Biohazard Cleanup Near West Bronson Bronson, KS

Bronson is a small city in western Bourbon County in southeastern Kansas, and it began under a different name - Wilsonville, where its first store and post office opened in September 1881.

When the Missouri Pacific Railroad bypassed the original Wilsonville townsite, the town picked up and moved south to meet the tracks.

When the post office reopened at the new site on October 3, 1881, the town took the name Bronson, after Ira D. Bronson, a prominent Fort Scott attorney and former county clerk.

Bronson was incorporated in 1881 and grew into a shipping and supply point for the surrounding farm country, sitting midway between Fort Scott and Iola on what is now US-54.

A disastrous fire swept through Bronson on May 13, 1890.

Bronson peaked at 595 residents in the 1910 census.

In 1910 Bronson hosted the world's first horseshoe pitching tournament.

The 2020 census counted 304 people in Bronson, down from 323 people in 131 households in 2010.

Bronson was the hometown of Jonathan M. Davis, the 22nd governor of Kansas, who was born, raised and buried in the town.

The whole city covers only 0.43 square miles, and after its own schools closed through school unification, Bronson's students became part of USD 235 Uniontown.