| Berryton, Kansas | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Image Map1: | Map of Shawnee Co, Ks, USA.png |
| Map Caption1: | KDOT map of Shawnee County (legend) |
| Pushpin Map: | Kansas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Berryton |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Kansas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shawnee |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Monmouth |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Title1: | Platted |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation Ft: | 997 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 66409[1] |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 479067 |
Berryton is an unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. It is located east of the Topeka Regional Airport.
Berryton was laid out in 1888 and named for its two founders, George Washington Berry and his son George Webster Berry.[2] [3] The first post office in Berryton was established in May 1888.[4] In 1912 the town was described as, "a little village of Shawnee county, is a station on the Missouri Pacific R. R., 9 miles southeast of the city of Topeka. It has a money order postoffice with one rural delivery route, and is a trading center for the neighborhood in which it is located. The population in 1910 was 75."[5]
It currently has a post office, an elementary school, an event center, and two churches.
Berryton is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The community is served by Shawnee Heights USD 450 public school district. The Shawnee Heights High School mascot is Thunderbirds.[6]
Berryton High School was closed through school unification. The Berryton Buffaloes[7] won the Kansas State High School class B baseball championship in 1951.[8]