Bonner Springs

About The Bonner Springs

Located at both the banks of the Kaw River, Bonner Springs, as per the United States Census Bureau, has a total area of 16.0 square miles, out of which 15.8 square miles is land and 0.3 square miles is water.

Bonner Springs has the privately-funded charitable institution, Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame. They are chartered by the U.S. Congress. These institutes are meant to educate the society on the historical and present value of American agriculture. It is aimed at honouring the leadership in Agri-Business and Academia in particular. This institute provides education, information, experience and recognition. The world famous Wyandotte County Park in Bonner Springs accommodates the Wyandotte County Museum and Historical Society.

This city has the racial makeup of 90.20% White, 4.05% African American, 0.84% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 2.70% from other races, and 1.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race residing in the city was 6.19% of its entire population. The 2000 census further classifies that this city had 22.1% Germans, 13.3% Americans, 12.8% Irish and 10.9% English population.

Out of the 2,592 households this city had 35.8% population under the age of 18, who lived with their parents, 53.5% were the married couples who lived together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.6% were the non-families. A sum of 24.7% of all the households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size of this town was 3.11.