Editing Robinson, Kansas

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

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|image_caption            = Aerial view of Robinson (2013)
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|map_caption              = Location within [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown County]] and [[Kansas]]
|image_map1               = Map of Brown Co, Ks, USA.png
|map_caption1             = [[Kansas Department of Transportation|KDOT]] map of [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown County]] ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])

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|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        = [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Kansas|Township]]
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|established_title        = Founded
|established_date         = 1871
|established_title1       = [[Platted]]
|established_date1        =
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date2        = 1879
|named_for                = [[Charles L. Robinson|Charles Robinson]]

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|area_total_sq_mi         = 0.24
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|elevation_ft             = 951

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|population_total         = 183
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|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
|utc_offset               = -6
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|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 66532
|area_code_type           = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
|area_code                = [[Area code 785|785]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 20-60325
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS ID]]
|blank1_info              = 2396391<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|2396391}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|https://robinsonks.wordpress.com/|City website}}
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'''Robinson''' is a city in [[Brown County, Kansas|Brown County]], [[Kansas]], United States.<ref name="GNIS"/>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of the city was 183.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Robinson, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2060325 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=July 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710211813/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2060325 |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
Robinson had its start in the year 1871 by the building of the railroad through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n257 150]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n575 589]}}</ref> It was named to honor the first governor of the State of Kansas, [[Charles L. Robinson|Charles Robinson]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=Encyclopedia of Kansas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSFZV1bcgOQC&pg=PA259|date=1 June 2000|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-0-403-09312-0|page=259}}</ref>  It had formerly been known locally as '''Lickskillet''' derived from the practice of an old trapper who allegedly put his dirty dishes out for his dog to lick clean.<ref>Kansas Place-Names, John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, p. 327 {{ISBN|0-8061-0994-7}}</ref>

==Geography==
Robinson is located along the [[Wolf River (Kansas)|Wolf River]].<ref>[[DeLorme]] (2003), ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer'',  p. 26,  Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme.  {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref>  

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.24|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all  land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-01-25}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 210
|1900= 493
|1910= 492
|1920= 500
|1930= 457
|1940= 413
|1950= 381
|1960= 317
|1970= 278
|1980= 324
|1990= 268
|2000= 216
|2010= 234
|2020= 183
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|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 234 people, 92 households, and 64 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|975.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 109 housing units at an average density of {{convert|454.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.4% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 6.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 92 households, of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.4% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.97.

The median age in the city was 42.5 years. 26.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.1% were from 25 to 44; 31.7% were from 45 to 64; and 15.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.4% male and 49.6% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 216 people, 94 households, and 62 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|887.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 111 housing units at an average density of {{convert|455.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.98% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.46% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.46% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.85% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.24% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.85% of the population.

There were 94 households, out of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 21.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $20,938, and the median income for a family was $24,375. Males had a median income of $30,208 versus $16,364 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,203. About 13.8% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 39.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 22.2% of those 65 or over.

==Education==
Robinson is a part of [[Unified school district|USD]] 415 Hiawatha Schools. The Hiawatha High School mascot is Hiawatha Red Hawks.<ref>{{cite web | title = Hiawatha Schools USD 415 | publisher = USD 415 | url = http://www.hiawathaschools.org/ | accessdate = 5 January 2017}}</ref>

Robinson High School was closed through school unification. The Robinson High School mascot was Cardinals.<ref>{{cite web | title = Robinson High School - Cardinal Yearbook| publisher = E-YEARBOOK.COM| url = http://www.e-yearbook.com/Robinson_High_School_Cardinal_Yearbook| accessdate = 8 January 2017}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[James Floyd Breeding|James Breeding]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Kansas]].
* [[Martin E. Trapp|Martin Trapp]], sixth [[governor of Oklahoma]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://robinsonks.wordpress.com/ City of Robinson]
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41261007 Robinson - Directory of Public Officials]
* [https://www.hiawathaschools.org/ USD 415], local school district
* [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/robinson.pdf Robinson city map], KDOT

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[[Category:Cities in Kansas]]
[[Category:Cities in Brown County, Kansas]]
[[Category:1871 establishments in Kansas]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1871]]