Hoxie, Kansas

Hoxie is a city in Sheridan County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Sheridan County. In 2010, 1,201 people lived there.
History.
Hoxie was planned in early 1886. The town creators convinced the residents of Kenneth, a community three miles to the north and the current county seat, to move south (including their buildings) at their expense to the new site of Hoxie. The people of Kenneth knew a railroad would go through Hoxie and not Kenneth, so the offer sounded good. The towns agreed to consolidate and carry out that plan, making Hoxie the new county seat. It was named for H. M. Hoxie, a railroad official. The railroad (which became part of the Union Pacific Railroad) came in 1888.
The 99-mile Plainville-Colby line of the Union Pacific railroad was abandoned in 1998. It went through Hoxie.
Geography.
Hoxie is at (39.354329, -100.439952). The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Weather.
Hoxie has hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Hoxie has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
People.
2010 census.
The 2010 census says that there were 1,201 people, 546 households, and 341 families living in Hoxie.
Media.
"The Sheridan Sentinel" is the local newspaper. It was published once per week. The name changed from "The Hoxie Sentinel" in 2016. "The Hoxie Sentinel" was created in 1884. It was called the "Weekly Sentinel". It was called "The Hoxie Sentinel" from 1886 to 2016.