Lucas, KS

Lucas is a city in Russell County, Kansas, United States. The 2020 census counted 332 residents. Lucas was established as the community of Blue Stem in 1877. Lucas was renamed Lucas in 1887 after Lucas Place in St. Louis, Missouri. Each year on the Saturday before Labor Day weekend, the city holds its annual community celebration, the Adams Apple Festival. Lucas includes an art show, a fun run, Scottish Highland Games, contests, and other entertainment. Prior to 2010, it was served by Russell County USD 407. Lucas's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Kansas setting.

The local scoop is how Lucas's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Lucas is located in north-central Kansas at the junction of Kansas Highway 18 and Kansas Highway 232, Lucas is 115 miles northwest of Wichita, 212 miles west of Kansas City, and 21 miles northeast of Russell, the county seat. Lucas lies in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains, approximately 8 miles north of Wilson Lake.