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The Anthony townsite was laid out in 1878. [4] The city was named after the 7th governor of Kansas, George T. Anthony who was in office at the time. [5] Following the reorganization of Harper County in 1878 following the original fraudulent organization in 1873, Anthony was designated the temporary county seat, as Bluff City, designated county seat of the fraudulent county organization, did ...
K-44 begins at a junction with K-2 in Anthony, the county seat of Harper County; within the city limits of Anthony, K-44 is known as Main Street.From its western terminus, the route heads east as a two-lane road, coming to another highway junction, the northern terminus of K-179, approximately 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) east of K-2.
K-179 is an 11.588-mile-long (18.649 km) state highway in Harper County, Kansas.It runs from Oklahoma State Highway 132 (SH-132) the Oklahoma state line north to the city of Anthony, where it ends at K-44.
By Kansas law, no state highway may exist entirely within city limits. [1] As a result, some highways have been given to cities as they annex the land around them, as is the case with the eastern branch of K-150 in the Kansas City area, which is now entirely within Olathe and Overland Park. This part of K-150 is now known as Santa Fe in Olathe ...
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, Harper County was established. The original organization of Harper County was one of the largest frauds in county government. In 1873, a group of three men organized Harper County, designating the then fictitious city of "Bluff City" as the ...
Small-town closures. The McDonald’s in Anthony, a town of around 2,000 that sits 53 miles to Wichita’s southwest, also was on the list of stores McDonald’s corporate targeted for Oct. 31 ...
Map of the United States with Kansas highlighted Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States . According to the 2023 United States Census estimate its population is 2,940,546 and Kansas has a growth rate of 0.09% annually, which ranks 31st among all 50 states.
Along the way K-2 passes through the cities of Kiowa, Hazelton, Anthony and Harper. Between the latter two, it has an overlap with US-160. Before state highways were numbered in Kansas, there were auto trails. A short section of K-2 west of Kiowa follows the former Oklahoma-Kansas-Colorado Highway. K-2 was designated on January 7, 1937, and ...