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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 2025. U.S. state This article is about the U.S. state. For other uses, see Kansas (disambiguation). State in the United States Kansas State Flag Seal Nickname(s): The Sunflower State (official); The Wheat State; America's Heartland Motto(s): Ad astra per aspera (Latin) To the stars through ...
Map of the United States with Kansas highlighted. Kansas is a state located in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2023 United States Census estimate its population is 2,940,546 and Kansas has a growth rate of 0.09% annually, which ranks 31st among all 50 states.
Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
8 Mile Corner is a survey marker in the Cimarron National Grassland that marks the tri-point (a place where three states meet) of Kansas, Colorado, and Oklahoma.This point is also the meeting point for three distinct regions of America – the Western United States (Colorado), the Midwestern United States (Kansas), and the Southern United States (Oklahoma).
As of 2024, Colorado has 102 cities and towns that are home rule municipalities, [8] which are self-governing under Article 20 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado; Title 31, Article 1, Section 202 of the Colorado Revised Statutes; and the home rule charter of each municipality. The state-authorized home rule charter determines the form ...
The US-36 designation first appeared on Kansas maps in 1932. [3] Since then, the highway has been straightened and parts of it upgraded to freeway or super two status. Originally US-36 overlapped K-63 for a mile north out of Seneca, then turned east and left K-63 towards Oneida. Then in a March 21, 1939 resolution, it was approved to realign US ...
Illmo, Scott City, Missouri (Illinois and Missouri) railroad town located at the Missouri end of a rail bridge over the Mississippi River; now merged with Scott City [19] § Kanado, Kansas (Kansas and Colorado), community located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of Colorado-Kansas line in Greeley County during the 1940s [5]
1860 Colorado Territory map Utah Territory evolution 1850–1868. The Colorado Territory was organized on February 28, 1861, created out of lands then currently in the Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, and New Mexico territories. [88] The Nevada Territory was also organized in 1861, on March 2, with land taken from the existing Utah Territory.