Category: Kansas
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Why is there a Kansas City in both Kansas and Missouri?
Why is there a Kansas City in both Kansas and Missouri? The question of why there’s a Kansas City in both Kansas and Missouri is one that many people have asked over the years. While it may be obvious to urban planners that this is due to geographic convenience, it’s not quite so straightforward when…
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Which State Is Kansas City In?
Which State Is Kansas City In? There are two Kansas Cities in the United States, which can be confusing. One is in Kansas and another in Missouri. Kansas City was founded by an Amerindian tribe called the Kaw Indians, who had been there for thousands of years before Europeans arrived. The Kaw Indians built many…
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20 Interesting Facts About Kansas City, Kansas
Facts About Kansas City In October 1872, “old” Kansas City, Kansas, was incorporated. Kansas City has a total area of 128.38 square miles, of which, 124.81 square miles is land and 3.57 square miles is water. Walt Disney opened his first animation studio, called Laugh-O-Gram Studios, in Kansas City, Walt Disney moved to Kansas City…
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Flag of Kansas
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…
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10 Interesting Facts About Olathe, Kansas
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…
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10 Interesting Facts About Overland Park
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…
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20 Interesting Facts About Wichita
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…
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10 Interesting Facts About Lawrence, Kansas
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…
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10 Interesting Facts About Manhattan, Kansas
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…
