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Hunnewell, Kansas
Hunnewell is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 44.
Hunnewell was founded in 1880. It was named for Boston financier and railway owner H. H. Hunnewell.
Hunnewell served as a shipping point for Texas cattle, and was a prosperous cowtown during the 1880s. The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad provided quick access to the Kansas City, Kansas stockyards, and the Kansas and Southeastern Railroad was built south from Hunnewell into Oklahoma in 1898. The town in its heyday had one hotel, two general stores, one barber shop, two dance halls, and eight saloons. With little more than railroad workers and cowboys, violence was common. There were no lawmen to speak of during the 1880s in or around that area, and typically cattle rustling and other crimes were dealt with by the ranchers themselves. This culminated in the Hunnewell, Kansas Gunfight, on October 5, 1884.
A post office was opened in Hunnewell in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1960.
The railroads have still not abandoned Hunnewell; it continues to be served by the Land Rush Rail Corporation ("LRRC"), an affiliate of Farmrail, as replacement for the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad which between 2006 and 2024 operated the line running from Blackwell, Oklahoma through Hunnewell and on to connections with the BNSF at Wellington, Kansas and (via the BNSF) with the Union Pacific.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.49 square miles (1.27 km2), all land.
The 2020 United States census counted 44 people, 18 households, and 11 families in Hunnewell. The population density was 79.1 per square mile (30.6/km2). There were 27 housing units at an average density of 48.6 per square mile (18.7/km2). The racial makeup was 97.73% (43) white or European American (97.73% non-Hispanic white), 0.0% (0) black or African-American, 0.0% (0) Native American or Alaska Native, 0.0% (0) Asian, 0.0% (0) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 0.0% (0) from other races, and 2.27% (1) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.0% (0) of the population.
Of the 18 households, 27.8% had children under the age of 18; 50.0% were married couples living together; 22.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 33.3% of households consisted of individuals and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.4 and the average family size was 3.8.
Hunnewell, Kansas
Hunnewell is a city in Sumner County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 44.
Hunnewell was founded in 1880. It was named for Boston financier and railway owner H. H. Hunnewell.
Hunnewell served as a shipping point for Texas cattle, and was a prosperous cowtown during the 1880s. The Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad provided quick access to the Kansas City, Kansas stockyards, and the Kansas and Southeastern Railroad was built south from Hunnewell into Oklahoma in 1898. The town in its heyday had one hotel, two general stores, one barber shop, two dance halls, and eight saloons. With little more than railroad workers and cowboys, violence was common. There were no lawmen to speak of during the 1880s in or around that area, and typically cattle rustling and other crimes were dealt with by the ranchers themselves. This culminated in the Hunnewell, Kansas Gunfight, on October 5, 1884.
A post office was opened in Hunnewell in 1880, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1960.
The railroads have still not abandoned Hunnewell; it continues to be served by the Land Rush Rail Corporation ("LRRC"), an affiliate of Farmrail, as replacement for the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad which between 2006 and 2024 operated the line running from Blackwell, Oklahoma through Hunnewell and on to connections with the BNSF at Wellington, Kansas and (via the BNSF) with the Union Pacific.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.49 square miles (1.27 km2), all land.
The 2020 United States census counted 44 people, 18 households, and 11 families in Hunnewell. The population density was 79.1 per square mile (30.6/km2). There were 27 housing units at an average density of 48.6 per square mile (18.7/km2). The racial makeup was 97.73% (43) white or European American (97.73% non-Hispanic white), 0.0% (0) black or African-American, 0.0% (0) Native American or Alaska Native, 0.0% (0) Asian, 0.0% (0) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 0.0% (0) from other races, and 2.27% (1) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.0% (0) of the population.
Of the 18 households, 27.8% had children under the age of 18; 50.0% were married couples living together; 22.2% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 33.3% of households consisted of individuals and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.4 and the average family size was 3.8.
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