Kansas was the 34 th state in the USA; it became a state on January 29, 1861.
State Abbreviation - KS
State Capital - Topeka
Largest City - Wichita
Area - 82,282 square miles [Kansas is the 15th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 2,688,418 (as of 2000) [Kansas is the 32nd most populous state in the USA]
Name for Residents - Kansans
Major Industries - agriculture (wheat and other grains), aircraft manufacturing, automobile manufacturing
Major Rivers - Kansas River, Republican River, Smoky Hill River, Arkansas River, Missouri
Major Lakes - Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Cheney Reservoir, Waconda Lake
Highest Point - Mt. Sunflower - 4,039 feet (1,231 m) above sea level
Lowest Point - Verdigris River - 680 feet (270 m) above sea level
Bordering States - Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Origin of the Name Kansas - Kansas was named for Konza (also called Kansa or Kaw) Indians who lived in the area.
State Nickname - Sunflower State
State Motto - "Ad astra per aspera" - To the stars through difficulties
State Song - Home on the Range
Dinosaur Fossils Found in Kansas - Claosaurus, Hierosaurus, Nodosaurus, Silvisaurus
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Kansas City, KS
Lawrence, KS
Manhattan, KS |
Olathe, KS
Shawnee Mission, KS
Topeka, KS |
Wichita, KS |
Kansas Moving Companies by County |
Allen
Anderson
Atchison
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Brown
Butler
Chase
Chautauqua
Cherokee
Cheyenne
Clark
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Dickinson
Doniphan
Douglas
Edwards
Elk
Ellis
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Franklin
Geary
Gove
Graham
Ulysses (Grant)
Gray |
Tribune (Greeley)
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Hodgeman
Jackson
Jefferson
Jewell
Johnson
Kearny
Kingman
Kiowa
Labette
Lane
Leavenworth
Lincoln
Linn
Logan
Lyon
Marion
Marshall
McPherson
Meade
Miami
Mitchell
Montgomery
Morris
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
Ness
Norton
Osage |
Osborne
Ottawa
Pawnee
Phillips
Pottawatomie
Pratt
Rawlins
Reno
Republic
Rice
Riley
Rooks
Rush
Russell
Saline
Scott City (Scott)
Sedgwick
Seward
Shawnee
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Stafford
Stanton
Stevens
Sumner
Thomas
Trego
Wabaunsee
Wallace
Washington
Wichita
Wilson
Woodson
Wyandotte |
