Alexander is a city in Rush County, Kansas, United States.

The name of the town originated from Alexander Harvey a Scottish emigrant who operated a stockaded trading post on the trail crossing of the Wet Walnut Creek.

Harvey's daughter Adaline at age 20 married the 60 year-old Bent.

Buffalo Bill Cody, George Custer, and other prominent figures in American western settlement traveled through the community.

[5] At its peak in the late 1800s, the community included a bank, hospital, newspaper, lumberyard, a Santa Fe Railroad Depot, hotel, multiple churches, multiple grocery and general stores.

At varying times, the community's commercial activity has included cream and egg buying stations, a railroad stockyard for shipping cattle and sheep to eastern markets, and multiple grain elevators.

[citation needed] Today, Alexander's abandoned three story brick school building is a landmark on K-96 highway.

Grumbine's Metal Scrap Yard is the other commercial entity in the community.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2), all of it land.

[8] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.

[9] The 2020 United States census counted 54 people, 29 households, and 16 families in Alexander.

41.4% of households consisted of individuals and 27.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 30.8% of families and 31.9% of the population living below the poverty line, including 40.0% of under eighteens and 11.1% of those over 64.

The community is served by La Crosse USD 395 public school district.