The Fort Scott Chamber of Commerce says there are "about 15,000 people" there. I haven't seen anyone on the 'cat mention being in that area.

It's about 60 miles straight south of Kansas City, on a good road. Shortest distance from Wichita is about 180 miles on less good (but not too bad) roads.

Folkish interest in Kansas seems most common in Kansas City, Manhattan, Lawrence, and other areas with either high population density or major schools. Given the road connections people would likely use, anyone in almost any other major city would go through KC to get to Fort Scott, so their distance would be at least 60 miles plus distance from KC.

(Useless trivia posted only because a thread with two posts is more likely to attract clicks than one with only one, and I'm also curious about who might respond.)

John