Edgerton, Kansas
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Edgerton is a city in Johnson County
Johnson County, Kansas
Johnson County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county is largely suburban, being part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and containing many of its affluent southwestern suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179. Its county...

, Kansas
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, United States
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. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,671.

History

BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
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 Company announced in October 2010 plans to build its new 443-acre $250 million intermodal shipping facility in Edgerton, and after complete will replace the current one in Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City, Kansas
Kansas City is the third-largest city in the state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of a consolidated city-county government known as the "Unified...

. An adjacent $500 million industrial park with more than 7000000 square feet (650,321.3 m²) of warehouse space will be built over 10 years.

Geography

Edgerton is located at 38°45′49"N 95°0′37"W (38.763639, -95.010239). According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²), of which, 1.3 square miles (3.4 km²) of it is land and 0.78% is water.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 1,440 people, 474 households, and 388 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,127.7 people per square mile (434.4/km²). There were 500 housing units at an average density of 391.6 per square mile (150.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.97% White, 0.35% African American, 1.46% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.07% from other races
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, and 1.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.22% of the population. 23.5% were of German, 21.2% American
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, 14.5% Irish
Irish people
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 and 10.3% English
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 ancestry according to Census 2000.

There were 474 households out of which 50.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.1% were non-families. 11.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the city the population was spread out with 33.0% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 35.9% from 25 to 44, 16.0% from 45 to 64, and 3.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 112.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $50,179, and the median income for a family was $51,213. Males had a median income of $32,041 versus $23,594 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the city was $16,911. About 2.3% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Libraries

The Johnson County Library system includes 13 locations throughout Johnson County, including the Edgerton Library.

External links

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