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Wikipedia =Kansas State University, commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public doctoral university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 – the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester.Branch...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Elk County, Kansas. Official Website In 1875, Elk County was established and named for the Elk River. Adjacent Counties Chautauqua County Montgomery County Cowley County Butler County Greenwood County Wilson County Cities, Townships & Communities Busby Cave Springs Elk Falls Fiat Greenfield Grenola
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chautauqua County, Kansas. Official Website Chautauqua County was created by an act of the Kansas legislature on June 1, 1875 by the division of Howard County into Elk County (the northern half) and Chautauqua County (the southern half). Adjacent Counties Elk County Montgomery County Washington County, Oklahoma Osage Co...
North American Tribes Upper Plains Includes the Following States Iowa | Kansas | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | North Dakota | South Dakota Includes the Following Tribes Apache ( Jicarilla) Arapaho Arikara Assiniboin Blackfoot Brulé Sioux Caddo Cheyenne Cherokee Chippewa Chiwere Family Comanche Dakota (Sioux) Delaware Dotame Foxes Gros Ventre Hathawekela (Absentee Shawnee) Hidatsa Hunkp...
This subportal is part of the State of Kansas Portal . Wikipedia Please go to following link for further information: United States with Counties, Areas & Communities Project . Projects on Geni Cities & Communities Fort Riley Kansas City Overland Park Topeka Wichita
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cherokee County, Kansas. Official Website In 1803, United States acquired from France the 828,000-square mile Louisiana Purchase, the former French lands west of the Mississippi River, for 2.83 cents per acre. This territory included most of the land for modern-day Kansas. In the 1830s, the United States conducted Indian Removal of...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Butler County, Kansas. Official Website History The Great Plains of North America was inhabited by nomadic Native Americans. From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Douglas County, Kansas. Official Website In 1855, Douglas County was established. Douglas County was opened for settlement on May 15, 1854, and was named for Stephen A. Douglas, a senator from Illinois. The county was practically at the center of the Bleeding Kansas years as leaders in Lecompton (the territorial capital) wanted Kans...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Phillips County, Kansas. Official Website The county was established in 1867 and was named for another William Phillips, a Free-State supporter who was murdered September 1, 1856. Adjacent Counties Harlan County, Neb. Franklin County, Neb. Smith County Norton County Graham County Rooks County Cities, Townships ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Official Website Sedgwick County was founded in 1867, and named after John Sedgwick, who was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Chisholm Trail began in 1865 in Sedgwick County. Hundreds of thousands of tons of freight left Wichita and over 3000000 head of stock arrived over...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Harvey County, Kansas. Official Website In 1872, Harvey County was founded, and named in honor of the fifth Governor of Kansas James M. Harvey. Adjacent Counties Butler County Sedgwick County Marion County McPherson County Reno County Cities & Towns Annelly Burrton Halstead Hesston Newton (County Seat) No...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Reno County, Kansas. Official Website Reno County was established in 1867 and was named for Major-General Jesse Lee Reno who fought in the Civil War and died in the line of duty at the Battle of South Mountain in Maryland in 1862. Adjacent Counties McPherson County Rice County Harvey County Sedgwick County Kingman County...
Please add profiles for people who were born, lived or died in Cowley County, Kansas. Official Website The land that would be Cowley County was visited by the explorer DeSoto in 1537. In 1803, most of modern Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. Cowley County was ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Marion County, Kansas.= Official Website ==History=In 1855, Marion County was established. The first settlers in Marion County located on Doyle Creek, near the present site of Florence. They were Moses Shane, who came in 1858, and whose death the next year was the first in the county; Patrick Doyle, in 1859, for whom Doyle Creek and T...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in McPherson County, Kansas. Official Website The county was established in 1867 and was named for Civil War General James B. McPherson. From the 1820s to 1870s, the Santa Fe Trail passed through, what is now McPherson County. The trail entered the county, east of Canton, then south of Galva, then north of Inman, and west towards Lyo...
List of United States Representatives from Kansas Kansas' current delegation to the United States House of Representatives as of January 2025: 1st district -- Tracey Mann 2nd district -- Derek Schmidt 3rd district -- Sharice Davids 4th district -- Ron Estes
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Seward County, Kansas. Official Website The county was formed on March 20, 1873 and named after William Henry Seward, an American politician and Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Adjacent Counties Haskell County Stevens County Meade County Beaver County, Oklahoma Texas County, Oklahoma Citi...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Crawford County, Kansas. Official Website From the 16th century to 18th century, the Kingdom of France claimed ownership of large parts of North America. In 1762, after the British defeated France in the French and Indian War, France secretly ceded New France to Spain, per the Treaty of Fontainebleau. In 1802, Spain returned most o...
Wichita is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River. Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Norton County, Kansas. Official Website The county was established in 1867 and was named for Civil War soldier Orloff Norton, who was killed at Cane Hill, Arkansas, in 1864. Adjacent Counties Decatur County Sheridan County Furnas County, Neb. Harlan County, Neb. Phillips County Graham County Cities, Towns & Commun...
This cemetery, established in 1890, is located on North State Street, Norton, Norton County, Kansas. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Wikipedia = Find a Grave Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. It occupies 128.8 acres of land. As of the end of 2005 it had 30,875 interments. It is sometimes locally referred to as "Old Soldiers' Home".
Wikipedia The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university and the largest in the U.S. state of Kansas. KU branch campuses are located in the towns of Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, Salina, and Kansas City, Kansas, with the main campus located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest location in Lawrence. Founded March 21st, 1865, the university was opened in 1866, under a char...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas. It is not to be confused with Kansas City, Missouri Official Website In October 1872, "old" Kansas City, Kansas, was incorporated. The first city election was held on October 22 of that year, by order of Judge Hiram Stevens of the Tenth Judicial District, and resulted in the election of Mayo...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Official Website The county is named after the Wyandot (also known as Wyandott or Wyandotte) Indians. They were called the Huron by the French in Canada, but called themselves Wendat. They were distantly related to the Iroquois, with whom they sometimes fought. They had hoped to keep white Americans out of ...