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Around Fowler
Distances
Nearest major airport
OKC Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)198 miles away
Closer regional airport
Dodge City Regional Airport (DDC)31 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
Wichita, KS158 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+
Dallas, TX370 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Fowler; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Who represents Fowler
U.S. Representative · Kansas’s 1st DistrictTracey Mann (R)
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Fowler had 534 residents in the 2020 census, down 6% since 2000.
It’s the 274th largest of 721 towns in Kansas by population.
Meade County grew from 1,581 residents in 1900 to 4,055 in 2020.
Meade County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 94°F in summer, and winter lows average 19°F. About 23.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 17 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Meade, KS weather station (9 miles away).
Jobs in Meade County
790 jobs at 124 businesses in Meade County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Fowler.
Nearest hospitals
Meade District HospitalCritical access hospital · emergency room · Meade8.9 miles
Minneola District HospitalCritical access hospital · emergency room · Minneola11.8 miles
Ashland Health CenterCritical access hospital · emergency room · Ashland25.7 miles
Providers with an office here
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
1
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Fowler
Libraries
Fowler Public LIbrary1.9 mi
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Fowler. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(2)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Fowler ElemFowler
Pre-K–6
55
Public
2.2 mi
Fowler HighFowler
7–12
32
Public
2.2 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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