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Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
Kansas has 105 counties, the fifth-highest total of any state. The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while ...
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. Kansas is the 13th largest by land area spanning 81,758.72 square miles (211,754.1 km 2) of land. [1]
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848. Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851. Territory of Kansas, 1854–1861. Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854. History of slavery in Kansas. Bleeding Kansas, 1854–1859. Pike's Peak Gold Rush, 1858–1861. Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859–1861. Pony Express, 1860–1861.
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Kansas is divided into 4 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The number of districts in Kansas remained unchanged after the 2010 census. Historically, the state has held as many as eight seats (1893–1933). The number of congressional seats decreased from five to four following ...