Horton

History

Horton was founded in 1886. It was named for Albert H. Horton, chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. On January 22, 2013, the host of CNBC television show The Profit toured Horton in hopes of revitalizing Horton's downtown business district. Within 18 months, the community started the "Reinvent Horton" campaign to clean up the community and update "run-down" aspects of it, including the installation of curbs, sidewalks, and light poles, razed some buildings, and a large community effort to try to change Horton.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Humid continental climate is a climatic region typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Dfa". (Hot Summer Continental Climate).

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  984
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  971
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  898
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  850
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  839
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  736
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  723
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  701

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-03-15
  2 km NE of Ferrelview, Missouri
• M 2.6 — 2018-07-20
  1 km WNW of Saint Joseph, Missouri
• M 2.9 — 2014-01-06
  5 km NW of Liberty, Nebraska
• M 3.6 — 2009-12-17
  2 km NW of Auburn, Nebraska
• M 3.1 — 2007-03-23
  5 km N of Nortonville, Kansas