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Sabetha, Kansas

Sabetha is a city in Brown and Nemaha counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,545.

The town's settlement began c. 1854, with a name reportedly derived from the word "Sabbath", the day the first settler arrived. Sabetha was incorporated as a city in 1874.

On the evening of June 13, 1998, an F2 tornado damaged much of the downtown, but no casualties were reported. The downtown area received little warning, as the tornado struck less than 1 minute after the tornado siren began to sound. The tornado, which touched down half a mile west of the Sabetha City Hall, caused serious damage to two blocks of the town, with 18 buildings in the downtown area being damaged, five (including the city hall building) to near "the point of loss". The tornado lifted about half a mile east of City Hall. Damage to the city hall building amounted to $2 million, and additional damage to homes and vehicles away from downtown occurred due to tornado-toppled trees and branches away from the tornado's center along with strong, straight-line winds.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.47 square miles (8.99 km2), of which 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) is covered by water.

As of the 2020 census, Sabetha had a population of 2,545. The median age was 40.1 years; 24.8% of residents were under 18 and 24.1% were 65 or older. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males, and for every 100 females 18 and over, there were 93.1 males 18 and over.

None of the residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

Of the 1,045 households in Sabetha, 28.0% had children under 18 living in the, 47.6% were married-couple households, 21.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.9% had someone living alone who was 65 or older.

The city had 1,168 housing units, of which 10.5% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 9.8%.

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