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Map of the USA showing borders of states and counties. Adapted by Wapcaplet from a public-domain map courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau website. Date: 25 September 2006: Source: en:File:Map of USA with county outlines.png: Author
Image:Map of USA-bw.png – Black and white outlines for states, for the purposes of easy coloring of states. Image:BlankMap-USA-states.PNG – US states, grey and white style similar to Vardion's world maps. Image:Map of USA with county outlines.png – Grey and white map of USA with county outlines.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
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 ...
Solomon is a city in Dickinson and Saline counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 993. [ 3 ] It is located approximately 6 miles west of Abilene .
Entrance to Perry State Park; road continues along the west side of Lake Perry. 1961: current K-238: 1.433: 2.306 US-36 in Elwood: Missouri state line south of Rosecrans Memorial Airport: 1961: current K-239: 5.677: 9.136 US-69 at Prescott: Route A at the Missouri state line 1962: current K-241 — — — — 1960: 1991
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized; and in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. Ellsworth County was established February 26, 1867.
Dennis had its start in the early 1880s by the building of the Memphis, Kansas and Colorado Railroad through that territory. [3] The first post office in Dennis was established in May 1881. [4] The nearby Big Hill Archeological District is on the National Register of Historic Places.