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"LaHarpe, Kansas -- A Nice Place to Live" is what is says on the sign on US Hwy 54 in Southeastern Kansas. The large majority of the population of seven hundred and fifty agree, and the dissenters are largely the very young, recently out of school and wanting to experience the world. LaHarpe is about six miles east of the County Seat of Allen County, where there are doctors, a fine hospital, a community college, an Arts Center, a library and shopping, so it is convenient.

LaHarpe is one of the older towns in the area. It was platted in 1885 as a stop on the St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad. It was named after LaHarpe, Illinois for the simple reason that the engineer on the first train through here lived in LaHarpe, Illinois. The town grew modestly to serve farmers until the Lanyon Smelting Company built a zinc smelter here, creating hundreds of jobs. The town grew like a weed.

 

 

Mayor
EllaMae Crowell 2024-2027
206 S Washington
LaHarpe, KS 66751

 

4-year terms
 

City Council
Cynthia Carr 2022-2025
112 S Broadway
LaHarpe, KS 66751

 


Austin Lee 2024-2027
1011 S Main
LaHarpe, KS 66751
 

Ronald Knavel, Sr. 2022-2025
1005 S Jefferson
LaHarpe, KS 66751

 

Danny Ware Jr 2024-2027
311 S Washington
LaHarpe, KS 66751
 

Sharlyn A Thompson 2022-2025
510 W 6th
LaHarpe, KS 66751

 

 
 

City Clerk
Michelle Altis
City Hall
616 S. Main, PO Box 121
LaHarpe, KS 66751
620-496-2241
620-496-2240 fax

 
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