Horace, Kansas
human settlement in Greeley County, Kansas, United States of America
Horace is a city in Greeley County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 102.
History
Horace was established in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad passed through the area. The city is named after Horace Greeley of Chappaqua, New York, editor of the New York Tribune. Greeley encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".
In 1887, Horace was officially incorporated. When it came time to select the county seat, Horace was a strong candidate, but despite being larger than nearby Tribune, it lost to its eastern neighbor just two miles away. Still, Horace thrived, and by 1888, it had 300 residents, a local newspaper, and a bank.
By the early 1900s, the town featured a brick schoolhouse, a railroad roundhouse, a YMCA building, a hotel, a grocery store, and a Baptist church. None of these buildings remain today.
The public source identifies “Horace, Kansas” as human settlement in Greeley County, Kansas, United States of America. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Horace, Kansas and human.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1903871. Authority coordinates are 38.477, -101.791. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1886, 1887 and 1888.
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