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Kansas has 105 counties, the fifth-highest total of any state. 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 ...
FIPS code. 20-62200. GNIS ID. 2396491 [1] Website. stgeorgeks.gov. St. George or Saint George is a city in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,054. [4] The name might have been intended to honor several pioneer settlers named George.
1 killed. 7 wounded. The Battle of Cimarron[1] was a famous gunfight that occurred on January 12, 1889, during the Gray County War, between the people of Cimarron, Kansas, and a group of lawmen led by Bill Tilghman. The gunfight, which lasted several hours and resulted in the death of at least one man and the wounding of seven others, began ...
Kidder fight. The Kidder Fight (or Kidder Massacre), of July 2, 1867 refers to a skirmish near what is now Goodland, Kansas involving a detachment of ten enlisted men and an Indian scout of the United States 2nd Cavalry under the command of Second Lieutenant Lyman S. Kidder who were attacked and wiped out by a mixed Lakota and Cheyenne force.
Lane County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Dighton, [3] the only incorporated city in the county. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 1,574, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Kansas. The county was named after James Lane, a leader of the Jayhawker abolitionist movement and served ...
Website. ThomasCountyKS.com. Thomas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Colby. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,930. [2] The county was named after George Thomas, a general during the American Civil War.
Added to NRHP. December 1, 1986 [1] The Eldridge House Hotel (often referred to as the Eldridge Hotel or simply the Eldridge) is a historic building located on Massachusetts Street, in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. The building is named after Shalor Eldridge, a prominent anti-slavery individual who erected the building in the mid-1800s.
Kansas (/ ˈkænzəs / ⓘ KAN-zəss) [9] is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. [10] It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. [11][12][13][14] Its capital is Topeka, and its most ...