Vassar is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...

Osage County, Kansas Osage County (county code OS) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 15,766. Its county seat is Lyndon, and its most populous city is Osage City. The county was originally organized in ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 584. It is located northeast of Lyndon, also about half a mile south of

Pomona Lake Pomona State Park, previously called Vassar State Park, is located on the south shore of Pomona Lake, northeast of the community of Vassar in Osage County, Kansas, United States. In addition to a dozen different campgrounds with some 350 modern ...

History

A post office was opened in La Mont's Hill (an extinct town) in 1871, but it was moved to Vassar in 1887. Vassar still has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

with ZIP code 66543. The

Missouri Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...

previously went through Vassar, but it was abandoned, then later it was converted into the ''Flint Hills Nature Trail''.

Geography

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

system, Vassar has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Vassar, Kansas
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Demographics

For statistical purposes, the

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has defined this community as a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, su ...

(CDP).

References

External links

* Osage County maps
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KDOT Census-designated places in Osage County, Kansas {{OsageCountyKS-geo-stub