Atchison is a city in and the county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor of US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Atchison is also the home of Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal arts university.
Midwest
Atchison
Atchison County, KS
Population
10,834
Walk Score
79 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$763
Median home value
$113,900
Founded
1854
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Earhart, Amelia, Historic District · listed 2002
- Mount Vernon Cemetery · listed 2024
Notable landmarks
- A. J. Harwi Hardware Company Building · listed 2021
- Atchinson Santa Fe Freight Depot · listed 2001
- Atchison County Courthouse · listed 1975
- Atchison County Memorial Hall · listed 2007
- Atchison Post Office · listed 1972
- Atchison YMCA
- Atchison YMCA · listed 2020
- Baker, Francis and Harriet, House · listed 2003
- Benedictine College North Campus Historic Complex · listed 1982
- Bolman, George T. and Minnie Searles, House · listed 2006
- Braun, Henry, House · listed 2006
- Brown, J. P., House · listed 1975
- Burnes Rental Houses Historic District · listed 2005
- Campbell Chapel AME Church · listed 2003
- Central School · listed 2022
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Freight Depot · listed 2023
- Drimmel, John, Sr., Farm · listed 2004
- Earhart, Amelia, Birthplace · listed 1971
- Ebenezer Baptist Church · listed 2005
- Edmiston, James M., House · listed 2006
- Glancy/Pennell House · listed 1983
- Glick-Orr House · listed 1992
- Harwi, A. J., House · listed 1975
- Hausner House · listed 2005
- Hetherington, W. W., House · listed 1974
- …and 21 more
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