city in and county seat of Pratt County, Kansas, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pratt is a city in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. It is the county seat of Pratt County.[5] In 2020, 6,603 people lived there.[4] Pratt has the Pratt Community College.
Pratt, Kansas | |
---|---|
City and county seat | |
![]() U.S. Post Office (2009) | |
![]() Location within Pratt County and Kansas | |
![]() | |
Coordinates: 37°39′1″N 98°44′17″W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Pratt |
Founded | 1884 |
Incorporated | 1884 |
Named for | Caleb Pratt |
Area | |
• Total | 7.83 sq mi (20.29 km2) |
• Land | 7.71 sq mi (19.97 km2) |
• Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.32 km2) |
Elevation | 1,952 ft (595 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,603 |
• Density | 840/sq mi (330/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 67124 |
Area code | 620 |
FIPS code | 20-57625 |
GNIS ID | 485645[1] |
Website | cityofprattks.com |
Pratt was created in 1884.[6] It was named after Caleb S. Pratt. He was a young Civil War officer from the Kansas Infantry. He was killed in the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Missouri.[7] The first post office in Pratt was created in June 1884.[8]
In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a railroad from Herington to Pratt.[9]
The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of 7.83 square miles (20.28 km2). Of that, 7.71 square miles (19.97 km2) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) is water.[2]
Climate data for Pratt, Kansas (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °F (°C) | 44.4 (6.9) |
49.8 (9.9) |
59.3 (15.2) |
69.5 (20.8) |
77.6 (25.3) |
87.1 (30.6) |
92.7 (33.7) |
91.6 (33.1) |
83.1 (28.4) |
70.8 (21.6) |
57.0 (13.9) |
45.3 (7.4) |
69.0 (20.6) |
Average low °F (°C) | 20.3 (−6.5) |
24.2 (−4.3) |
32.3 (0.2) |
41.8 (5.4) |
52.1 (11.2) |
61.8 (16.6) |
66.3 (19.1) |
65.3 (18.5) |
56.1 (13.4) |
44.2 (6.8) |
31.6 (−0.2) |
22.2 (−5.4) |
43.2 (6.2) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.64 (16) |
0.90 (23) |
2.30 (58) |
2.47 (63) |
3.69 (94) |
4.23 (107) |
3.14 (80) |
3.33 (85) |
2.39 (61) |
2.26 (57) |
1.15 (29) |
0.93 (24) |
27.43 (697) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.0 (10) |
2.6 (6.6) |
4.7 (12) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.8 (2.0) |
3.2 (8.1) |
15.8 (40) |
Source: NOAA[10] |
The 2020 census says that there were 6,603 people, 2,646 households, and 1,545 families living in Pratt. Of the households, 67.1% owned their home and 32.9% rented their home.
The median age was 37.7 years. Of the people, 86.3% were White, 1.6% were Black, 0.8% were Native American, 0.7% were Asian, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 4.4% were from some other race, and 6.1% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.6% of the people.[3][11]
The 2010 census[12] says that there were 6,835 people, 2,837 households, and 1,713 families living in Pratt.
Pratt has the Pratt Tribune.[13]
Pratt is served by Unified School District 382[14] and Unified School District 438.[15]
There are daily buses. They go east towards Wichita, Kansas and west towards Pueblo, Colorado. The buses are by BeeLine Express (subcontractor of Greyhound Lines).[20][21]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.