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 ReptileOrnate 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

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