US 54 does a nice sweep along the Southeastern corner of Kismet.

Around the middle of 1887, 100 feet of right of way in Section 4-33-31 Seward County was transferred to the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway company. When this railroad was built, the railroad siding was named Kismet. A work train operated from that siding and was important because of the need for a full boiler of water to make enough steam for power to get up the west side of the Cimarron River valley between here and Liberal as well as take on more water after the long haul up out of the valley from Liberal. The land for the town was not laid out until twenty years later. Each Labor day the city celebrates what many consider to be the smallest worlds fair. However, there is plenty to do at this fair with a carnival, parade, games, entertainment and a free ham and bean feed.