Horace is a city in Greeley County, Kansas, United States.

[3] Horace was established in 1886 when the Missouri Pacific Railroad passed through the area.

[5][6] Greeley encouraged western settlement with the motto "Go West, young man".

When it came time to select the county seat, Horace was a strong candidate, but despite being larger than nearby Tribune, it lost to its eastern neighbor just two miles away.

By the early 1900s, the town featured a brick schoolhouse, a railroad roundhouse, a YMCA building, a hotel, a grocery store, and a Baptist church.

The post office closed on December 30, 1965, and, eventually, the train depot shut down as well.

[11][12] 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.

[13] The 2020 United States census counted 102 people, 51 households, and 27 families in Horace.

The racial makeup of the city was 94.3% White, 2.9% African American, and 2.9% from two or more races.

There were 15.6% of families and 20.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including 25.5% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Horace has two grain elevator complexes and a spray fertilizer company.

The community is served by Greeley County USD 200 public school district, located in the city of Tribune.