Ashland

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Ashland

Total population

738

Median home value

$70,300

30.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$62,596

Ashland$63k

National$74k

Founded

1884

Elevation602 m

Land area4.35 km²

Weather64°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates37.19°, -99.77°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ashland is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 783.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Ashland, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Wes Santee

American distance runner (1932–2010)

Earle Taylor

American football player (1891-1955)

E

Earle McKown

American athletics competitor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ashland

On fertile soil

Timothy F. Wenzl · 1984

Souvenir of Ashland and Clark County, Kansas, 1884-1909

Clark County Historical Society · 1976

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Ashland Quadrangle and Part of the Ashland SE, Quadrangle Clark County, Kansas Fairer, George M., et al.

Hon. James B. Clay to his constituents of the Ashland District

James B. Clay · 1858

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Ashland NW Quadrangle and Parts of the Englewood, Profit Lake, and Mount Helen Quadrangle, Clark County, Kansas Fairer, George M., et al.

[Survey of inland waterway between Humboldt Bay and Eel River, California.]

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors · 1909

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

Translation nation

Héctor Tobar · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

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Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).