Horace is a city in Greeley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 102.
Name: | Horace city |
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LSAD Code: | 25 |
LSAD Description: | city (suffix) |
State: | Kansas |
County: | Greeley County |
Founded: | 1886 |
Incorporated: | 1887 |
Elevation: | 3,642 ft (1,110 m) |
Total Area: | 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km²) |
Land Area: | 0.24 sq mi (0.63 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²) |
Total Population: | 102 |
Population Density: | 430/sq mi (160/km²) |
Area code: | 620 |
FIPS code: | 2033150 |
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History
Horace was founded in 1886. The city is named after Horace Greeley of Chappaqua, New York, editor of the New York Tribune. Greeley encouraged western settlement with the motto “Go West, young man”.
A post office was opened in Horace in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965.
On November 6, 2007, voters in rural Greeley County and in Tribune approved a consolidation of the county and the city. Horace, however, decided against consolidation.
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Geography
Horace is located at 38°28′36″N 101°47′27″W / 38.47667°N 101.79083°W / 38.47667; -101.79083 (38.476692, -101.790853). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.25 square miles (0.65 km), all of it land.
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