A town of 10,785, settled in 1854. Home to 46 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Atchison does most differently from other towns.
1869 · Bird's eye view of the city of Atchison…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 46 places on the National Register.
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4.0 miles of trails across 11 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Warnock Lake Park | 1.4 mi | 162 |
| 2. Jackson Park | 1.3 mi | 99 |
| 3. Atchison Recreation Sports Complex | 0.6 mi | 58 |
The typical Atchison home is worth about $176,000, up 7.1% in a year, 29% below the Kansas typical home.
The public schools Atchison’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 70% of Kansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atchison Elementary School | PK–5 | 693 | C+ |
| St. Benedict Catholic School Private | PK–8 | 237 | |
| Trinity Lutheran School Private | PK–8 | 160 | |
| Atchison Middle School | 6–8 | 287 | C− |
| Atchison High School | 9–12 | 419 | C− |
| Maur Hill - Mount Academy Private | 9–12 | 147 |
40% of Atchison’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (6%), Kansas City (5%) and Leavenworth (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.
Atchison beats the Kansas average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| What stands out | Atchison | KS |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 14.5% | 11.3% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 8.5% | 7.1% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 18.9% | 16% |
Atchison has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 88°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 17 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Atchison reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 57% report less.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
46 places in Atchison on the National Register of Historic Places.
37 notable people were born in Atchison.
City in northeast Kansas, U.S.
Atchison is a city in and the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor of US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Atchison is also the home of Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal arts university.
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4 towns share a border with Atchison.
