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Burden is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 512.

Burden city overview:
Name:	Burden city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Kansas
County:	Cowley County
Incorporated:	1883
Elevation:	1,378 ft (420 m)
Total Area:	0.52 sq mi (1.34 km²)
Land Area:	0.52 sq mi (1.34 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	512
Population Density:	980/sq mi (380/km²)
ZIP code:	67019
Area code:	620
FIPS code:	2009250

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History

In 1879, in anticipation of the coming of the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, the town of Burden was surveyed and laid out by a town company including Robert F. Burden, for whom the town is named. The railroad, whose name changed to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, arrived on February 1, 1882.

The early buildings included a general store, drug store, and post office. The post office, called Burdenville until 1884, was established in 1879. The first newspaper, printed in 1880, was the Enterprise with a circulation in 1882 of 900. A school which had been located one mile north of the town site was relocated to the town in the summer of 1881.

Burden was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

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Geography

Burden is located at 37°18′51″N 96°45′19″W / 37.31417°N 96.75528°W / 37.31417; -96.75528 (37.314128, -96.755377). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.40 km), of which, 0.53 square miles (1.37 km) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km) is water.