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This list ranks the top 150 U.S. cities (incorporated places) by 2024 land area. Total areas including water are also given, but when ranked by total area, a number of coastal cities appear disproportionately larger.
The Arkansas City Commercial Historic District is a 21 acres (8.5 ha) historic district at Summit St. and 5th Ave. in Arkansas City, Kansas which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It included 58 contributing buildings. [1] It includes Classical Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne architecture. [2]
The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) is a nonprofit association of city and county governments and the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the bistate Kansas City region. [1] Governed by a board of directors [ 2 ] made up of local elected officials, MARC serves nine counties and 119 cities.
The name of this city is not pronounced like the nearby state of Arkansas, but rather as / ɑːr ˈ k æ n z ə s / (the final "s" is pronounced, and it rhymes with Kansas). [6] Over the years there has been much confusion about the regional pronunciation of "Arkansas", which locals render as / ɑːr ˈ k æ n z ə s / rather than / ˈ ɑːr k ən s ɔː /. [7]
Also, the city has enacted development regulations that specify how lots are subdivided, standard setbacks, and parking requirements. [63] The regulations have contributed to the city's automobile -dependent sprawl, by requiring the existence of large minimum residential lot sizes and large commercial parking lots.
The Arkansas City Country Club Site (14CO3), near Arkansas City, Kansas, United States, is a 109-acre (44 ha) archeological site of prehistoric village with graves/burials. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for its potential to yield information in the future.
The district had two schools, Arkansas City Elementary School and Arkansas City High School. [10] In 2004 the Arkansas Legislature approved a law that forced school districts with fewer than 350 students apiece to consolidate with other districts. [11] [12] On July 1, 2004, the Arkansas City district merged into the McGehee district. [13] After ...
A city block, residential block, urban block, or simply block is a central element of urban planning and urban design. In a city with a grid system, the block is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are the space for buildings within the street pattern of a city, and form the basic unit of a city's urban ...