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In 1859, Holton had seven dwellings, one store, a blacksmith shop and a steam saw mill. The census taken in April, 1857, gave Holton 291 people; in 1860 the population was 1,936. In 1859 the city was incorporated. [6] In 1879, the residents of Jackson County, Kansas decided to form a university in Holton.
Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. [1] The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. [4]
Kansas counties. There are over 1,600 buildings, ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Holton Bath House: Holton Bath House: May 21, 2009 ...
US-75 crosses the Kansas Turnpike without any direct access and drivers must use I-470 to access the turnpike. US 75 runs around the main part of the city along I-470 and I-70. Leaving Topeka, US-75 becomes its own route again. Between Hoyt and Holton, the highway runs along the eastern border of the Potawatomi Indian Reservation.
U.S. Highway 24 (US-24) in the state of Kansas runs east–west across the northern half of the state for 435.95 miles (701.59 km). The route mostly connects rural communities across the High Plains of Kansas, while also later providing an Interstate alternate between Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City.
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 ...
K-16 is a 114.460-mile-long (184.206 km) state highway in the U.S. State of Kansas.K-16's western terminus is at a junction with U.S. Route 77 (US-77) just north of Randolph and the eastern terminus is at US-24 and US-40 in Tonganoxie.
Jim Lane's Fort, sometimes called Fort Jim Lane, was built in August 1856, in Holton, Kansas, United States. It was named to honor free-state leader James H. Lane, who helped organize the settlement of several towns in northeast Kansas Territory, including Holton. Holton was settled by about fifty free-state settlers at the time the fort was built.