Douglass, Kansas

The first settlement was founded at Douglass in 1869.^[4] Douglass is named after its founder, Joseph W. Douglass, a storeowner who was deadly shot at the town site in 1873 while apprehending a suspected chicken thief.^[5][6] Douglass was incorporated as a city of the third class in 1879.^[7]

In 1877, the Florence, El Dorado, and Walnut Valley Railroad Company built a train line from Florence to El Dorado, in 1881 it was extended to Douglass, and later to Arkansas City.^[8] The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The line from Florence to El Dorado was abandoned in 1942.^[9] The train line connected Florence, Burns, De Graff, El Dorado, Augusta, Douglass, Rock, Akron, Winfield, Arkansas City.

In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was constructed about 1.8 miles west of Douglass, north to south through Butler County.^[10]

Douglass has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Douglass has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.^[12]

The 2020 census says that there were 1,555 people, 595 households, and 393 families living in Douglass. Of the households, 71.4% owned their home and 28.6% rented their home.

The median age was 35.4 years. Of the people, 90.2% were White, 1.5% were Native American, 1.1% were Asian, 0.3% were Black, 0.5% were from some other race, and 6.4% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.7% of the people.^[3][13]

The 2010 census says that there were 1,700 people, 625 households, and 452 families living in Douglass.^[14]