Vassar, Kansas

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Vassar is a census-designated place (CDP) in Osage County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 584.{{cite web |title=Profile of Vassar, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2073450 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604212338/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2073450 |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |url-status=live}} It is located {{convert|4|mi|km}} northeast of Lyndon, also about half a mile south of Pomona Lake.

History

A post office was opened in La Mont's Hill (an extinct town) in 1871, but it was moved to Vassar in 1887.{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:OS |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=22 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009122858/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:OS |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }} Vassar has ZIP code 66543.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=66543&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]

The Missouri Pacific Railroad previously went through Vassar,[http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915-1918 Stouffer's railroad map of Kansas; Kansas Historical Society.] but it was abandoned, then later it was converted into the Flint Hills Nature Trail.

Geography

=Climate=

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Vassar has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=894641&cityname=Vassar%2C+Kansas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Vassar, Kansas]

Demographics

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References

External links

Osage County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/osage.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

Category:Census-designated places in Osage County, Kansas