Back موسكوتا Arabic موسكوتا ARZ موسکوتاه، کانزاس AZB Muscotah Catalan Маскота (Канзас) CE Muscotah CEB Muscotah Spanish Muscotah (Kansas) Basque موسکوتاه، کانزاس Persian Muscotah (Kansas) French
Muscotah, Kansas | |
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 Muscotah Park with old city jail in foreground (2024) | |
 Location within Atchison County and Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 39°33′13″N 95°31′14″W / 39.55361°N 95.52056°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Atchison |
| Township | Grasshopper |
| Platted | 1857 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Mayor | Brian Higley[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.33 sq mi (0.86 km2) |
| • Land | 0.33 sq mi (0.86 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,014 ft (309 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 155 |
| • Density | 470/sq mi (180/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 66058 |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-49325 |
| GNIS ID | 2395144[1] |
Muscotah is a city in Atchison County, Kansas, United States.[1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 155.[4] Muscotah was named after the Kickapoo Native American word for "prairie".[5]
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Muscotah, Kansas
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
gov1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Profile of Muscotah, Kansas in 2020". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Kansas Place-Names,John Rydjord, University of Oklahoma Press, 1972, p.434 ISBN 0-8061-0994-7