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Welcome to La Crosse ...

The city of La Crosse is located in Rush County<1> and is the County Seat for Rush County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of La Crosse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, La Crosse has a population of 1,215 people<2> (see below for details).

La Crosse is 2,050 feet [625 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: La Crosse lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for La Crosse: 785

The ZIP code for La Crosse: 67548<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, La Crosse had an population of 1,215 people. This is a decrease of 9.46% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 11.7% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, La Crosse had a population of 1,342 people (which is 40.49% of the total population of Rush County). This makes La Crosse the county's most populous community.

The population of La Crosse represents 0.05% of the population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 162nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,342 people, the population of La Crosse decreased 2.47% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,376 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for La Crosse.

Communities Also Named La Crosse ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named La Crosse - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for La Crosse.

Communities near La Crosse ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near La Crosse.

  • Otis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bison
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Bison is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 224 people
  • Schoenchen
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • McCracken
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Albert
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Rush Center
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Liebenthal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Liebenthal is located in Rush County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liebenthal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 91 people
  • Timken
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Alexander
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hargrave
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around La Crosse. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for La Crosse.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of La Crosse. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around La Crosse.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around La Crosse. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for La Crosse.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for La Crosse ...

Looking for more information about La Crosse? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for La Crosse, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for La Crosse.

Adding La Crosse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of La Crosse in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for La Crosse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the La Crosse post office opened in 1877.

For more details, see References and Mentions for La Crosse.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Rush, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for La Crosse.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Crosse - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as La Crosse). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether La Crosse or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/