[4] It was named for William Lewis Sublette, a French Huguenot who was a partner in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company.

Sublette was a mountain man, fur trapper and pioneer who blazed a trail through the area and was known by the local natives as "Cut Face".

Sublette was once a larger town called Santa Fe but since the people of Santa Fe wanted to move closer to a railroad they set up a settlement called Sublette.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.92 square miles (2.38 km2), all of it land.

24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[14] KDGL-LD is licensed to Sublette Kansas and is the flagship station of High Plains Broadcasting, LLC.

KDGL broadcasts on RF channel 23 carrying 6 video streams.

Sublette was chosen for its central location in the Southwest Kansas Market and to streamline future news gathering for NewsWest23 newscasts.