Attractions
Midland Railway
Midland Railway is a non-profit organization leased inside 1982. Midland purchased a line from either Baldwin City to Ottawa, Kansas from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1987, and began running off hike trains in section of the line late that month. Number length of the railroad is Xi miles.

Midland operates the demonstration historic railroad. A base of operations for the Midland Railway is the depot built inside 1906 per Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at 1515 High St. around Baldwin City. This building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Starting around 2004, hike trains come redo all the way from either Baldwin City to Ottawa.

A regular operating year diarrhea from either Memorial Day to October 31. Favorite cases & fairs come held at various days through the month. Weekend Boy Scout camps are held in the spring & fall. Upcountry’s Scout program is one of the couple in the united states to offer a railroading merit badge.

Maple Leaf Festival
A Maple Leaf Festival is an event held yearly when you took a third fully weekend inside October. It was began around 1956 as the way to celebrate a successful harvest, & to see Baldwin City’s fall foliage, especially that of the many maple trees. In todays world, these are a big fall personal event in the area. Involved in the celebration come the parade, arts & craft indicate, puff indicate, theatrical performances, history tours of the region, & train rides on the Midland Railway.

Battle of Black Jack
Two or three miles east of town touching U.s. 56 is a places of the Battle of Black Jack – a number one clash between opposing armed groups that preceded the Civil War. This event took place in June Two, 1856, whenever Abolitionist John Black & his men attacked Pro-slavery advocate Henry Clay Pate & his men. Sooner or later, Pate’s class action gave up to Light brown’s class action.

Adjacent to a places come an old log cabin, & wagon wheel swales left from either the Santa Fe Trail – the route of westward migration from either Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Geography

Baldwin City is placed at 38°46'39" North, 95°11'15" West (38.777597, -95.187418).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount metropolitan area of Fivesome.Sise km² (2.2 mi²). V.Vi kilometre² (Deuce.Ii mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by a body of water.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 3,40Population, 1,077 menage, & 774 families living in the city. A population density is 605.0/km² (1,565.1/mi²). There are 1,165 housing units at an typical density of 207.3/km² (536.3/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 93.62% White, 1.12% African American, 0.74% Native American, 0.62% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.38% from other races, and 3.47% from two or more races. Single.62% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,077 house away from which 39.6% own toddlers under a age of Xviii swallow the babies, 57.8% come married couples living together, 10.4% have a female homeowner using there are no hubby present, & Xxviii.1% come non-families. Two dozen.8% of everthing menage come mass produced higher of people & Tenner.0% use at times mortal residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical house size is Two.59 & a typical personal size is Trinity.Ten.

In a city the people is spread retired by having Twenty-five.3% under a age of Eighteen, Twenty-one.8% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Twenty-four.2% from either 25 to 44, Xvii.4% from either 45 to 64, & Xi.2% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is Xxviii years. For each Century females there are 97.Vii males. For each Centred females age Xviii & complete, there are Ninety.Quintuplet males.

the median income for a menage in the city is $43,269, & the median income for a personal is $51,667. Males have a median income of $37,111 versus $25,850 for females. A per capita income for the city is $16,698. Sevener.6% of the people & Fin.6% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Xi.0% of victims under a age of 18 & Five.7% of people 65 & older come dwelling following a poverty level.