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McPherson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is McPherson . [ 3 ] As of the 2020 census , the county population was 30,223. [ 1 ]
English: This is a locator map showing McPherson County in Kansas. For more information, ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.
Hutchinson had been holding county fairs since 1873. By 1900, many referred to the Hutchinson Fair as the Kansas State Fair, even though there was no state-supported Kansas State Fair yet. In 1913, after lobbying in the Kansas Legislature, Hutchinson gifted the State of Kansas the land that became the Kansas State Fairgrounds.
It’s Kansas State Fair time Today-Sept. 15, Kansas State Fairgrounds, 2000 N. Poplar, Hutchinson September has arrived, and the Kansas State Fair is never far behind.
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 ...
For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by Native Americans. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1867, McPherson County was founded.
In 1903, the Central Kansas Fair was recognized by an act of the state legislature to give the fair association the license to legitimately call their event "The Kansas State Fair". [2] 1904 Kansas State Fair Advertisement. In 1912, 112 acres (45 ha) of land north of 17th Avenue and east of Main Street were purchased for expansion.
An early rendition of the 2023 Kansas State Fair butter sculpture is seen through large panels of glass. The thick glass panels keep the room cool enough for the butter to keep its shape.