Durham, KS

Durham is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 89 residents. The city took its name from Durham cattle. For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. Durham is home of Donahue Corporation. Durham has one listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Durham, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Durham, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. In 1806, Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition westward from St Louis, Missouri, of which part of their journey followed the Cottonwood River through Marion County near the current cities of Florence, Marion, Durham. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.