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Fort Scott, KS Road Trips

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city in Kansas, USA

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trip Routes

2

Longest Drive

318.4 mi

Hays, KS

Quickest Drive

32m

Mapleton, KS

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Fort Scott, KS by the Numbers

Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Population

7,551

Median Income

$60,799

Median Home Value

$89,400

Median Age

39.2

Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.

Notable People from Fort Scott, KS

A sampling of people born in Fort Scott, KS.

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

1912–2006

American photographer, musician, writer and film director (1912–2006)

Clark Clifford

Clark Clifford

1906–1998

American secretary of defense (1906-1998)

Richard Christy

Richard Christy

1974

American drummer

Mark Hart

Mark Hart

1953

American musician

Charles Hatfield

Charles Hatfield

1875–1958

(1875-1958) American cloud seeder

Dick Nichols

Dick Nichols

1926–2019

American politician (1926-2019)

Bob Kinney

Bob Kinney

1920–1985

American basketball player (1920–1985)

Florence Lewis

1877–1964

mathematician and astronomer (1877-1964)

Curtis Knight

1929–1999

musician (1929-1999)

Landmarks & Historic Sites

Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Fort Scott, KS.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Fort Scott National Historic Site

national Historic Site of the United States

listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places National Historic Landmark
Fort Scott National Cemetery

Fort Scott National Cemetery

historic veterans cemetery in Bourbon County, Kansas

listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places National Register of Historic Places listed place
First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church

church in Fort Scott, Kansas

listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places National Register of Historic Places listed place
First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church

church building in Kansas, United States of America

listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places

City data from Wikidata (Q2232317), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.

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