Tescott, Kansas

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• KSU Salina to Host Science and Technology Day for Girls
  

  The career day is an opportunity to encourage teen girls to consider careers in traditionally male-dominated fields such as medicine, engineering, chemistry, aviation, wildlife biology and technology.

• "I liked the horses and the geese." - Emma Adams
  

  What did you enjoy most about the Lighted Christmas Parade? Talk Around Town is designed to allow area residents to share their views on fun and topical issues facing the community.

• Brungardt is best for senate
  

  Over the next few days, the Journal will endorse candidates in various political races.

• Week 4 Football Schedule
  

  Meade at Appleton City, Mo. Mission Valley at Herington Natoma at Tescott Nemaha Valley at Holton Northern Heights at Chase County Northern Valley at Southern Cloud Norton at Osborne Olathe North at SM East ...

• Bank of Tescott, Kohl's get building permits
  

  MICHAEL STRAND The Bank of Tescott plans to start construction on a two-story addition to its office on South Ohio this coming week and plans to move in by spring.

• Assets seized for nonpayment of taxes
  

  The Kansas Department of Revenue has seized the assets and closed The Copper Penny Cafe in Tescott for nonpayment of state sales taxes.

City Description

Tescott is a city in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. The population was 339 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 1865, Thomas Eugene Scott came to Kansas while herding sheep across the Midwest. He built a house east of town on a hill that is now known as “Scott’s Hill.” The town began in 1886, and Scott sold the town to Colonel Dean of Kansas City in 1891. In memory of its founder, citizens named the town Tescott after T.E. Scott.((http://www.cityoftescott.com/)) Tescott is located at 39°0′43″N 97°52′41″W / 39.01194, -97.87806 (39.012005, -97.878140). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 339 people, 133 households, and 88 families residing in the city. The population density was 998.5 people per square mile (385.0/km²). There were 151 housing units at an average density of 444.8/sq mi (171.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.35% White, 0.88% African American, 1.47% Native American, and 0.29% from two or more races. There were 133 households out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with

City Contained By:

• Ottawa County
• Kansas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 0.776996433101 km squared

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