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Burden
Kansascity
Burden
Total population
554
Median home value
$58,600
Bachelor's+
Median income
$55,833
Air quality index
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
Burden is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 512.
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History
In 1879, in anticipation of the coming of the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, a town was surveyed and laid out by a local company. Among its staff was Robert F. Burden, for whom the town is named. The railroad, whose name changed to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, arrived on February 1, 1882, making Burden one of its stations and shipping points. The early buildings included a general store, drug store, and post office. The post office, called Burdenville until 1884, was established in 1879. The first newspaper, printed in 1880, was The Enterprise, with a circulation in 1882 of 900. A school that had been one mile north of Burden was relocated to the town in the summer of 1881.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.
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Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Burden, KS from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves200
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves169
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves166
- Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves146
- Canada Goose (canadensis Group)Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves132
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves129
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves121
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves115
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Central ElemElementary · Burden · 157 students · 17.4:1 ratio
- Dexter HighHigh · Dexter · 153 students · 10.9:1 ratio
- Country View ElemElementary · Winfield · 143 students · 13:1 ratio
- Central Jr-Sr HighHigh · Burden · 136 students · 10.5:1 ratio
- Dexter ElemElementary · Dexter · 129 students · 18.4:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.5 — 2025-12-265 km SSW of Peru, Kansas
- M 3.36 — 2025-06-264 km SE of Braman, Oklahoma
- M 2.6 — 2025-03-255 km S of Milton, Kansas
- M 2.54 — 2023-11-146 km NNW of Marland, Oklahoma
- M 2.6 — 2023-01-243 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas
- M 2.67 — 2022-10-138 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Kansas
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Burden
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library