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Hoisington, KS - History
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Welcome to the Hoisington Home page. The Hoisington Home page provides as much information as possible on Hoisington. Knowing Hoisington’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Hoisington’s Home page, you will also find Hoisington’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Hoisington has a population of 2725. 47.3% of Hoisington’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.7 are female. 46.9% of Hoisington is married and 64.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $83,121, and the average rent is $701. Household median income in Hoisington is $47,566, and the individual median income is $26,079. Hoisington’s Ethnic is the following: White(93%), Hispanic(3.7%), Black(2.8%), Native(2.5%), Multiple(1.8%).
In 1886, a group of Barton County businessmen formed the Central Kansas Town Company and founded the town of Hoisington to attract the Kansas and Colorado Railroad to the area. They named the settlement after Andrew J. Hoisington, one of the company partners and a prominent businessman in nearby Great Bend.
The railroad reached Hoisington in the fall of 1886, and the settlement was incorporated as a city in 1887. The post office, relocated from nearby Buena Vista, was renamed Hoisington in April 1887 as was the railroad station, originally named Monon, by 1889.Hoisington modernized and grew steadily over the following decades.
The city's first power plant opened in 1903, and a city water system was completed in 1904. The railroad, known by that point as the Missouri Pacific, continued to play a central role in the city's development, employing 1,600 local men by 1911. Hoisington became a major freight and passenger operating division, complete with a roundhouse and shops.
Electric street lights were installed in 1915, and the first streets were paved in 1917. The discovery of natural gas in the area in 1929, followed by the discovery of oil in the area in the 1930s, diversified and further stimulated the local economy.On April 21, 2001, Hoisington suffered a large scale disaster, when an F4 tornado ripped through the city, destroying 5 miles with a path width of 3/8 of a mile.
It came from the southwest corner and travelled almost straight into the middle of the city. One fatality was reported, as well as 28 injuries (2 critical). 200 homes and 12 businesses were destroyed and 85 homes were severely damaged; an additional 200 homes received minor to moderate damage. The city's population and commerce recovered quickly.
Today the tornado's path can still be seen from the air due to the lack of trees, some empty lots, and the newer houses, which are larger and more spaced out than the older ones.
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