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Greensburg is a city in and the county seat of Kiowa County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 United States census , the population of the city was 740. [ 4 ] It is home to the world's largest hand-dug well .
According to The Kansas Sampler Foundation, crews of 12-15 men utilized, pickaxes, shovels, ropes, pulleys, and barrels. The casing of the well was made from stones brought from the Medicine River roughly twelve miles south of Greensburg that were brought over via wagons. Slatted wagons were used to haul dirt away from the well.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.In 1867, Kiowa County was established and named after the Kiowa tribe. [3] In 1875. The county's land was given to nearby county, but in 1886, Kiowa County was reestablished and organize
Kiowa County USD 422 is a public unified school district headquartered in Greensburg, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Greensburg, Mullinville, Brenham, Joy, and nearby rural areas. [2]
From May 4–6, 2007, a major and damaging tornado outbreak significantly affected portions of the Central United States.The most destructive tornado in the outbreak occurred on the evening of May 4 in western Kansas, where about 95% of the city of Greensburg in Kiowa County was destroyed by an EF5 tornado, the first of the new Enhanced Fujita Scale and such intensity since the 1999 Bridge ...
"Greensburg", a track on Fetchin Bones' second album, Bad Pumpkin 2007 Greensburg tornado , an EF5 tornado that hit Greensburg, Kansas, commonly known as the "Greensburg tornado" or just "Greensburg" Greensburg (TV series) (2008-2010), about the rebuilding of Greensburg (Kansas) after being struck by the 2007 Greensburg tornado
Shortly after the tornado, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius stated that she wanted Greensburg to be "the greenest city in the state". [97] FEMA activated the Long-Term Community Recovery (LTCR) program, [ 98 ] which was designed to help recovery efforts with joint cooperation with the State of Kansas and other federal agencies willing to help ...
A list of people who were born in, or strongly associated with, Greensburg, Kansas Pages in category "People from Greensburg, Kansas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.