

The median income for a household in the city was $49,823, and the median income for a family was $61,576. Males had a median income of $49,693 versus $30,888 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $23,102. About 9.8% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 10.0% of those age 65 or over.<ref name=Census2010/>

===Religion===
Leavenworth contains a number of religious traditions stemming from its history and international military population. In the mid to late 19th century, Leavenworth had one of the largest Jewish communities in Kansas, made up of immigrants from Europe.<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9695-leavenworth "Leavenworth"], ''Jewish Encyclopedia''</ref> Leavenworth had multiple Orthodox congregations by 1870. Over generations many Jews ultimately intermarried and their descendants became Christian.<ref>[http://web.ku.edu/~ksreligion/docs/history/judaism.pdf "Judaism"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905172610/http://web.ku.edu/~ksreligion/docs/history/judaism.pdf |date=2012-09-05 }}, Kansas University</ref>

There are two United Methodist Churches, the First United Methodist Church and Trinity United Methodist Church. Other Protestant churches include Lutheran, Episcopal, Southern Baptist, American Baptist, African Methodist Episcopal, United Church of Christ, Presbyterian, Community Church of Christ, Church of the Nazarene, Grace and Truth Fellowship, Assemblies of God, and Seventh-Day Adventist. Other religious institutions include a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Islamic Center of Leavenworth, A few churches conduct services in [[Hangul]].

Leavenworth is part of the [[Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas]], with two Roman Catholic parishes in the city. Leavenworth was originally the Roman Catholic Diocese of the Indian Territory.  It stretched some 600 miles from the West bank of the Missouri River to the summit of the Rockies, and about three times that distance from the Canadian border on the North to the Red River on the South. [[John Baptist Miège]] was the first Bishop of the Leavenworth Archdiocese, and erected the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, completed in 1854 and dedicated on December 8, 1854 on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.  It remained the Cathedral until Bishop George Donnelly moved the see city of the Diocese to Kansas City Kansas in 1947.

==Economy==
{{As of|2010}}, 58.6% of the population over the age of 16 was in the labor force. 7.8% was in the armed forces, and 50.8% was in the civilian labor force with 47.0% being employed and 3.8% unemployed. The composition, by occupation, of the employed civilian labor force was:  34.5% in management, business, science, and arts; 22.8% in sales and office occupations; 23.2% in service occupations; 8.4% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance; 11.0% in production, transportation, and material moving. The three industries employing the largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were:  educational services, health care, and social assistance (22.7%); public administration (15.6%); and retail trade (13.0%).<ref name=Census2010/> The U.S. military at [[Fort Leavenworth]] is the city's largest employer, employing roughly 5,600 people, followed by [[Leavenworth Public Schools]] and the [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs|Department of Veterans Affairs]] Eastern Kansas Health Care System.<ref>{{cite web | title = Leading Employers | publisher = Leavenworth County Development Council | url = http://www.lvcountyed.org/existing-business/leading-employers/ | access-date = 2012-10-16}}</ref>

The cost of living in Leavenworth is below average; compared to a U.S. average of 100, the cost of living index for the city is 87.1.<ref name=CityData>{{cite web | title = Leavenworth, Kansas | publisher = City-Data.com | url = http://www.city-data.com/city/Leavenworth-Kansas.html | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, the median home value in the city was $124,200, the median selected monthly owner cost was $1,282 for housing units with a mortgage and $428 for those without, and the median gross rent was $762.<ref name=Census2010/>

===Top employers===
[[File:Clocktower-Sherman-Grant-SheridanHalls Nov-2002 0056.jpg|thumb|right|Grant Hall, the symbol of [[Fort Leavenworth]] and headquarters of the [[U.S. Army Combined Arms Center]]]]
According to the town's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="2014CAFR">{{cite web|url=http://www.lvks.org/egov/documents/1435010651_82277.pdf|title=Leavenworth 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report|access-date=February 27, 2017}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
||1
|[[Fort Leavenworth]]
|4,185
|-
|2
|[[Leavenworth USD 453|U.S.D. 453]]
|996
|-
|3
|Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center
|700
|-
|4
|[[Northrop Grumman]]
|700
|-
|5
|Central Plains Consolidated Accounts
|400
|-
|6
|Cubic Defense Applications Group
|390
|-
|7
|[[United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth|Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary]]
|380
|-
|8
|[[Leavenworth County, Kansas|Leavenworth County]]
|352
|-
|9
|[[Walmart|Walmart Supercenter]]
|350
|-
|10
|[[Hallmark Cards|Hallmark Cards, Inc]]
|260
|}

==Arts and culture==
[[File:HaymarketSquareLeavenworth.jpg|thumb|right|Haymarket Square (2013)]]
[[File:Richard Allen Cultural Center (front).jpg|thumb|left|The Richard Allen Cultural Center in Leavenworth, Kansas, is a museum that includes the home of a former black U.S. Army soldier. The museum shares the histories of African Americans living on the Kansas frontier during pioneer days to the present, especially those serving in the U.S. Army.]]

===Museums===
The [[C.W. Parker Carousel Museum]] is listed as one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas Customs" by the Kansas Sampler Foundation.<ref name="Carousel Museum">{{cite web|url=http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/customsresults.php?id=204|title=The 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs - A Kansas Sampler Foundation Project|website=www.kansassampler.org|access-date=October 15, 2013|archive-date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325202744/http://www.kansassampler.org/8wonders/customsresults.php?id=204|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Fred Harvey Museum]], owned and operated by the [[Leavenworth Historical Museum Association]], offers insights into the Harvey family and information about the chain of [[Fred Harvey Company|Harvey Houses]] in the American Southwest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitleavenworthks.com/visitors/page/fred-harvey-museum|title=Fred Harvey Museum|access-date=September 2, 2023}}</ref>  Also owned and operated by Leavenworth Historical Museum Association, First City Museum tells the rich history of Leavenworth.  Displays include famous citizens, businesses, Indian tribes, the prison industry, the military, large collection of horse drawn vehicles and a 17th century dugout canoe.

The [[Leavenworth County Historical Society]] maintains a museum at the Edward Carroll House, a Victorian-era mansion that is open to the public for touring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leavenworthhistory.org/index.html|title=Leavenworth County Historical Society - Home Page|website=leavenworthhistory.org}}</ref>

The [[Richard Allen Cultural Center|Richard Allen Cultural Center and Museum]] contains items and artifacts from [[African-American]] pioneers and members of the military, including the "Black Dignity" collection of 1870s-1920s photographs from the Mary Everhard Collection.

===Events===
Leavenworth enjoys year-round plays and musicals performed by a community theater group, the River City Community Players.

'''The Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade''' is held each year since 1984 on March 17 at 12 noon in downtown Leavenworth.  The day begins with a 9:00&nbsp;a.m. Roman Catholic Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, "The Old Cathedral": ancestral home of the Irish of Leavenworth.  Various fraternal and civic clubs and restaurants host events; monies raised above Parade costs are donated to local charities.

===Military===
[[File:Bagpipes lead the Leavenworth County Veterans Day Parade.JPG|thumb|right|Leavenworth County Veterans Day Parade takes place every year in downtown Leavenworth]]
A parade is held each year on [[Veterans Day|Veterans' Day]] in downtown Leavenworth to honor veterans. Leavenworth has an active Byron H. Mehl [[American Legion]] Post #23 and [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]] George Edward White Post 56.  Leavenworth High School boasts the very first Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps in the country.

===Points of interest===
Leavenworth has a 28-block historic shopping district, which includes antique shops, restaurants, a brewery and a variety of artisan gift shops.

[[Haymarket Square (Leavenworth)|Haymarket Square]] is a covered lot where a local farmer's market takes place from May to October.

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Wollman Aquatic Center in Leavenworth, Kansas.JPG|thumb|Wollman Aquatic Center at 13th and Shawnee streets in Leavenworth, Kansas.]]
The Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department maintains a system of more than 25 public parks as well as [[Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center|Riverfront Community Center]], which includes an indoor cardio room and pool, and Wollman Aquatic Center. An off-leash dog park near the Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center was built with public donations in 2010.

==Government==
{{see also|List of mayors of Leavenworth, Kansas}}
[[File:Leavenworth kansas city hall 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|Leavenworth City Hall (2009)]]
Leavenworth is a [[Kansas#Important cities and towns|city of the first class]] with a [[council-manager government|commission-manager]] form of government.<ref name="gov1">{{cite web | title = Leavenworth | work = Directory of Kansas Public Officials | publisher = The League of Kansas Municipalities | url = http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=1 | access-date = 2011-12-21 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111213103601/http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=1 | archive-date = 2011-12-13 }}</ref> The [[city commission]] is the city's governing body and consists of five members, including the [[mayor]] and the [[Pro tempore|mayor pro-tem]]. It sets city policies, adopts the city government's annual operating budget, and appoints city boards, commissions, and officials, including the [[city manager]]. Commissioners are elected to either four-year or two-year terms; one is appointed to serve as mayor, and another to serve as mayor pro-tem.<ref>{{cite web | title = City Commission | publisher = City of Leavenworth, Kansas | url = http://www.lvks.org/department/index.asp?fDD=12-0 | access-date = 2011-12-21 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120422134352/http://www.lvks.org/department/index.asp?fDD=12-0 | archive-date = 2012-04-22 }}</ref> The commission meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.<ref name="gov1"/> The city manager is the city's chief executive, responsible for the day-to-day administration of the city government. The manager supervises all city government departments and employees, prepares and proposes the annual operating budget, and recommends policies to the city commission.<ref>{{cite web | title = City Manager | publisher = City of Leavenworth, Kansas | url = http://www.lvks.org/department/index.asp?fDD=2-0 | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref>

As the [[county seat]], Leavenworth is the administrative center of Leavenworth County. The [[county courthouse]] is located south of downtown at 4th and Walnut streets, and all departments of the county government base their operations in the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Leavenworth County | publisher = Leavenworth County, Kansas | url = http://www.leavenworthcounty.org/home.asp | access-date = 2012-07-05 | archive-date = December 9, 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20121209113608/http://www.leavenworthcounty.org/home.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Leavenworth lies within [[Kansas's 2nd congressional district|Kansas's 2nd U.S. Congressional District]]. For the purposes of representation in the [[Kansas Legislature]], the city is in the 5th district of the [[Kansas Senate]] and the 40th, 41st, and 42nd districts of the [[Kansas House of Representatives]].<ref name="gov1"/>

The [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] operates the Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leavenworth as part of its Eastern Kansas Health Care System.<ref>{{cite web | title = VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System | publisher = [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] | url = http://www.leavenworth.va.gov/ | access-date = 2014-05-09}}</ref> The Medical Center includes a [[Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP)]], part of an initiative to provide mail-order prescriptions to veterans using automated systems at strategic locations throughout the United States, as well as the Central Plains Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC), a billing and collection agency.<ref>{{cite web | title = Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) | publisher = [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] | url = http://www.va.gov/cbo/wfm/cmop.asp | access-date = 2014-05-09 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232314/http://www.va.gov/cbo/wfm/cmop.asp | archive-date = 2014-05-12 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC) | publisher = [[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]] | url = http://www.va.gov/CBO/cbo/cpacaboutus.asp | access-date = 2014-05-09}}</ref>

===Fort Leavenworth===
{{main|Fort Leavenworth}}
Fort Leavenworth, known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army", is home to the [[United States Army Combined Arms Center|U.S. Army Combined Arms Center]]. It is also home to the [[U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]], School of Advanced Military Studies, the Center for Army Leadership, the Combat Studies Institute, the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, the Center for Army Lessons Learned and the Mission Command Center of Excellence.

===Prisons===
Leavenworth is the location of several federal and state detention centers and prisons:
* [[United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth]] (USP) constructed in 1903, and its satellite prison camp, operated by the [[Federal Bureau of Prisons]]
* [[United States Disciplinary Barracks]], the [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]]'s only [[prison#Security levels|maximum-security]] facility
* [[Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility]], another [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. military]] facility 
* [[Leavenworth Detention Center]], operator by for-profit prison corporation, [[CoreCivic]] for the [[United States Marshals Service]]

==Education==
[[File:Leavenworth Public Library, Leavenworth, KS 1.jpg|thumb|right|Former [[Carnegie Arts Center of Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth Carnegie Library]] (2012)]]

===Primary and secondary education===
Two [[Public school (government funded)#United States|public]] school districts serve the city. The majority of the city lies within [[Leavenworth USD 453]],<ref name=Schoolcensusmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20103_leavenworth/DC20SD_C20103.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Leavenworth County, KS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-01-19}}</ref> which operates six schools:  four elementary schools, one middle school, and [[Leavenworth High School]]. USD 453 also operates Leavenworth Virtual School, an Internet-based school for students from grades Kindergarten through eighth grade.<ref>{{cite web | title = Leavenworth USD 453 Home | publisher = [[Leavenworth Public Schools]] | url = http://www.usd453.org/gen/usd453_generated_pages/Leavenworth_USD_453_Home_p1.html | access-date = 2012-07-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120719095320/http://www.usd453.org/gen/usd453_generated_pages/Leavenworth_USD_453_Home_p1.html | archive-date = 2012-07-19 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Senior high school students from Fort Leavenworth attend Leavenworth High School.<ref>{{cite web | title = Schools | publisher = U.S. Army Garrison - Fort Leavenworth | url = http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/newcomers/Schools/Schools.asp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101218010457/http://garrison.leavenworth.army.mil/newcomers/Schools/Schools.asp | url-status = dead | archive-date = December 18, 2010 | access-date = 2012-07-10}}</ref> 5th and 6th graders attend Richard Warren Middle School, which recently completed construction of a technology extension to the original building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20180901/work-on-new-school-to-begin-in-october|title=Work on new school to begin in October|first=John|last=Richmeier|website=The Leavenworth Times - Leavenworth, KS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leavenworthtimes.com/news/20181004/groundbreaking-planned-for-new-school|title=Groundbreaking planned for new school|first=John|last=Richmeier|website=The Leavenworth Times - Leavenworth, KS}}</ref> [[Fort Leavenworth USD 207]] encompasses Fort Leavenworth,<ref name=Schoolcensusmap/> and operates three elementary schools and one junior high school.<ref>{{cite web | title = Fort Leavenworth USD 207 | publisher = [[Fort Leavenworth School District]] | url = http://www.ftlvn.com/ | access-date = 2012-07-10}}</ref> A small portion of southern Leavenworth is in [[Lansing USD 469]].<ref name=Schoolcensusmap/> Residents of this district are zoned to [[Lansing High School (Kansas)|Lansing High School]].

There are also two private schools in Leavenworth, and formerly there was a private high school. The [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas]] oversees one [[Catholic school]], Xavier Elementary School ([[Education in the United States#School grades|Grades]] Pre-K-8).<ref>{{cite web | title = Catholic Schools | publisher = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas]] | url = http://www.archkck.org/page.aspx?pid=750 | access-date = 2012-07-10 | archive-date = June 10, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130610001532/http://www.archkck.org/page.aspx?pid=750 | url-status = dead }}</ref> [[Immaculata High School (Kansas)]] closed at the end of the 2016-2017 school year. The [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] operates one [[Lutheran school]], St. Paul Lutheran School (Pre-K-8).<ref>{{cite web | title = St. Paul Lutheran School | publisher = St. Paul Lutheran Church | url = http://www.stpaul-lcms.org/school.htm | access-date = 2012-07-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050308000004/http://www.stpaul-lcms.org/school.htm | archive-date = 2005-03-08 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Colleges and universities===
The main campus of [[University of Saint Mary]], a four-year, private [[Catholic university]], is in Leavenworth.<ref>{{cite web | title = University of Saint Mary | work = Best Colleges | publisher = [[U.S. News & World Report]] | url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-st.-mary-1943 | access-date = 2012-07-10 | archive-date = December 23, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111223040212/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-st.-mary-1943 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In addition, [[Kansas City Kansas Community College]] operates a satellite campus in the city.<ref>{{cite web | title = Maps & Directions | publisher = [[Kansas City Kansas Community College]] | url = http://www.kckcc.edu/about/mapsAndDirections.aspx | access-date = 2014-05-23}}</ref>

==Media==
The ''[[Leavenworth Times]]'', published by [[CherryRoad Media]] is the city's daily newspaper.<ref name="cherry road">{{cite web | title = Cherry Road Media {{!}} Owned Newspapers in Kansas | url = https://cherryroad-media.com/newspapers/ | accessdate = 2023-06-09}}</ref> CherryRoad Media also publishes ''[[The Fort Leavenworth Lamp]]'', a weekly newspaper covering local military news, on contract with the U.S. Army.<ref name="cherry road"/>

Leavenworth is in the [[Media in Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City radio and television markets]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2009 Arbitron Radio Metro Map |publisher=[[Arbitron]] |url=http://blog.masslive.com/localbuzz_impact/2009/05/Arb_US_Metro_Map_09.pdf |access-date=2011-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131140/http://blog.masslive.com/localbuzz_impact/2009/05/Arb_US_Metro_Map_09.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Kansas City TV Market (map) | publisher = EchoStar Knowledge Base | url = http://dishuser.org/TVMarkets/City%20Maps/Kansas%20City.gif | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref> Two radio stations are [[City of license|licensed]] in the city: [[KKLO]] broadcasts from Leavenworth on 1410 AM, a Fox News affiliate; [[KQRC-FM]] broadcasts from [[Mission, Kansas]] on 98.9 FM, playing a [[Active rock|Rock]] format.<ref>{{cite web | title = Radio Stations in Leavenworth, Kansas | publisher = Radio-Locator | url = http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Leavenworth%2C+KS&x=0&y=0&sid= | access-date = 2011-12-21}}</ref> The major regional newspaper is the [[Kansas City Star]].

==Transportation==
In April 2023, RideLV began to provide on-demand transit service within the city using a mobile software app. The service is operated by The Guidance Center in partnership with the [[Kansas City Area Transportation Authority]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leavenworthks.org/cd/page/ride-lv-micro-transit|title=Ride LV Micro Transit|access-date=July 21, 2023}}</ref> However, Leavenworth remains the largest city in Kansas without fixed-route public transit service.

The nearest intercity transit services are located in Kansas City, Missouri. [[Kansas City Union Station]] serves [[Amtrak]]'s ''[[Southwest Chief]]'' and ''[[Missouri River Runner]]''. The [[Kansas City Bus Station]] serves [[Greyhound Lines]] and [[Jefferson Lines]].

==In popular culture==
Leavenworth is the setting for "Hurt People", a 2009 novel by Cote Smith.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/books/article63793142.html|title=Leavenworth native's debut novel 'Hurt People' driven by a youth's view of a scary world|last=Cook|first=Liz|date=5 March 2016|via=KansasCity.com}}</ref>

==Notable people==
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Political activist [[Charles Henry Langston]] lived and worked here (1863-1870), assisting African-American refugees from slave states and, after the Civil War, working for black suffrage and equal rights of blacks in the West; he moved to Lawrence for the remainder of his life. [[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] and 34th [[President of the United States]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] once served at Fort Leavenworth.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Stephen|last=Ambrose|title=Eisenhower: (vol. 1) Soldier, General of the Army, President-Elect (1893–1952)|location=New York|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|year=1983|pages=61–62}}</ref> Both [[Buffalo Bill Cody]] and [[Wild Bill Hickok]] lived and worked in Leavenworth during its [[American frontier|Old West]] frontier period.<ref>{{cite web | last = Cody | first = William Frederick | title = ''An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill'' | date = 1920 | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12740/12740-h/12740-h.htm | access-date = 2015-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Rosa | first = Joseph G. | title = Wild Bill Hickok: Sharpshooter and U.S. Marshal of the Wild West | url = https://archive.org/details/wildbillhickoksh00rosa | url-access = registration | date = 2004 | publisher = [[Rosen Publishing]] | location = [[New York, NY]] | page = [https://archive.org/details/wildbillhickoksh00rosa/page/24 24]| isbn = 978-0-8239-6632-5 }}</ref>

Other notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Leavenworth include rock musician [[Melissa Etheridge]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODXKhgH3e6AC&pg=PA54 | title=Exploring Kansas Highways | author=Heim, Michael | year=2007 | pages=54| publisher=Exploring America's Highway | isbn=9780974435886 }}</ref> restaurant entrepreneur [[Fred Harvey (entrepreneur)|Fred Harvey]],<ref>{{cite web | title = National Fred Harvey Museum | publisher = Leavenworth Historical Museum Association, Inc. | url = http://firstcitymuseums.org/fredharvey_pages/greeting.html | access-date = 2015-07-28}}</ref> Broadway producer and [[Tony Awards]] founder [[Brock Pemberton]], [[U.S. Supreme Court]] justice [[David Josiah Brewer]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Brewer, David Josiah|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=251&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na|access-date=2015-07-28|work=Biographical Directory of Federal Judges|publisher=[[Federal Judicial Center]]}}</ref> author [[Sanora Babb]], and former NBA player, [[Wayne Simien|Wayne Anthony Simien]].

==Sister cities==
* [[Wagga Wagga, New South Wales]], [[Australia]]<ref>{{cite news | title = Sister Cities | publisher = Wagga Wagga City Council | url = https://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/city-of-wagga-wagga/wagga-wagga/sister-cities | access-date = 2019-03-07 }}</ref>
* [[Ōmihachiman]], [[Japan]]

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center" widths="160" heights="120">
File: Leavenworth Landing Park in Kansas spring.jpg|Leavenworth Landing Park along the Missouri River in Leavenworth, Kansas
File: Downtown Leavenworth Kansas 2019.jpg| Downtown Leavenworth, Kansas along Delaware Street facing south.
File:Leavenworth Historic Marker.jpg|Marker relating the history of Leavenworth, Kansas.
File:Leavenworthplaque.jpg|Plaque (2013) memorializing soldiers from Leavenworth County who were killed in action during World War II and Korea.
File:Leavenworth Veterans Memorial.jpg|The Leavenworth Veterans Memorial was erected in 2013 to honor and remember service members who died during the Global War on Terror era.
File:First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth, Kansas.JPG|First Presbyterian Church (2012)
File:North Esplanade Park and the Centennial Bridge leading into Kansas in fall.jpg|Fall color at North Esplanade Park, the first park founded in the first City of Kansas.
File:David Brewer Park.jpg|David Brewer Park in Leavenworth, Kansas, named for David Josiah Brewer, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
File:David Josiah Brewer House, Leavenworth, Kansas.jpg|Home of David Josiah Brewer, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice, when he lived in Leavenworth, Kansas.
File:Edward Carroll House with Historical Plaque, Leavenworth, Kansas.jpg|Edward Carroll House, operating since 1965 as a Victorian house museum
File:Leavenworth Riverfront Community Center (front).jpg|Riverfront Community Center, a former Union Station train depot.
File:A. J. Angell House (Main Building).JPG|A. J. Angell House
File:Leavenworth-prison.jpg|US Penitentiary, Leavenworth
File:Nathaniel Burt House, Leavenworth, Kansas.JPG|Nathaniel Burt House
File:Abernathy Furniture Co (Leavenworth, Kansas) 1.jpg|Abernathy Furniture Co. building was converted to lofts in the early 2000s.
File:Merritt Insley House (East Side), Leavenworth, Kansas.jpg|Merritt Insley House
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Leavenworth County, Kansas]]
* [[List of National Historic Landmarks in Kansas]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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

==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.leavenworthks.org/|Leavenworth - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260821 Leavenworth - Directory of Public Officials], League of Kansas Municipalities
* [https://www.llchamber.com/ The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519161102/http://www.kctv5.com/news/17126244/detail.html Underground City Beneath Leavenworth]
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/leavenworth.pdf Leavenworth city map], KDOT
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* [https://www.leavenworthhistory.org/ Leavenworth County Historical Society]
* {{Cite AmCyc|wstitle=Leavenworth (city)|display=Leavenworth, a city of Kansas|short=x}}
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Leavenworth|short=x}}

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