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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.
Wawona is the closest town to Chilnualna Falls and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia. It also serves as the main gateway to the southern Yosemite wilderness, with several principal trailheads located here. [14] According to the United States Census Bureau, the Wawona CDP covers an area of 1.08 square miles (2.8 km 2), all of it land. [1]
On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated three combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Kansas. [1] As of 2023, the largest of these is the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS CSA , comprising the area around Kansas City, Missouri .
Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area, the 36th most-populous of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865 according to the 2020 census, and the 10th least densely populated. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans.
The Wawona Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the South Fork Merced River near Wawona, California, in Yosemite National Park.The open bridge (without the covering) was built by Galen Clark, the steward of what was then called the Yosemite Grant, in 1868, without its cladding.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Kansas: Kansas – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. [1] It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. [2]
In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The first white settlers in the area were said to have been a band of outlaws known as the McDaniel Gang. [4] In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized and Wabaunsee County was created by the territorial legislature on March 25, 1859. [4]
Winona as seen in 1911. Winona was originally known as Gopher, and under the latter name was founded in 1884.It was renamed Winona in 1887. [4] The community is named after the character Wenonah, the mother of Hiawatha in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855).