Editing Scandia, Kansas

{{Short description|City in Republic County, Kansas}}
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|name                     = Scandia, Kansas
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'''Scandia''' is a city in [[Republic County, Kansas|Republic County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 344.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Scandia, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2063350 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411192712/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2063350 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Stouffer's Railroad Map of Kansas 1915-1918 Republic County.png|thumb|left|1915 Railroad Map of Republic County]]
The first American flag to be flown in what is now Kansas was raised in 1806 near the area of Scandia.<ref name="Scandia - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912">[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/s/scandia.html Scandia - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  The area was not settled until much later by [[Swedish American|Swedish]] immigrants and was first called '''New Scandinavia'''.<ref>[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/towns/Scandia/index.html  "Scandia"  (Blue Skyways of Kansas 1997–2014)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.kansastowns.us/scandia.html Scandia, Kansas History<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The settlement of Scandia was promoted by crop failures during the 1860s in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.european-emigration.com/se/reasons.html|title= Sweden - Reasons for Emigration|website=European Immigration|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kshs.org/p/the-swedish-immigrant-and-life-in-kansas/13165|title= The Swedish Immigrant and Life in Kansas (Spring 1963. Vol. XXIX, No. 1, pages 1 to 24)|publisher=Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains|author=Emory Lindquist|access-date= February 25, 2016}}</ref> In 1868, the Scandinavian Agricultural Society of Chicago purchased 12 sections of land along the Republican River and formed a colony. The name was changed to '''Scandia''' in 1876, according to post office records.<ref>[http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/postoffices.php?po=New%20Scandinavia Post Offices in Kansas<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210303/http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/postoffices.php?po=New%20Scandinavia |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>   Scandia was incorporated as a city in 1879.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofrepubli02sava | title=A History of Republic County, Kansas | publisher=Jones & Chubbic | author=Savage, Isaac O. | year=1901 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofrepubli02sava/page/186 186]}}</ref> From there it became a transition point for trade and travel in the early 1900s. It is now a small rural community.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20020820/ai_n11785516 | title=[ Letter &#93; – Topeka Capital-Journal, The – Find Articles at BNET.com }} {{Dead link|date=June 2012|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref><ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp?T=37&m=5 SPLCenter.org: Hate Groups Map<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106160114/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/hate.jsp?T=37&m=5 |date=January 6, 2008 }}</ref>

Scandia is the site of several historic houses dating to the early days of settlement.  The three-story Wohlfort Mansion was built in the early 1890s by Thure Wohlfort (1835-1916) who was an early member of the society and one of the original founders of Scandia.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ksmuseums.com/like/historic-homes/|title= Scandia Historic Homes|publisher=Kansas museums.com|access-date= February 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ksmuseums.com/wohlfort-mansion/|title= Wohlfort Mansion|publisher=Kansas museums.com|access-date= February 25, 2016}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.48|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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|1880= 573
|1890= 653
|1900= 598
|1910= 579
|1920= 547
|1930= 608
|1940= 614
|1950= 611
|1960= 643
|1970= 567
|1980= 480
|1990= 421
|2000= 436
|2010= 372
|2020= 344
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===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]]|access-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 372 people, 174 households, and 110 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|775.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 225 housing units at an average density of {{convert|468.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.6% of the population.

There were 174 households, of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.8% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.69.

The median age in the city was 48.2 years. 19.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.2% were from 25 to 44; 31.3% were from 45 to 64; and 24.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.5% male and 53.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 436 people, 192 households, and 123 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|926.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 239 housing units at an average density of {{convert|508.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.31% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.69% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]].

There were 192 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.27 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.8% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,896, and the median income for a family was $37,031. Males had a median income of $25,833 versus $14,688 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,619. About 8.1% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 11.9% of those under age 18 and 26.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
The community is served by [[Pike Valley USD 426]] public school district.  School unification consolidated [[Courtland, Kansas|Courtland]] and Scandia schools forming USD 426. The Pike Valley High School mascot is Panthers.<ref>{{cite web | title = USD 426 Pike Valley | publisher = USD 426 | url = http://www.pikevalley.com/ | access-date = 4 January 2017}}</ref>

Prior to school unification, the Scandia High School mascot was Swedes.<ref>"Scandia Topples Courtland", The Belleville Telescope, 9 December 1965, p.8.</ref> The Scandia Swedes won the [[Kansas State High School Activities Association|Kansas State High School]] 8-Man football championship in 1970, 1971 and 1972.<ref>{{cite web | title = Football | publisher = KSHSAA | url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/History.cfm | access-date = 3 January 2017}}</ref>

==Notable people==
:''See [[List of people from Republic County, Kansas]]''
*[[Ransom Henry Gile|Ransom Gile]] was an early settler in Scandia.  He took a homestead of eighty acres in [[Republic County, Kansas|Republic County]].  Gile worked the land, planting orchards and establishing a [[quarry]] for the area on his property.<ref name=cutler>{{cite book|url=http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p6.html#SCANDIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030904161754/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/republic/republic-co-p6.html#SCANDIA|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 4, 2003|title=History of the State of Kansas|year=1883|first=William|last=Cutler|publisher=A. T. Andreas|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|chapter=REPUBLIC COUNTY, Part 6: Scandia|access-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Greta Granstedt]] was a movie actress.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335215/ IMDb.com, Inc IMDb.com Greta Granstedt Biography]</ref>  The Granstedt family was one of the five pioneer families from Sweden who settled in this north central Kansas community in 1867–68.<ref>[http://www.scandiaks.com/history.html Scandia Kansas History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217050735/http://www.scandiaks.com/history.html |date=2012-02-17 }}</ref>
*[[Edwin C. Johnson|Edwin Johnson]] was the 26th and 34th [[Governor of Colorado]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=J000127|publisher=[[United States Congress]]|access-date=March 25, 2012|title=JOHNSON, Edwin Carl, (1884 - 1970)}}</ref>  He also served several terms in various other political offices.
*[[Richard B. Wilke|Richard Wilke]] was the writer of the ''Disciple'' ministry series. He was first a local pastor in Scandia and is the author of several other books and programs for the Christian community.

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

==External links==
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41261022 Scandia - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/scandia.pdf Scandia city map], KDOT

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