Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Bourbon
- Founded
- 1850s
- Named after
- Gen. Winfield Scott
- Total
- 5.63 sq mi (14.58 km )
- Land
- 5.59 sq mi (14.47 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 843 ft (257 m)
- Density
- 1,352/sq mi (521.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-24000
- Website
- fscity.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Fort Scott
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Bourbon County
- Population
- 7552
- Area
- 14.467185
- Elevation
- 258
- Capital of
- Bourbon County
- Official website
- www.FortScott.com
- Image
- Fs22.jpg
- Households
- 3328
- Dialing code
- 620
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- Commons category
- Fort Scott, Kansas
- postal code
- 66701
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fort Scott, Kansas
- P8168
- Dions
- water as percent of area
- 0.6694
- per capita income
- 23167
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Encyclopedic overview
Fort Scott is a city in and the county seat of Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 7,552. It is named for Gen. Winfield Scott. The city is located 88 miles (142 km) south of Kansas City on the Marmaton River. It is the home of the Fort Scott National Historic Site and the Fort Scott National Cemetery.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort Scott” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.