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Lists Of Places In Kansas
These are lists of places in the U.S. state of Kansas. Lists ;Communities * List of counties in Kansas * List of townships in Kansas * List of cities in Kansas * List of unincorporated communities in Kansas * List of ghost towns in Kansas ;Places * List of Kansas landmarks * List of Kansas rivers * List of Kansas state parks * List of lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas * List of museums in Kansas * List of Registered Historic Places in Kansas ;Schools * List of high schools in Kansas * List of unified school districts in Kansas * List of colleges and universities in Kansas * List of defunct colleges and universities in Kansas * List of oldest buildings on Kansas colleges and universities ;Other * List of hospitals in Kansas * List of Kansas state prisons ;People * List of people from Kansas Topical lists * List of Kansas county name etymologies * Kansas locations by per capita income {{DEFAULTSORT:Kansas, places Lists of places in the United States by state Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The tribe's name (natively ') is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. The first Euro-American settlement in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery deba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Unified School Districts In Kansas
This is a list of unified school districts (USD) in the state of Kansas. It is grouped by county, based on the headquarters location of each school district. Allen County * Humboldt USD 258 * Iola USD 257 * Marmaton Valley USD 256 Anderson County * Crest USD 479 * Garnett USD 365 Atchison County * Atchison County USD 377 * Atchison USD 409 Barber County * Barber County North USD 254 * South Barber USD 255 Barton County * Ellinwood USD 355 * Great Bend USD 428 * Hoisington USD 431 Bourbon County * Fort Scott USD 234 * Uniontown USD 235 Brown County * Hiawatha USD 415 * South Brown County USD 430 Butler County * Andover USD 385 * Augusta USD 402 * Bluestem USD 205 * Circle USD 375 * Douglass USD 396 * El Dorado USD 490 * Flinthills USD 492 * Remington USD 206 * Rose Hill USD 394 Chase County * Chase County USD 284 Chautauqua County * Cedar Vale USD 285 * Chautauqua County USD 286 Cherokee County * Baxter Springs USD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities, Towns, And Villages In The United States
The following is a set–index article, providing a ''list of lists'', for the cities, towns and villages within the jurisdictional United States. It is divided, alphabetically, according to the state, territory, or district name in which they are located. A Alabama * Census-designated places in Alabama * Cities and towns in Alabama Alaska * Census-designated places in Alaska * Cities in Alaska American Samoa * Administrative divisions of American Samoa Arizona * List of census-designated places in Arizona, Census-designated places in Arizona * List of cities and towns in Arizona, Cities and towns in Arizona * List of places in Arizona, Places in Arizona Arkansas * List of census-designated places in Arkansas, Census-designated places in Arkansas * List of cities and towns in Arkansas, Cities and towns in Arkansas C California * List of census-designated places in California, Census-designated places in California * List of cities and towns in California, Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Locations By Per Capita Income ...
Kansas has the 26th highest per capita income in the United States, at $20,506 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $29,935 (2003). __TOC__ Kansas counties ranked by per capita income Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. See also * Lists of places in Kansas References {{Kansas, collapsed Kansas Locations by per capita income Income Income is the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. Income is difficult to define conceptually and the definition may be different across fields. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kansas County Name Etymologies
This is a list of counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional information. Every license plate issued by the state contains the same two-letter abbreviation for the county in which its vehicle is registered. Overview 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 those in the central and western part of the state are named for figures in the American Civil War. Several counties throughout the state bear names of Native American origin. Wyandotte County and the city of Kansas City, and Greeley County and the city of Tribune, operate as unified governments. The FIPS state co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Kansas
The following are notable people who were either born, raised, or have lived for a significant period of time in the American state of Kansas. Academics and Nobel Prize laureates *Milton S. Eisenhower (1899–1985), university president; Abilene, Kansas, Abilene *Wendell Johnson (1906–1965), psychologist and speech pathologist, author of ''The Monster Study''; Roxbury, Kansas, Roxbury *Jack S. Kilby (1923–2005), Nobel Prize winner in Physics; Great Bend, Kansas, Great Bend *Solon Toothaker Kimball (1909–1982), anthropologist; Manhattan, Kansas, Manhattan *Stanford Lehmberg (1931–2012), historian; McPherson, Kansas, McPherson *Norman Malcolm (1911–1990), philosopher; Selden, Kansas, Selden *Deane Waldo Malott (1898–1996), president of Cornell University; Abilene *Abby Lillian Marlatt (1869–1943), home economics; Manhattan, Kansas, Manhattan *Eric K. Meyer (born 1953), journalism professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee; Marion, Kansas, Marion *M. Lee Pelton (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kansas State Prisons
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow or remand center, is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are confined against their will and usually denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, a prison can also be described as a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed. Prisons can also be used as a tool of political repression by authoritarian regimes. Their perceived opponents may be i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hospitals In Kansas
List of hospitals in Kansas, sorted by hospital name. Sedgwick County * 22nd Medical Group – McConnell Air Force Base (Wichita) * Ascension Via Christi Behavioral Health Center - Wichita * Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital - Wichita * Ascension Via Christi St. Francis - Wichita * Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph - Wichita * Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa - Wichita *Associated Eye Surgical Center - Wichita *Kansas Heart Hospital - Wichita *Plastic Surgery Center - Wichita *Kansas Spine Hospital - Wichita *Kansas Surgery & Recovery Center - Wichita *Medical Specialists Ambulatory Surgery Center - Wichita *Robert J. Dole VA Medical and Regional Office Center - Wichita *Team Vision Surgery Center West - Wichita *Wesley Medical Center - Wichita *Wesley Rehabilitation Hospital - Wichita *Wichita Specialty Hospital - Wichita *Derby Ambulatory Surgery Center – Derby Johnson County *AdventHealth South Overland Park - Overland Park, Kansas *AdventHealth Shawnee Mission (fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Oldest Buildings On Kansas Colleges And Universities
The following is a list of the oldest buildings on Kansas college and university campuses, all of which were built prior to 1910. Twelve individual buildings and one complex of buildings are listed on the United States Department of the Interior's National Register of Historic Places. Kansas State University has the most buildings on this list, with eleven. The list does not include buildings that were built elsewhere and subsequently relocated onto campuses, such as the Osborne Chapel at Baker University Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas. Founded in 1858, it was the first four-year university in Kansas and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Baker University is made up of four schools. The College of Ar ..., which was built in England in 1864 and moved to the Baker campus in 1996. See also * List of the oldest buildings in Kansas References {{Kansas State University Architecture in Kansas * Landmarks in Kansas O K Kansas S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Defunct Colleges And Universities In Kansas
The following is a List of defunct universities and colleges in Kansas. This list includes accredited, degree-granting institutions and bona fide institutions of higher learning that operated before accreditation existed. All have hosted their primary campus within the state of Kansas, and all have since discontinued operations or their operations were taken over by another similar institution of higher learning. List details Time of operation Length of operation Eight of the schools operated for more than 50 years. Brown Mackie College was able to function for 125 years before closing. The shortest length of operation was less than two years by Bethel Bible College (1900–1901), followed by three years for Concordia Normal School (1874–1876). At least four of the schools began operations before Kansas was admitted into the union (January 29, 1861). Records for several of the schools have yet to be located and verified at this time of this writing to accurately determine ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colleges And Universities In Kansas
The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Kansas. The Kansas Board of Regents governs six state universities and supervises and coordinates 19 community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools and a municipal university. The Board also authorizes private and out-of-state institutions to operate in Kansas with a Certificate of Approval renewed annually. These schools offer instruction for business trade, technical, or industrial occupations leading to a certificate, diploma, or academic degree. Private colleges and universities There are many schools not on this list that have operations in Kansas but do not have their main campus in the state (such as Arkansas State University). * The Art Institutes International – Kansas City * Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary - Great Plains * Baker University * Barclay College * Benedictine College * Bethany College * Bethel College * Brown Mackie * Central Christian College * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of High Schools In Kansas
This is a list of high schools in the state of Kansas. Allen County * Humboldt High School, Humboldt, USD 258 * Iola High School, Iola, USD 257 *Marmaton Valley High School, Moran, USD 256 Anderson County * Anderson County Jr/Sr High School, Garnett, USD 365 * Crest High School, Colony, USD 479 Atchison County *Atchison County Community High School, Effingham, USD 377 Atchison *Atchison High School, USD 409 *Maur Hill - Mount Academy Barber County * Medicine Lodge High School, Medicine Lodge, USD 254 *South Barber High School, Kiowa, USD 255 Barton County * Central Plains High School, Claflin, USD 112 *Ellinwood High School, Ellinwood, USD 355 * Great Bend High School, Great Bend, USD 428 * Hoisington High School, Hoisington, USD 431 Bourbon County * Uniontown High School, Uniontown, USD 235 Fort ScottChristian Learning Center [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
