Bavaria, Kansas
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Saline County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bavaria, Kansas
|settlement_type = CDP
|image_skyline = Bavaria_Kansas_Grain_Elevator.jpg
|image_caption = Grain elevator in Bavaria (2015)
|image_map = Saline County Kansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bavaria Highlighted.svg
|map_caption = Location within Saline County and Kansas
|image_map1 = Map of Saline Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1 = KDOT map of Saline County (legend)
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Kansas
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Saline
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Ohio
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1860s
|established_title1 = Platted
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|named_for = Bavaria
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|elevation_ft = 1273
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 60
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|timezone = CST
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code =
|area_code_type = Area code
|area_code = 785
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = {{FIPS|20|04575}}
|blank1_name = GNIS ID
|blank1_info = 476783{{cite gnis2|476783|Bavaria, Kansas}}
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Bavaria is a census-designated place (CDP) in Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60.{{cite web |title=Profile of Bavaria, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2004575 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113202557/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2004575 |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |url-status=live}} It lies along K-140 and a Union Pacific Railroad line west of Salina.
History
The place was originally known as Hohneck, after Ernst Hohneck, who settled there in 1865.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n156 160]}} It was also known as Honek. Bavaria was laid out by E. F. Drake in 1877 and named after the State of Bavaria in Germany.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODXKhgH3e6AC&pg=PA37 | title=Exploring Kansas Highways | author=Heim, Michael | year=2007 | pages=37}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20030320195155/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/saline/saline-co-p9.html#BAVARIA kancoll.com]
The post office in Bavaria was closed in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:SA |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=23 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009134514/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county%3ASA |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }}
Geography
Demographics
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Bavaria is a part of the Salina micropolitan area.
The 2020 United States census counted 60 people, 26 households, and 17 families in Bavaria.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Bavaria%20CDP,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=data.census.gov}} The population density was 263.2 per square mile (101.6/km{{sup|2}}). There were 26 housing units at an average density of 114.0 per square mile (44.0/km{{sup|2}}).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Bavaria%20CDP,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}} The racial makeup was 80.0% (48) white or European American (73.33% non-Hispanic white), 0.0% (0) black or African-American, 0.0% (0) Native American or Alaska Native, 5.0% (3) Asian, 0.0% (0) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 10.0% (6) from other races, and 5.0% (3) from two or more races.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Bavaria%20CDP,%20Kansas%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=data.census.gov}} Hispanic or Latino of any race was 16.67% (10) of the population.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Bavaria%20CDP,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=data.census.gov}}
Of the 26 households, 30.8% had children under the age of 18; 57.7% were married couples living together; 23.1% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 34.6% of households consisted of individuals and 23.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.1 and the average family size was 3.7.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Bavaria%20CDP,%20Kansas%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=data.census.gov}} The percent of those with a bachelor's degree or higher was estimated to be 0.0% of the population.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Bavaria%20CDP,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=data.census.gov}}
25.0% of the population was under the age of 18, 1.7% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.9 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 104.5 males.
Education
The community is served by Ell-Saline USD 307 public school district. Ell-Saline schools are located in Brookville. The Ell-Saline school mascot is Cardinals.
Bavaria schools were closed through school unification. The Bavaria High School mascot was Tigers."The good ole days", The Salina Journal, 1 December 1994, p.17.
References
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Further reading
{{See also|Saline County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Saline County, Kansas}}
External links
- Saline County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/saline.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
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Category:Census-designated places in Saline County, Kansas