Durham is a city in Marion County, Kansas, United States.

[4] It is located about 8.5 miles (14 km) north of Hillsboro on the west side of K-15 highway next to a railroad.

For many millennia, the Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans.

In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000-square-mile (2,140,000 km2) Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre (7.0 ¢/ha).

In 1806, Zebulon Pike led the Pike Expedition westward from St Louis, Missouri, of which part of their journey followed the Cottonwood River through Marion County near the current cities of Florence, Marion, Durham.

[5] From the 1820s to the 1870s, one of the most significant land routes in the United States was the Santa Fe Trail.

In 1855, Marion County was established within the Kansas Territory, which included the land for modern day Durham.

[7] In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Durham to Pratt.

[11] It currently is located approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) northeast of Durham on 290th St. Durham is located at coordinates 38.4861202, -97.2280808 in the scenic Flint Hills and Great Plains of the state of Kansas.

[1] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.

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

The 2020 United States census counted 89 people, 49 households, and 33 families in Durham.

Durham is home of Donahue Corporation,[11] Jason Wiebe Dairy,[29] Main Street Cafe,[30] G & R Implement, Agri Trails CO-OP.

The Durham Hornets[33] won the Kansas State High School boys class BB basketball championship in 1963.

Durham is located on UP's Golden State main line to El Paso, Texas.

A Union Pacific Local still serves the Durham Elevator during the Kansas summer harvests.

The line was originally built by the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad.