Potwin, Kansas: Difference between revisions

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'''Potwin''' is a city in [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref>{{cite web|urlname=http:"GNIS"//www.skyways.org/towns/Potwin/City_of_Potwin.html|title=City> of Potwin|author=|date=|website=www.skyways.org|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204105208/http://www.skyways.org/towns/Potwin/City_of_Potwin.html|archivedate=December 4, 2010}}</ref> It is named after the town site land owner Charles Potwin. As of the [[20102020 United States Censuscensus|20102020 census]], the population of the city population was 449421.<ref name="Census2010Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=2010Profile Cityof PopulationPotwin, andKansas Housingin Occupancy2020 Status|url=httphttps://factfinderdata.census.gov/facescedsci/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtmlprofile?pidg=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table1600000US2057300 |publisher=U.S.United States Census Bureau |accessdateaccess-date=MarchNovember 612, 2011}}{{dead2021 link|botarchive-url=medichttps://web.archive.org/web/20211112195859/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2057300 |archive-date=AprilNovember 12, 2021 2020}}{{cbignore|boturl-status=mediclive}}</ref>

'''Potwin''' was incorporated as a town on April 8, 1885. This land, owned by Charles Potwin, whereby the town received its name, became a station for the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]], instigated by William I. Joseph, known as the Father of Potwin.<ref name="History1">{{cite web|url=http://www.skyways.org/towns/Potwin/History.html|title=The History of Potwin, Kansas|author=|date=|website=www.skyways.org|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030526012155/http://www.skyways.org/towns/Potwin/History.html|archivedatearchive-date=May 26, 2003}}</ref>

Mr. Joseph came from [[West Virginia]] and, as more settlers arrived he, became interested in a railroad to serve the area. After much diligent pursuit, the station was built and Mr. Joseph, a land agent for Charles Potwin, began development of a town site around the Potwin station. He opened a land office where the Potwin grocery now stands.<ref name="History1" />

A post office was established in '''Ayr''' (an extinct town) on July 12, 1875, but it was moved to Potwin on September 22, 1885.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BU |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdateaccess-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009125851/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:BU |archivedatearchive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:BU |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdateaccess-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009184935/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:BU |archivedatearchive-date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

During half of the twentieth century, Potwin enjoyed the prosperity of oil fields in the [[Mid-Continent oil province]]. In 1920, John (Jack) Vickers (1891-19401891–1940) built the [[Vickers Petroleum|Vickers Oil Refinery]] in Potwin. He got his start in oil fields in Butler County, commencing with the lease on the Parris Farm 10 miles north of Potwin, production reached 16,000 barrels a day during the 1950s. In 1964, distressed economic conditions shut down the oil processing facilities. The company was sold to Swift & Company and the remaining operations were closed in 1970,<ref name="History1" /> and later demolished. In 1934, Vickers built a large mansion (named "Vickridge") east of [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]] (now in the city limits), which his estate later become the current site of [[Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Tihen Notes Subject Search Vickers,vickridge|url=http://specialcollections.wichita.edu/collections/local_history/tihen/pdf/People&Places/Vickers.pdf|publisher = Wichita State University Libraries’ Department Of Special Collections|accessdateaccess-date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

In 1961, [[Frederic Remington High School]] was built immediately north of Brainerd. Leading up to this new school, [[Whitewater, Kansas|Whitewater]], Potwin, [[Brainerd, Kansas|Brainerd]], [[Elbing, Kansas|Elbing]], [[Furley, Kansas|Furley]], Countryside, and Golden Gate schools merged to form a joint rural high school. Heated opposition between Whitewater and Potwin occurred during the discussion for the location of the new high school. Rural voters pushed for a centralized location in neither town. A public vote was passed to build the new school near Brainerd.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usd206.org/?PN=AboutUs|title=USD 206|author=|date=|website=www.usd206.org}}</ref>

In 2010, the [[Keystone Pipeline|Keystone-Cushing Pipeline]] (Phase II) was constructed along the east city limits of Potwin, north to south through [[Butler County, Kansas|Butler County]], with much controversy over tax exemption and environmental concerns (if a leak ever occurs).<ref>[http://www.gpace.org/news/marion-county-commission-calls-out-legislative-leadership-on-pipeline-deal/ Keystone Pipeline - ''Marion County Commission calls out Legislative Leadership on Pipeline Deal''; April 18, 2010.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022015437/http://www.gpace.org/news/marion-county-commission-calls-out-legislative-leadership-on-pipeline-deal/ |date=October 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/dec/10/transcanada-inspecting-keystone-pipeline/ Keystone Pipeline - ''TransCanada inspecting pipeline''; December 10, 2010.]</ref> A pumping station named ''Burns'' was built 2 miles north of Potwin, and new power lines were built from a high-voltage line 0.3 mile east of [[De Graff, Kansas|De Graff]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.entrix.com/keystone/XL/May192010/Appendix+B/PS-29.pdf|title=Cardno - English (Australia) - Home|author=|date=|website=www.entrix.com}}</ref>

In an unusual technical glitch, a farmstead about 4 miles northeast of Potwin became the default site[[Internet geolocation|geolocation]] of 600 million [[IP address]]es (due to their lack of fine granularity) when the Massachusetts-based digital mapping company [[MaxMind]] changed the putative [[geographic center of the contiguous United States]] from 39.8333333,-98.585522 to 38.0000,-97.0000.<ref name="Potwin, Kansas">{{cite web | url=http://fusion.net/story/287592/internet-mapping-glitch-kansas-farm/ | title=How an internet mapping glitch turned a random Kansas farm into a digital hell | publisher=Fusion | date=2016-04-10 | accessdateaccess-date=2016-04-10 | author=Hill, Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansas.com/news/local/article94447622.html|title=Kansas couple sues over internet glitch targeting their home|author=|date=August 8, 2016|website=kansas.com}}</ref> Later, the default geolocation was changed to the middle of [[Cheney Reservoir#Information technology|Cheney Reservoir]] in Kansas.

Potwin is located at {{coord|37.938898|-97.019034|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}} (37.938898, -97.019034).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdateaccess-date=2012-07-06|url-status=dead|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedatearchive-date=2012-07-02}}</ref>

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Potwin has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=425641&cityname=Potwin,+Kansas,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Potwin, Kansas Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|author=|date=|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

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|estimate=436

As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdateaccess-date=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 449 people, 181 households, and 130 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1870.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 205 housing units at an average density of {{convert|854.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.6% of the population.

There were 181 households, of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.2% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 457 people, 187 households, and 123 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2,001.1 people per square mile (767.2|PD/km<sup>2<sqmi|PD/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 208 housing units at an average density of {{convert|910.8 per square mile (349.2|/km<sup>2<sqmi|/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.

There were 187 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 28.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.3 males.

* [[Frederic Remington High School]] at 8850 NW Meadowlark Road, north of [[Brainerd, Kansas|Brainerd]].

* [http://rms.usd206.org/ Remington Middle School] at 316 E Topeka Street in [[Whitewater, Kansas|Whitewater]].

* [http://res.usd206.org/ Remington Elementary School] at 200 E Ellis Avenue in Potwin.

Potwin High School was closed through school unification. The Potwin High School mascot was Greyhounds.<ref>{{cite web | title = Potwin High School| publisher = E-YEARBOOK.COM| url = http://www.e-yearbook.com/Potwin_High_School_Greyhound_Yearbook| accessdateaccess-date = 10 January 2017}}</ref>

* ''[[TheButler El DoradoCounty Times-Gazette]]'', regional newspaper from [[El Dorado, Kansas|El Dorado]].

Potwin is served by numerous [[Radio broadcasting|radio stations]] of the [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]-[[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] listening market area,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/wichita_ks.aspx|title=Radio Stations in Wichita KS|first=|last=dvprez|date=|website=www.ontheradio.net}}</ref> and [[satellite radio]]. See ''[[Media in Wichita, Kansas]]''.

Potwin is served by over-the-air [[ATSC]] [[digital television|digital TV]] of the [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]-[[Hutchinson, Kansas|Hutchinson]] viewing market area,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stationindex.com/tv/markets/Wichita-Hutchinson|title=Wichita - Hutchinson Television Stations - Station Index|author=|date=|website=www.stationindex.com}}</ref> [[cable tv|cable TV]], and [[Satellite television|satellite TV]]. See ''[[Media in Wichita, Kansas]]''.

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