Greensburg (Kansas)
Kiowa County
20-28675
Greensburg is a city in Kiowa County in the U.S. state of Kansas in the United States with 1,574 inhabitants ( 2000). It is the seat of Kiowa County. The site has an area of 3.9 km2 and is located in the so-called Bible Belt of the United States. Gained international recognition Greensburg by a severe tornado that devastated around 95 percent of the town on May 4, 2007. In this case, eight people were killed and destroyed all the churches.
Demography
According to the census of 2000, living in Greensburg 435 families. The population density is 407.9 inhabitants / km2. There are 887 housing units (which are 229.8 / km2). 97.01 % of the population are White, 0.83 % Native American and 0.06 % Asian. As a Hispanic or Latino is 1.59% of the population, respectively.
There are 2000 total of 730 households out of which children live in 23.8%. In 53.3 % of households are married couples living together, 6.2% were living in single mothers and live in 37.9 % of households were non-families. In 35.9 % of households and individuals living alone, people over 65 years living life in 19.9 % of households. The average household size is 2.14 persons and the average number of persons in families is 2.76.
In the population 21.5% are younger than 18, 6.5 % from 18 to 24, 20.5 from 25 to 44, 25.2% between 45 and 64 and 26.4 are 65 years old or older. The average age is 46 years. For every 100 females are 91.0 males.
The average income of a household is 28 438 U.S. dollars and the average income per family is 39 188 U.S. dollars. The income of the male inhabitants is higher than that of women with 20,875 U.S. dollars with 28 426 U.S. dollars. The per capita income reached 18,054 U.S. dollars. About 8.4 % of families (or 12.4% of the population) live below the poverty line, which were 16.6% of under 18 year olds and 8 % of those who were 65 years of age or older.
Attractions
In Greensburg is the largest hand -dug wells. Work has begun in 1887. He should collect water for the locomotives of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Chicago, rock Iceland and Pacific Railroad. Upon completion in 1888 the depth was about 35 meters and the diameter of around 9.75 meters. The fountain was used until 1932 as a water reservoir. In 1939 the fountain was upgraded into a tourist attraction by allowing visitors to descend to the ground.
In the well belonging to a museum some 450 kilograms heavier meteorite will continue to be issued.
On 16 October 2006, a lighter meteorite was unearthed at Greensburg. The investigation of the 70 -kilogram object and its surroundings revealed that the Brenham meteorite in the Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago and not, as was previously assumed, about 20,000 years ago.
Tornado in May 2007
On 4 May 2007, the site at 21.40 clock local time ( Central Daylight Time, GMT -7.00 hours) was struck by a severe tornado that had a diameter of about two and a half kilometers. At least 90 % of the houses in the village destroyed the air vortex completely, including the high school. The death of eight residents of the County has been confirmed. The county was declared by U.S. President George W. Bush to the disaster area. The tornado is classified in the highest category EF- 5 tornado and thus the first tornado was rated so since the revision of the Fujita scale. The National Weather Service has estimated the wind speed of the tornado at 205 mph (330 km / h).
TV Show
The reconstruction of the first American " Green City" is accompanied as a multi-part documentary on American television from the station Planet Green, a sister of the Discovery Channel. The reconstruction of the city is operated according to ecological principles. As an example here is called the planned electricity supply to the city with ten 1.25 MW wind turbines and the use of sustainable materials for building. The name of the document is the City Greensburg.