{{Short description|City in the United States}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Severance, Kansas |settlement_type = City
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'''Severance''' is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.<ref name="GNIS"/> As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 76.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Severance, Kansas in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2064025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=June 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626222318/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2064025 |archive-date=June 26, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==History== Severance was laid out in 1869.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/graysdoniphancou00gray | title=Gray's Doniphan County History: A Record of the Happenings of Half a Hundred Years | publisher=Roycroft Press | author=Gray, Patrick Leopoldo | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/graysdoniphancou00gray/page/45 45]}}</ref> It was named for John Severance, one of its founders.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n285 178]}}</ref> A railroad depot was built in Severance in 1874.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n655 671]}}</ref> Severance was incorporated as a city in 1877.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr|year=1883|publisher=A. T. Andreas|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00andr/page/490 490]}}</ref>
A post office was opened in Severance in 1869, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived) |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |accessdate=8 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009130242/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/county:DP |archivedate=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>
==Geography== Severance is located along the Wolf River.<ref>DeLorme (2003), ''Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer'', p. 26, Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme, {{ISBN|0-89933-342-7}}.</ref> According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|0.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2012-07-06|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-01-25}}</ref>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |1880= 375 |1890= 377 |1900= 424 |1910= 383 |1920= 350 |1930= 312 |1940= 266 |1950= 197 |1960= 146 |1970= 128 |1980= 134 |1990= 98 |2000= 108 |2010= 94 |2020= 76 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census] }}
===2010 census=== As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2012-07-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 94 people, 39 households, and 21 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|671.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 49 housing units at an average density of {{convert|350.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 100.0% White.
There were 39 households, of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.0% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 46.2% were non-families. 38.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.29.
The median age in the city was 43.5 years. 25.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.1% were from 25 to 44; 29.7% were from 45 to 64; and 18.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.9% male and 52.1% female.
===2000 census=== As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 108 people, 46 households, and 28 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|841.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 53 housing units at an average density of {{convert|413.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White.
There were 46 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 32.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.7% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,313, and the median income for a family was $27,083. Males had a median income of $25,625 versus $15,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,690. There were 21.4% of families and 26.6% of the population living below the poverty line, including 41.9% of under eighteens and 29.4% of those over 64.
==Education== The community is served by Doniphan West USD 111 public school district.
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==Further reading== {{See also|Doniphan County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Doniphan County, Kansas}}
==External links== * [https://dpcountyks.com/city/leona-severance/ City of Severance] * [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41261031 Severance - Directory of Public Officials] * [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/severance.pdf Severance city map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813035914/https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/city-pdf/severance.pdf |date=August 13, 2021 }}, KDOT
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