Fort Scott, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 8297 Housing Units (2000): 3914 Land area (2000): 5.425053 sq. miles (14.050821 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.006168 sq. miles (0.015975 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.431221 sq. miles (14.066796 sq. km) FIPS code: 24000 Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 37.835180 N, 94.702015 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Fort Scott, KS Fort Scott