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Cawker City is a city in Mitchell County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 457. [ 3 ] The city is located along the north shore of Waconda Lake and Glen Elder State Park .
Largest community-rolled ball of twine, located in Cawker City, Kansas (2013) There are multiple claims to the world's biggest ball of twine record, all within the United States. As of 2014 [update] , the ball of twine with the largest circumference is located in Cawker City, Kansas , measured at 8.06 feet (2.46 m) in diameter and 10.83 feet (3 ...
Waconda USD 272 is a public unified school district headquartered in Cawker City, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Cawker City, Downs, Glen Elder, Tipton, and nearby rural areas. [2]
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, Mitchell County was established.
Waconda Lake, also known as Glen Elder Reservoir, is a reservoir in Mitchell County and Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1] [5] Built and managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for flood control and irrigation, it is also used for recreation.
U.S. Highway 24 (US-24) in the state of Kansas runs east–west across the northern half of the state for 435.95 miles (701.59 km). The route mostly connects rural communities across the High Plains of Kansas, while also later providing an Interstate alternate between Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City.
The Summary. A new report shows that cancer cases are shifting from men to women in the United States and from older to younger adults. For the first time, cancer rates in women ages 50 to 64 have ...
Waconda Spring, or Great Spirit Spring, [1] was a natural artesian spring located in Mitchell County, near the communities of Glen Elder and Cawker City in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was a sacred site for Native American tribes of the Great Plains and, for a time, became the site of a health spa for American settlers.