Blue Rapids

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Blue Rapids

Total population

870

Median home value

$68,300

18.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$53,214

Blue Rapids$53k

National$74k

Founded

1869

Air quality index

40Good

Elevation350 m

Land area2.01 km²

Weather63°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates39.68°, -96.66°

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

Blue Rapids is a city in Marshall County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 928.

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 Blue Rapids, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

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

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ruth Alexander

American female aviation pioneer

Sharon Schwartz

American politician

H

Henry Pomeroy Miller

American politician and lobbyist

A

Arthur E. Traxler

American educational psychologist

B

Bill Hull

American basketball player (1935-2016)

R

Richard Barton Stevenson

American aviator

J

Josephine Thorndike Berry

American educator and home economist

F

Frederick S. Rodkey

American history professor

H

Hilda Hyacinth Frost Dunlap

American statistician 1903-1999. First female author, Annals of Mathematical Statistics.

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

Nearby places in Kansas

• Waterville
  4.8 mi away
• Marysville
  11.5 mi away · pop. 3,422
• Herkimer
  15 mi away
• Bremen
  16.8 mi away · pop. 192
• Beattie
  18 mi away · pop. 185
• Oketo
  19.9 mi away · pop. 109
• Wheaton
  21.8 mi away
• Linn
  22.8 mi away
• Washington
  22.8 mi away
• Westmoreland
  23.6 mi away
• Leonardville
  24.2 mi away
• Green
  25 mi away

Browse all places in Kansas →

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 Blue Rapids

Fruit and ornamental trees-shrubs, plants and flowers, evergreens, hedges and shade trees

Blue Valley Nurseries · 1927

Blue Rapids to Kansas City

Laurent Crozet · 2020

Blue Rapids, Kans

1900

Descriptive catalog and price list of hardy fruits and flowers, evergreens and ornamentals for Kansas planters

Blue Valley Nurseries · 1916

27th annual price list

Blue Valley Nurseries · 1915

Occupational patterns of farm boys who graduated from Waterville and Blue Rapids High Schools between the years 1951 and 1960

Willis Eugene Ringen · 1967

Price list of general nursery stock of the Blue Valley Nursery

Blue Valley Nursery · 1910

Nevins' fruit-flower annual

Blue Valley Nurseries · 1918

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 192 mi
• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 194 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Great Plains Ratsnake

Pantherophis emoryi

Seen 2026-09-14

Eastern Copperhead

Agkistrodon contortrix

Seen 2026-09-14

Western Ratsnake

Pantherophis obsoletus

Seen 2026-09-14

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).