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Larned, Kansas, on the Arkansas River, is located midway along the historic Santa Fe Trail in Pawnee County. The community was named for nearby Fort Larned, a National Historic Site. The Fort was built to protect settlers from the Indians. With nine restored buildings, it stands as the most well preserved Indian military post of that era. Larned is quickly becoming a Mecca for history buffs and tourists. Home to the Santa Fe Trail Center, a wonderful museum dedicated to this era, as well as the Central States Scout Museum, exploring the world of the boy scout, Larned has something for everyone.

The 2000 Census counted the town?s population at just over 4,000, (Census 2000 data). Larned, with a very low crime rate, is a great place to live and raise a family. Temperatures in January average 30 degrees and in the summer they are a mild 82 degrees. Annual snowfall is only 20 inches.

State Highway 56 bisects the area with the metropolises of Great Bend twenty miles to the northeast and Dodge City located to the southwest. Major employers include the Central Kansas Medical Center, St. Joseph Campus, Midwest Energy, Dillon Companies and the Larned State Hospital. The Santa Fe Trail Center also offers employment for those with a taste for history. Larned has a small municipal airport but lies only twenty miles from the larger Great Bend Airport. The Central Kansas Railway also services the area.

The region surrounding Larned, Kansas is full of natural splendor. The 19,000-acre Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area is part of a 41,000-acre natural land sink just northeast of Great Bend. The region has been a concentration point for waterfowl and other wildlife species for hundreds of years. It offers everything from bird watching to hunting. Quivira National Wildlife Refuge is southeast of Great Bend and also a wonderful place to visit. Touring slowly by vehicle on the roads or dikes is a good way to view either Cheyenne Bottoms or Quivira National Wildlife Refuge as the animals are somewhat accustomed to traffic. Both areas have driving tours with maps available at the entrances.

Larned is a town that celebrates. Santa Fe Trail Days is a four-day annual event with something for everyone, craft and food booths, a parade and even a petting zoo for the kids. There?s also a flea market, gunfights and carriage rides through downtown Larned. The Pawnee County Fair is held in July and ?Silver Dollar Days? is celebrated each Saturday in December prior to Christmas.

The Larned school system offers public and private schools, all keeping up to the high standards for which Kansas is known. Barton County Community College is only 23 miles away and Fort Hays State University is just 60 miles.

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