{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Sycamore, Kansas |settlement_type = CDP

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'''Sycamore''' is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Montgomery County, Kansas, United States.<ref name="GNIS"/> As of the 2020 census, the population was 70.<ref name="Census-2020-Profile">{{cite web |title=Profile of Sycamore, Kansas (CDP) in 2020 |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2069725 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531150840/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2069725 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is located along U.S. Route 75, north of the city of Independence.

==History== Sycamore was founded when the railroad was first built through the area.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmontgom00dunc | title=History of Montgomery County, Kansas | publisher=Press of Iola Register | author=Duncan, L. Wallace | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmontgom00dunc/page/82 82]}}</ref>

The post office, established as '''Lay''' in 1887, was renamed Sycamore in 1896.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:1/county:MG/sort:date_established/direction:asc | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=16 June 2014}}</ref> It has a post office with the ZIP code 67363.<ref>[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code]</ref>

==Climate== The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Sycamore has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=459341&cityname=Sycamore%2C+Kansas%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Sycamore, Kansas]</ref>

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align= left |2020= 70 |estyear= |estimate= |estref= |align-fn=center |footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census] }} {{clear left}}

==Education== The community is served by Independence USD 446 public school district.

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==Further reading== {{See also|Montgomery County, Kansas#Further reading|l1=List of books about Montgomery County, Kansas}}

==External links== * Montgomery County maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/montgomery.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT

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