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East Flint Hills Dr., 0.9 miles south of K-4 38°51′45″N 96°10′46″W / 38.8626°N 96.1794°W / 38.8626; -96.1794 ( East Stone Arch Bridge - Lake Wabaunsee Eskridge
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.
Manhattan is located at coordinates 39.1836082, -96.5716694 in the scenic Flint Hills and Great Plains of the state of Kansas, [3] or about 50 miles (80 km) west of Topeka on the Kansas River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 18.79 square miles (48.67 km 2 ), of which 18.76 square miles (48.59 km 2 ) is ...
Wabaunsee County is part of the Topeka, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the census [ 20 ] of 2000, there were 6,885 people, 2,633 households, and 1,958 families residing in the county. The population density was 9 people per square mile (3.5 people/km 2 ).
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. Along the byway there are rolling hills and some of the only tallgrass prairie left in North America. It is a National Scenic Byway. The section of K-177 from I-70 north to K ...
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized under the provisions of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1857, Pottawatomie County was established by the Kansas Territorial legislature, out of land formerly included in Riley County. The present county seat of Westmoreland was selected by a vote held in 1882.
The Chase County Courthouse located in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, is an example of the many landmark buildings within the Flint Hills that are constructed of Cottonwood Limestone. [ 9 ] Aside from shaping the landscapes of the communities within the Flint Hills, this limestone is most notable for its influence on the building architectures of ...
Hillsboro is located in the Flint Hills and Great Plains of the state of Kansas. [1] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.57 square miles (6.66 km 2 ), of which, 2.56 square miles (6.63 km 2 ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) is water.