The Poorest Countries In The World According to the World Bank & International Monetary Fund, Burundi is the poorest country in the world. The average Burundian makes $1,000 annually, and only about half of the population can read and write. The country’s history has been complicated. Burundi was colonized by Germany and Belgium until 1962 …
Flag of Kansas Kansas became the 34th state admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, and The flag of Kansas was adopted in 1927, with an original design that featured a sunflower and the state seal. This original design was modified in 1961 to add the name of the state at the bottom of …
Facts About Olathe The city’s name ‘Olathe’ is derived from the Shawnee word for beautiful. Olathe is part of the Kansas City major metropolitan area, located on interstate 35 just 19 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City. County Seat to Johnson County, one of the wealthiest counties in the United States. Olathe was founded by …
Facts About Overland Park In 1905, Overland Park’s founder, William B. Strang Jr. arrived and began to plot subdivisions along an old military roadway, which later became the city’s principal thoroughfare. On May 20, 1960, Overland Park was officially incorporated as a “city of the first class” Overland Park officially became the second largest city …
Facts About Wichita Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. The city lies on the Arkansas River near the western edge of the Flint Hills in the Wellington-McPherson Lowlands region of the Great Plains. One of the most iconic symbols of …
Facts About Lawrence Boyhood home of writer and poet Langston Hughes whose novel “Not Without Laughter” is said to be based on his life in Lawrence. Lawrence was founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Company and was named for Amos A. Lawrence, a Republican abolitionist originally from Massachusetts, who offered financial aid and support …
Facts About Manhattan The city was founded by settlers from the New England Emigrant Aid Company as a Free-State town in the 1850s, during the Bleeding Kansas era. Manhattan is nicknamed “The Little Apple” as a play on New York City’s “Big Apple”, Manhattan is best known as the home of Kansas State University and …
Facts About Salina The city of Salina has a total area of 25.15 square miles, of which 25.11 square miles is land and 0.04 square miles is water. Salina was named for the salty Saline River. Salina is the anchor city of the Salina Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Saline and Ottawa counties. …
Facts About Garden City Garden City was founded in 1878 by W.D. Twichell, who purchased land from the Santa Fe Railroad to create a town that would serve as a stopover for people travelling between Fort Riley and Denver. The Garden City Skyline Chili Festival is held annually on Labor Day weekend. This festival features …
Facts About Leawood Leawood was named for Oscar G. Lee, an original owner of the town site. The estimated population of Leawood is 34,702, as of 2020. Native Americans were the first inhabitants of the area eventually established as Leawood and in the early 1700’s Daniel Boone explored the land with French and American traders. …
