Tour Butler County

Bring your lunch for a picnic in the roadside park or enjoy the historical museum, September Frontier Days and their community building which is on the National Historical Register. Douglass has a population of under 2000.

A roadside park just off Hwy 77 offers travelers a stopping place. Don't miss a drive downtown on the brick streets featuring a flagpole in the center of the square and historic buildings.

Museums & Galleries

Douglass Historical Museum

318 S. Forest
316-746-2319
This museum shows Indian relics, early household effects displayed as a ca. 1910 home. Further displays of tools, toys, clothing and personal memorabilia. Family files and research material for the genealogist, including local census records. ADA compliant.

Festivals & Annual Events

October - Douglass Frontier Days

Second Saturday in October
316-747-2109
Parade - Car Show - Tractor Show - Carnival - Street Dance - Arts and Crafts...and MORE!

Monuments & Historical Sites

Douglass Community Building
206 Forest
316-747-2109
Constructed in 1935-36 under the Works Progress Administration, using native stone and local stone masons and builders. Still used for community and social events. On the National Register.

Muddy Creek Bridge
Three miles east on 200th St. One mile N. of Douglass
316-776-0900
A reinforced concrete bridge listed on the National Register and believed to have been built between 1900 - 1910. It is one of only ten reinforce concrete arch bridges still in use in Kansas.