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Atchison is a city and county seat of Atchison County, Kansas, United States, [1] along the Missouri River.As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. [3] [4] The city is named in honor of US Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri and was the original eastern terminus of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Atchison County is a county located in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Atchison . [ 3 ] As of the 2020 census , the county population was 16,348. [ 1 ]
Atchison County Historical Society Museum is a museum dedicated to preserving the history of Atchison County, Kansas. Both the city of Atchison and Atchison County, Kansas, are named after United States Senator and legendary "President for a day" David Rice Atchison. The Atchison County Historical Society & Museum is located in the historic ...
The Atchison Storage Facility, commonly known as the Atchison Caves, is a 2.7 million square foot underground storage facility in a former pillar limestone mine 50 to 150 feet (15 to 46 m) below the ground in the Missouri River bluffs at Atchison, Kansas. The bunker complex was a secure U.S. government storage facility from World War II until 2013.
Franklin B Thompson, Flickr Just across the Missouri River from Kansas City International Airport lies Atchison, Kansas. Once a major rail hub in the days of western expansion, Atchison is now ...
Location of Atchison County in Kansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Atchison County, Kansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Benedictine College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1971 by the merger of St. Benedict's College (founded 1858) for men and Mount St. Scholastica College (founded 1923) for women. It is located on bluffs overlooking the Missouri River, northwest of Kansas City, Missouri.
St. Benedict's Abbey is an American community of monks of the Order of St. Benedict located in Atchison, Kansas. It was founded in 1857 to provide education to the sons of German settlers in the Kansas Territory.