Damar, KS

Damar is a city in Rooks County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 112 residents. Damar was established along the Union Pacific Railroad in 1888 by a community of French Canadian emigres. The community had emigrated from Canada as early as 1871, settling on farms along the Rooks County - Graham County line in northwestern Kansas. Webster Reservoir and Webster State Park. Damar has two schools: Damar Elementary School is located in Damar, Palco Jr-Sr High School is located in Palco. The short version is that Damar carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Damar: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.