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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
Manhattan is located at coordinates 39.1836082, -96.5716694 in the scenic Flint Hills and Great Plains of the state of Kansas, [3] or about 50 miles (80 km) west of Topeka on the Kansas River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 18.79 square miles (48.67 km 2 ), of which 18.76 square miles (48.59 km 2 ) is ...
Topeka (/ t ə ˈ p iː k ə / tə-PEE-kə) [9] is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. [1] It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States.
The Kansas State Imbecile Asylum (later the Winfield State Hospital and Training Center) was established in the community in 1888, on a hill overlooking the city. For the next 117 years, it served as a dominant local employer, housing and confining those with mental problems from throughout the state of Kansas.
Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 24,139. [6] [7] Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of highways K-99, U.S. Route 50, Interstates 335 and 35 (Kansas Turnpike).
Kansas Day is a holiday in the state of Kansas in the United States. It is celebrated annually on January 29 to commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1861 admission to the Union . It was first celebrated in 1877 by schoolchildren in Paola .
Lenexa / l ɪ ˈ n ɛ k s ə / is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, [1] and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,434. [3] [4] making it the 9th most populated city in Kansas.
Barton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Great Bend. [2] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 25,493. [1]