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Just inside the city, the two highways split and K-177 heads north. K-177 soon ends at a junction with US-24. [12] [13] Flint Hills Scenic Byway is a portion of K-177 located in the Flint Hills region of the state, stretching from Interstate 35 at Cassoday north to US-56 at Council Grove.
Explorer Zebulon Pike first coined the name the Flint Hills in 1806 when he entered into his journal, "passed very ruff flint hills". The underlying bedrock of the hills is a flinty limestone. The largest town in the area is Manhattan, Kansas, and the hills can be accessed from the Flint Hills Scenic Byway, which passes through the region.
Matfield Green is located at (38.159609, -96.562013)., [17] in the scenic Flint Hills [18] of the Great Plains. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.14 square miles (0.36 km 2), all land. [19]
The Konza Prairie Biological Station is a 8,616-acre (3,487 ha) protected area of native tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of northeastern Kansas. "Konza" is an alternative name for the Kansa or Kaw Indians who inhabited this area until the mid-19th century. [1] The Konza Prairie is owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University.
Emporia is located in east-central Kansas. It lies along the Kansas Turnpike at its intersection with Interstate 35 and U.S. Highway 50, 108 miles (174 km) southwest of Kansas City, 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Topeka, and 87 miles (140 km) northeast of Wichita on the eastern edge of the Flint Hills.
White City was founded in 1871 by a colony from Chicago. [5] It was named for F.C. White, superintendent of the Neosho division of the M-K-T Railroad , which was built on the land in 1868, prior to the existence of the community. [ 6 ]
Strong City is located at (38.3972360, -96.5369507), [1] in the scenic Flint Hills of the Great Plains According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.55 square miles (1.42 km 2 ), all land. [ 16 ]
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a wildlife refuge located north and east of the city of Hartford, Kansas, United States, in northwestern Coffey and southeastern Lyon Counties. It was established in 1966 as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , John Redmond Reservoir flood control project. [ 1 ]