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Oakley lies roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the South Fork of the Saline River in the High Plains region of the Great Plains.. The city is located at the intersection of Interstate 70, U.S. Route 40, and U.S. Route 83 in northwestern Kansas.
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, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1887, Logan County was established.
South of Oakley, Kansas, Gove County, Smoky Hills, Kansas, United States Coordinates 38°47′26″N 100°45′45″W / 38.79056°N 100.76250°W / 38.79056; -100
A map of Kansas's U.S. Highways as laid out in 1926 By October 1967, the section of I-70 from north of Dorrance to north of Salina was open to traffic. Then in an October 13, 1967 resolution, US-40 was realigned onto the newly opened section I-70.
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 ...
The Logan County Courthouse, located at 710 West 2nd Street in Oakley, is the seat of government of Logan County, Kansas. Oakley has been the county seat since 1963. The courthouse was built from 1964 to 1965 by contractor Busboom & Rauh of Salina, Kansas. Kiene & Bradley Architects of Topeka, Kansas designed the courthouse in the Modern style ...
In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-83 is a main north–south highway that runs from the Oklahoma border north to the Nebraska border. In 1926, the highway that first became known as US-83 was established as K-22. Then between 1930 and 1931, US-83 was extended into Kansas along K-22, which was decommissioned.
KDOT map of Logan County Page City ... Kansas: County: Logan: Elevation [1] 3,235 ft (986 m) ... It is located along U.S. Route 40 west of Oakley.