Princeton, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66078. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 248 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 968 feet above sea level.
On record in Princeton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Middle Creek Tributary Bridgelisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresPrinceton fell from 277 to 248 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 277 | |
| 2020 | 248 | -29 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
47 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Princeton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500057 |
| 13 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Franklin County | 1700038 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 164 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 65 |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800043 |
| 24 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 21 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 47 |
| 19 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500017 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Princeton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildex Clay Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Princeton in 30 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $325,000 | At least 10 homes along with numerous trees and power lines were badly damaged by 60 to 70 mph straight line winds. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Princeton | $50,000 | Clark, Georgia and Butler roads impassable due to fast flowing water. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Princeton | $50,000 | Up to three feet of water flowing over county roads west of Princeton with trucks flooded. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $2,000 | Strong winds damaged shingles and blew down 3 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | $2,000 | Strong winds damaged outbuildings and a barn. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Also had some dime sized hail. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Report of water over roadways in Princeton. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | Report of 65 mph wind gust. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Princeton | - | A firefighter gave a first hand account of being |impacted by the tornado in the town of Princeton, including power|flashes and rotating wind field. Damage to trees and power lines|in Princeton was reported. The tornado traveled east, impacting a|home on Nebraska Road where it was able to remove a majority of |the roof. 0.5 miles east of Nebraska Road a barn was destroyed and|other outbuildings damaged while a nearby home only experienced|minor roof damage. The tornado likely dissipated shortly after this|point while downburst winds continued to the east where approximately|20 power poles oriented north to south along Texas road were damaged. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Multiple county roads were flooded in the Princeton area. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Flash flooding was reported in the Princeton area. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Princeton | - | Several county roads southwest and south of Princeton had water over them. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Princeton | - | This was a brief touchdown. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | A 100 foot tall tower was blown down in the town of Princeton. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Princeton | - | Golfball-size hail fell in the Princeton area with numerous reports of 0.25- to 0.50-inch hail across parts of Osage, Shawnee, Douglas, Marshall and Nemaha counties. The hail was soft, but briefly covered the ground in some areas. Heavy localized rainfall and saturated ground caused flooding of streets and poor drainage areas. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Princeton | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| B N Junction | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Homewood | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Richmond | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Ransomville | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Imes | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ottawa | 8.7 miles | 19 | |
| Peoria | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Ottawa Junction | 10.0 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Princeton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2343489 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477586. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








