Businesses and Places in Kansas
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Kansas Facts and Information
Abbreviation | KS |
Capital | Topeka |
Size | Total (Land + Water) 82,277 sq miles; Land Only 81,815 sq miles |
Number of Counties | 105 |
Time Zone | Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone |
Bordering States | Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma |
Highest Point | Mount Sunflower, 4,041 feet |
National Parks | None |
Population (2015) | 2,911,641 |
Population Density | 35.6 people / square mile |
Area Codes | 316, 620, 785, 913 |
Top 5 Cities (2010 population) | Wichita (382,368)
Overland Park (173,372) Kansas City (145,786) Topeka (127,473) Olathe (125,872) |
Statehood | January 29, 1861 |
Electoral Votes | 6 |
Governor | Official Kansas Governor Website |
U. S. Senators | List of U. S. Senators From Kansas |
U. S. Representatives | List of U. S. Representatives From Kansas |
Senators | List of Kansas State Senators |
Representatives | List of Kansas State Representatives |
Government | Official Site |
Constitution | Kansas State Constitution |
Road Conditions | Kansas Road Conditions |
Quarter Issue Date | August 29, 2005 |
Amphibian | Barred tiger salamander |
Animal | American bison |
Bird | Western meadowlark |
Flower | Sunflower |
Grass | Little bluestem |
Insect | Western honey bee |
Motto | Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties) |
Nickname | Sunflower State; Jayhawk State |
State Reptile | Ornate box turtle |
State Tree | Cottonwood |
NCAA Division I Schools | University of Kansas (Big 12)
Kansas State University (Big 12) Wichita State University (Missouri Valley) |
Gas Tax | $0.2403 / Gallon |
Cigarette Tax | $1.29 / Pack |
Tourist Attractions | Kansas Speedway Car racing track in Kansas City, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Sedgwick County Zoo Zoo in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Schlitterbahn Kansas City Water park in Kansas City, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Exploration Place Science museum in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Cosmosphere Space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Museum of World Treasures World history museum in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Big Brutus Museum in West Mineral, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Old Cowtown Museum History museum in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Overland Park Arboretum Park in Overland Park, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Rolling Hills Zoo Zoo in Salina, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Wichita Art Museum Art museum in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | The Keeper of the Plains Steel sculpture by Blackbear Bosin, located in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Sunset Zoo Zoo in Manhattan, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Eisenhower Presidential Museum Museum in Abilene, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Historic site consisting of a school and adjacent grounds that commemorates the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision aimed at ending racial segregation in public schools, located in Topeka, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Kansas Aviation Museum Aviation museum in Wichita, Kansas. |
Tourist Attractions | Tanganyika Wildlife Park Zoo in Goddard, Kansas. |
Fun Facts | The state of Kansas was named after Kansa, an Indian tribe that lived in the region about 12,000 years ago. The Kansa people were called Kansas and that became the name of the state. |
Fun Facts | The geographic center of the 48 contiguous United States is located about 2.6 miles northwest of the center of Lebanon, Kansas. |
Fun Facts | Because of its importance in the aircraft industry, Wichita is known as “the Air Capital of the World.” |
Fun Facts | In 1958, the first Pizza Hut restaurant was opened in Wichita, Kansas. |
Fun Facts | The tallest waterslide in the world is at the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Kansas City. The 168-foot-tall slide is called 'the Verrückt' (German word meaning “insane”). It is taller than Niagara Falls. |
Fun Facts | The first woman mayor in the United States was Susan Madora Salter, who was elected to office in Argonia, Kansas in 1887. |
Fun Facts | Kansas State Game rules prohibits the use of mules to hunt ducks. |
Fun Facts | DeBruce Grain Elevator in Haysville, Kansas is the largest grain elevator in the world. It is 2,717 feet long. |
Fun Facts | Walt Disney opened his first animation studio in Kansas City. Supposedly he fed a small mouse in the building, which he later said was his inspiration for Mickey Mouse. |
Name Origin | From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind” |
Residents Names | Kansan |
Tourism Office Website | www.travelks.com |
Tourism Office Phone Number | 800-2-KANSAS |
Cities in Kansas to visit
- Abilene
- Andover
- Arkansas City
- Atchison
- Augusta
- Bonner Springs
- Chanute
- Coffeyville
- Colby
- Derby
- Dodge City
- El Dorado
- Emporia
- Fort Leavenworth
- Fort Riley
- Fort Scott
- Garden City
- Gardner
- Goodland
- Great Bend
- Hays
- Hutchinson
- Independence
- Iola
- Junction City
- Kansas City
- Lawrence
- Leavenworth
- Leawood
- Lenexa
- Liberal
- Manhattan
- Mcpherson
- Merriam
- Mission
- Newton
- Olathe
- Ottawa
- Overland Park
- Paola
- Parsons
- Pittsburg
- Pratt
- Salina
- Shawnee
- Shawnee Mission
- Topeka
- Wellington
- Wichita
- Winfield