Editing Plains, Kansas (section)

{{Short description|City in Meade County, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Plains, Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[City]]

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|image_skyline            =
|image_caption            =
|image_flag               =
|image_seal               =

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|image_map                = Meade County Kansas Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Plains Highlighted.svg
|map_caption              = Location within [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade County]] and [[Kansas]]
|image_map1               = Map of Meade Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1             = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])

<!-- Location -->
|coordinates_footnotes    = <ref name=gnis/>
|coordinates              = {{coord|37|15|51|N|100|35|23|W|region:US-KS_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kansas]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kansas|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        =

<!-- Established -->
|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1800s
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        = 1885
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1908
|named_for                =

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|government_footnotes     =
|government_type          = <!-- [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]] -->
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              =

<!-- Area -->
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_20.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2020}}</ref>
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.00
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.00
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|area_total_km2           = 2.59
|area_land_km2            = 2.59
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|unit_pref                = Imperial

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|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 2759

<!-- Population -->
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census-2020-Profile"/>
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_total         = 1037
|pop_est_footnotes        =
|pop_est_as_of            =
|population_est           =
|population_density_sq_mi = auto
|population_density_km2   = auto

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 67869
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 620|620]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 20-56100 
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 2396219<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396219}}</ref>
|website                  =
}}

'''Plains''' is a city in [[Meade County, Kansas|Meade County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 1,037.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Plains, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2056100 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122175405/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2056100 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  It is located along [[U.S. Route 54 in Kansas|U.S. Route 54]] highway.  Plains is notable for the width of its [[main street]], which is the widest in the United States at {{convert|155|ft|5|in}} across.