There were 818 housing units at an average density of 739.5 per square mile (285.5/km 2).

The population density was 1,987.1 inhabitants per square mile (767.2/km 2). The gender makeup of the city was 48.0% male and 52.0% female.Īt the 2000 census there were 2,198 people, 818 total households, and 525 families living in the city. 38.5% of residents were under the age of 18 9.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24 19.8% were from 25 to 44 18.7% were from 45 to 64 and 13.6% were 65 or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 4.04.

29.5% of households were one person and 14.7% were one person aged 65 or older. Of the 836 households 37.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.0% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.0%. The racial makeup of the city was 91.1% White, 1.1% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 2.3% from other races, and 3.6% from two or more races. There were 900 housing units at an average density of 762.7 per square mile (294.5/km 2). The population density was 2,226.3 inhabitants per square mile (859.6/km 2). It is known for its sizeable Catholic population.Īt the 2010 census there were 2,627 people, 836 households, and 560 families living in the city. It is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Route 24.ĭemographics Historical population Census The city is located approximately 20 miles west of Topeka on U.S. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.18 square miles (3.06 km 2), all of it land. The growth of the SSPX has been a source of tension with some older residents who are not members of the movement and who do not share the Society's socially conservative values. Marys affiliated with the SSPX has grown considerably, to the point where in 2020 that they formed the majority of the city's population.

Since then the number of residents in St. Marys, attracted by the presence of the Society in the community as well as the relative isolation of the city from the modern world. Starting in the 1980s, Traditionalist Catholics attending masses offered by Society of Saint Pius X began moving to St. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The oldest surviving mission building is the Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station which was built in 1855 and was used by government agents to pay an annuity to the Pottawatomie Indians who relocated to the area from the Great Lakes region. Marys was laid out as a community in 1866. The Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station (1855)

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