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Spring Hill, Kansas
City
Downtown (2022)
Location within Johnson County and Kansas
KDOT map of Johnson County (legend)
Coordinates: 38°44′35″N 94°49′32″W / 38.74306°N 94.82556°W / 38.74306; -94.82556[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Counties	Johnson, Miami
Founded	1856
Incorporated	1857
Named for	Spring Hill, Alabama
Area [2]
• Total	8.95 sq mi (23.18 km2)
• Land	8.84 sq mi (22.89 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2)
Elevation [1]	1,063 ft (324 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	7,952
• Density	890/sq mi (340/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	66083
Area code	913
FIPS code	20-67625[1]
GNIS ID	479558 [1]
Website	springhillks.gov

Spring Hill is a city in Johnson and Miami counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. In 2020, 7,952 people lived there.^[3]

In 1856, James B. Hovey named the community after a town near Mobile, Alabama.^[4][5] Hovey was the community's first postmaster. Hovey built the first building in town in 1856. It was the Spring Hill Hotel.^[4]

In January 1859, Celia Ann Dayton, a doctor from Vermont, moved to Spring Hill. She became the first female doctor in Kansas.^[6]

In the fall of 1862, Spring Hill was not attacked by Quantrill's Raiders. This is because a farmer talked to them on their way. He convinced them there were soldiers in town. There were not any soldiers in town. This stopped them from continuing. However, in 1863, the Quantrill Raiders did come to Spring Hill. They looted businesses stole from local farmers. At least one person was killed.^[5]

By the 1870s, Spring Hill was growing in number of people and commerce.^[4] However, a railroad to come right through the town wanted to go around Spring Hill unless the town paid $15,000. The people did not want to share the costs, so the railroad was moved to about a half-mile east of the town square.^[7] The town's businesses then quickly moved closer to the train depot and tracks.^[4]

On May 20, 1957 around 7:00 p.m., an F5 tornado, known as the Ruskin Heights tornado, hit Spring Hill.^[8] The only deaths in Spring Hill were the Davis Family, including Isam Davis, his wife Barbara, and their daughters Tamara and Pamela. A neighbor said they were killed when they were trying to leave their home and make it to their car to get away from the tornado. Their home was completely destroyed by the tornado. Their bodies were found close to 207th Street and US 169 Highway (present day Webster Street). Davis Street in Spring Hill is named after the family.^[9]

Spring Hill is at 38°44′43″N 94°49′45″W / 38.745316°N 94.829261°W / 38.745316; -94.829261 (38.745316, -94.829261).^[10] The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of 8.95 square miles (23.18 km²). Of that, 8.84 square miles (22.90 km²) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) is water.^[2]

The 2020 census says that there were 7,952 people, 2,763 households, and 2,133 families living in Spring Hill. Of the households, 78.7% owned their home and 21.3% rented their home.

The median age was 35.2 years. Of the people, 88.0% were White, 2.0% were Black, 0.7% were Asian, 0.4% were Native American, 1.6% were from some other race, and 7.3% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.1% of the people.^[11][12]

The 2010 census says that there were 5,437 people, 1,919 households, and 1,447 families living in Spring Hill.^[13]

Spring Hill is part of the Spring Hill School District (USD 230).^[14]

• Curly Brown (1888-1968), baseball pitcher^[15]
• Gary Burrell (1937-2019), co-founder and chairman emeritus of Garmin
• Stephen J. Chamberlin (1889-1971), U.S. Army Lieutenant General^[16]

City

• City of Spring Hill
• Spring Hill - Directory of Public Officials
• Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce

Schools

• USD 230 Archived 2019-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, local school district

Maps

• Spring Hill City Map, KDOT