Hill City


	*Hill City* *County Seat* *A Great Place to Come Home to!*


	Located in central Graham County in Northwest Kansas, just north of the picturesque Solomon River Valley, Hill City offers a unique blend of shopping, dining, and great community living. Top-notch educational, commercial, medical and cultural facilities are available in this county seat community.


Take time to relax in one of several Hill City parks. Enjoy a dip in our modern swimming pool. Use the 9-hole grass greens golf course and tennis courts. A new softball/baseball complex and outstanding high school sports stadium complex are available for team competition.


	Enjoy good clean country living in an area wealthy in agricultural and mineral resources. Satisfy your love of nature with a variety of wildlife, whether as a hunter or spectator, with deer, turkeys, pheasants, quail, foxes, coyotes, bobcats, and waterfowl. Fish or picnic at three area lakes.

Good clean living and fun times in Hill City include things like the county fair parade or just admiring a local herd of buffalo.


	Hill City is especially blessed with superbly maintained government institutions such as an ultra modern hospital, a multitude of city parks, and top notch schools!

Hill City is located at the intersection of U.S. Highways 24 and 283 and is just a short 23 miles north of 1-70.


*Location*


Distance In Miles from:


Chicago Dallas Denver Kansas City Los Angeles New York	699 609 320 325 1,504 1,530


*Population*


Hill City Graham County	1,777 3,543


*Climate*


Average Daily Temperature:


January April July October Average annual precipitation Average annual snowfall	28 53 79 56 24" 27"


*Work Force*


Labor Data for Graham County:


Civilian Work Force Employed Manufacturing Services Government Wholesale/Retail Agriculture Unemployed Unemployment Rate	1,728 1,644 15 200 450 275 275 84 4.9%


Average Hourly Wage Rates in Selected Occupations:


Clerk, General Truck Operator Machine Operator Mechanic, Maintenance Welder, Combination Percentage of Labor Force Unionized Work Stoppages in Past Two Years	$5.58 $8.92 $8.15 $9.59 $7.78 2% 0


*Municipal Services*


Type of Local Government Comprehensive city plan City zoning adopted Full-time fire personnel Volunteer fire personnel Fire insurance class in city Fire insurance class outside city Full-time policemen Part-time policemen Full-time sheriff patrol	Council Yes No 1 10 7 10 4 1 3


*Utilities*


Electric Service Supplier: City of Hill City Interconnected:	n/a n/a Yes


Telephone Service Supplier: Nex-Tech Telephone Service Co., Inc. Fber Optics:	n/a n/a Yes


Natural Gas Supplier: KN Energy	n/a Unlimited


Water Supplier: City of Hill City Source: Solomon River-Basin Wells Capacity of Plant Average Consumption Peak Demand Storage Capacity	n/a n/a n/a 2.9 mil gal 430,000 gal 871,150 gal 500,000 gal


Sanitation Type of Sewage Treatment Plant Capacity Present Load	n/a Digester 820,337 154,000


*Transportation*


Motor Carriers:


Number of Carriers Number of Terminals	3 0


Highways Serving Community:


East-West North-South	US 24 US 283


Distance to Interstates:


East-West North-South Railroads Serving the Community	I-70/25 miles I-35/132 miles None


Package Delivery Service


Ground Firms	UPS Pony Express Ideal Purolator Fed Ex


Air Firms	A&R Air Air Express Wichita Air Cargo


Airport Facilities


Public Airport Runway Surface Length of Runway Lighted Tower Private Storage Nearest Commercial Air Service	Concrete 5,000 ft Yes No Yes 58m


*Tax Structure*


Total Sales Tax Rate Property Tax Rate (1995) City County School Other Total Assessed Value	3% 55.952 85.008 38.491 1.500 180.951 $3,924,546


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