Basehor
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city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Leavenworth
- Named after
- Reuben and Ephraim Basehor (brothers)
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Richard Drennon
- Total
- 7.24 sq mi (18.74 km )
- Land
- 7.14 sq mi (18.50 km )
- Water
- 0.093 sq mi (0.24 km )
- Elevation
- 984 ft (300 m)
- Density
- 965.4/sq mi (372.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-04400
- Website
- cityofbasehor.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Basehor
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Leavenworth County
- Population
- 6896
- Area
- 17.481079
- Elevation
- 299
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.CityOfBasehor.org
- Households
- 2199
- Dialing code
- 913
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- postal code
- 66007
- inception
- 1889-01-01
- P8168
- southern right whale
- water as percent of area
- 1.0635
- per capita income
- 36018
- Commons category
- Basehor, Kansas
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Encyclopedic overview
Basehor (/ˈbeɪsər/ BAY-sər) is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States, and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,896. It is the 3rd largest city in Leavenworth County by population. Basehor is named after Reuben and Ephraim Basehor, who founded the town as a farming community.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Basehor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.