{"id":3560,"date":"2023-05-18T16:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T16:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=3560"},"modified":"2026-08-20T23:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T23:24:34","slug":"bourbon-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bourbon-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourbon County, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bourbon County is a county in Kansas, United States, in the state’s southeastern corner along the Missouri state line. It had a population of 14,360 at the 2020 census and covers 639 square miles (1,660 km2), of which 635 square miles (1,640 km2) is land, centred near 37°52′N 94°50′W.<\/p>\n

Fort Scott is the county seat, and its postal code is 66701. The county has six incorporated cities, two census-designated places, and a scatter of small unincorporated communities spread across eleven townships. Bourbon County runs on Central Time and was organized in 1855, named for Bourbon County, Kentucky, the home region of many of its earliest settlers.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Bourbon County<\/h2>\n

Fort Scott is the county’s only city of any size; the other five incorporated cities are small rural towns of a few hundred residents each. Devon and Garland are census-designated places rather than incorporated cities. The remaining names below are unincorporated communities and rural post-office points — several are little more than a crossroads and a grain elevator today.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Fort Scott<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nScott<\/td>\n7,552<\/td>\n66701<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uniontown<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nPawnee<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66779<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bronson<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nTimberhill<\/td>\n304<\/td>\n66716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redfield<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nMarion<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66769<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mapleton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nOsage<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66754<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fulton<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\nFranklin<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66738<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garland<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nMarmaton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n66741<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devon<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nDrywood<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marmaton<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nMarmaton<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hiattville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nMill Creek<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pawnee Station<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nPawnee<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xenia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nWalnut<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barnesville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berlin<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Godfrey<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammond<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harding<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Porterville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several small hamlets from older gazetteers — Hollister, Petersburg, Ronald, and Edward — could not be independently confirmed against current sources and are omitted from the table above rather than guessed at.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Scott<\/td>\n2,326<\/td>\nFort Scott (part)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marion<\/td>\n1,165<\/td>\nRedfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marmaton<\/td>\n815<\/td>\nGarland, Marmaton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mill Creek<\/td>\n472<\/td>\nHiattville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drywood<\/td>\n394<\/td>\nDevon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Osage<\/td>\n394<\/td>\nMapleton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin<\/td>\n312<\/td>\nFulton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pawnee<\/td>\n308<\/td>\nUniontown, Pawnee Station<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timberhill<\/td>\n256<\/td>\nBronson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walnut<\/td>\n135<\/td>\nXenia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freedom<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n