Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Alma, KS

Alma is the county seat and largest city of Wabaunsee County, set on Mill Creek in the heart of the Kansas Flint Hills.

Alma's nickname is the "City of Native Stone Set in the Flint Hills," a nod to the many buildings in town built from native limestone.

Settlement at Alma traces to 1858, when Gottlieb Zwanziger built a mill on the west branch of Mill Creek about a mile south of the present town.

Alma became the Wabaunsee County seat in November 1866, the first house in town was built in 1867, and the city was incorporated in 1869.

A post office named Alma — after the city of Alma, Germany — was established on April 17, 1863, though some sources say the name came from a stream in Ukraine.

The 2020 census counted 802 people in 324 households in Alma.

Alma's population peaked at 1,125 residents in the 1890 census, during its early railroad-era boom.

The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built its main line through Alma in 1887, and most locals still call the line by the name of its later owner, the "Rock Island."

Alma is part of the Topeka metropolitan area, despite its small size and rural Flint Hills setting.

Alma is home to Wabaunsee High School, whose teams are the Chargers; the Wabaunsee USD 329 district was formed by consolidating the schools of Alma, Maple Hill, McFarland, and Paxico.