Greenleaf

History

Greenleaf was founded in 1876. It was incorporated in 1880. Greenleaf was named for A. W. Greenleaf, the treasurer of the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad. The post office at Round Grove, Kansas; which had been known at various times as Prospect Hill and Hopper, was moved to Greenleaf when the railroad missed the settlement. The Greenleaf school was gutted by fire in 1966. A tornado hit Greenleaf on September 25, 1973. The tornado demolished 42 homes, 26 businesses and took the lives of two children.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  88
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  75
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  64
• Red-tailed Hawk

  Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  63
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  60
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  56
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  56
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  51

Largest nearby schools

• Washington Elementary
  Elementary · Washington · 206 students · 12.9:1 ratio
• Washington County High School
  High · Washington · 164 students · 10.3:1 ratio
• Linn Elem
  Elementary · Linn · 156 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Linn High
  High · Linn · 60 students · 8.6:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2025-10-27
  7 km SE of Enterprise, Kansas
• M 2.5 — 2025-09-24
  4 km NNE of Jewell, Kansas
• M 2.6 — 2025-03-26
  5 km WSW of Formoso, Kansas
• M 2.6 — 2024-12-13
  7 km N of Jewell, Kansas
• M 2.7 — 2024-05-27
  3 km SSE of Solomon, Kansas
• M 2.5 — 2024-05-08
  7 km WSW of Formoso, Kansas