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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 those in the central and western part of the state are named ...
Corvallis (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 39°39′23″N 98°52′52″W / 39.65639°N 98.88111°W / 39.65639; -98
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The community is served by Morris County USD 417 public school district. The district high school is Council Grove High School. [24] Dwight schools were closed through school unification. The Dwight Rockets [25] won the Kansas State High School boys class BB basketball championship in 1966 and 1967. [26]
De Soto / d ə ˈ s oʊ t oʊ / is a city along the Kansas River, in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, [1] and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,118, [3] and the 2021 estimate is 6,380. [4]
The median age in the city was 49.5 years. 20.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.1% were from 25 to 44; 30.8% were from 45 to 64; and 26% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.3% male and 52.7% female.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.64 square miles (1.66 km 2), of which, 0.62 square miles (1.61 km 2) is land, and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km 2) is water. [6] The city is located on the Solomon River and is five miles west of U.S. Route 81.
Smith Center was founded in 1871. [5] The first post office in Smith Center was established in January 1873. [6] Like Smith County, Smith Center was named for Maj. J. Nelson Smith of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, a pre-war native of Elwood, Kansas, who died leading his regiment on October 21, 1864 at the Battle of the Little Blue River.