Burdett is a city in Pawnee County, Kansas, United States.

[3] Burdett was a station and shipping point on the division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway that ran from Larned to Jetmore.

[4] The community was named for the American humorist writer Robert Jones Burdette.

[5] A post office was opened in Brown's Grove (an extinct town) in 1877, but it was moved to Burdett in 1887.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2), all of it land.

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

[8] The 2020 United States census counted 228 people, 95 households, and 65 families in Burdett.

26.3% of households consisted of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 6.3% of families and 5.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over.

The Burdett Tigers[23] won the Kansas State High School boys class BB basketball championship in 1954.