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McPherson (/ m ə k ˈ f ɜːr s ən / mək-FUR-sən) is a city in and the county seat of McPherson County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 14,082. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The city is named after Union General James Birdseye McPherson , a Civil War general. [ 5 ]
Location of McPherson County in Kansas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in McPherson County, Kansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in McPherson County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places website since that time. [3]
Upon that day, McPherson received 605 votes, New Gottland 325, King City 3 and Lindsborg 1; McPherson's majority over all, 276. In May the McPherson Town Company had offered, as an inducement for the location of the county seat at this point, the free use of rooms for ten years, and the donation of two squares of land on the town site.
It is Richardsonian Romanesque in style and is built of Cottonwood Limestone from quarries near Strong City in Chase County. It is 104 feet (32 m) by 71 feet (22 m) in plan. It has a square central bell and clock tower which rises to 105 feet (32 m). The main entrance of the courthouse is in the base of the tower and features a Syrian arch. [3]
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The first owners in 1949 were Ken Krebhiel (who also owned The Republican newspaper), Paul Sargent of Peoples Bank and Trust, John Griffith, owner of Friends Drug Store, and Everette Mills, a McPherson attorney. KNEX's most enduring employee was Claude Hughes, who came to McPherson from Garden City. He began as the station's first engineer in 1949.
K-153 is a 3.451-mile-long (5.554 km) north–south state highway located entirely within McPherson County in the U.S. state of Kansas. K-153's southern terminus is at a partial interchange with K-61 southwest of McPherson and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 56 (US-56) in McPherson. K-153 along with K-61 is part of a western bypass of ...