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City of Manhattan
Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan
Riley County Courthouse, Manhattan
Nickname: The Little Apple
Location within Kansas
Location within Kansas
Coordinates: 39°11′30″N 96°35′30″W / 39.19167, -96.59167
Country United States
State Kansas
Counties Riley, Pottawatomie
Settled 1855
Incorporated May 30, 1857
Government
 - Type Commission-Manager
 - Mayor Mark Hatesohl
 - Commissioner Tom Phillips
 - Commissioner Bob Strawn
 - Commissioner Bruce Snead
 - Commissioner Jim Sherow
Area
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 - Land 15. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 0 sq mi (38. 9 km²)
 - Water 0. 0 sq mi (0. 0 km²)
Elevation 1,020 ft (311 m)
Population (2006)[1]
 - Total 50,737
 - Density 3,382/sq mi (1,304/km²)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 66502–66503, 66505-66506
Area code(s) 785
FIPS code 20-44250[2]
GNIS feature ID 0476378[3]
Website: www.ci.manhattan.ks.us

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Nicknamed The Little Apple in 1977 as a play on New York City's "Big Apple," it is most well-known for being the home of Kansas State University. The City of New York The Big Apple is a nickname or Moniker for New York City. It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States Eight miles (13 km) west of the town is Fort Riley, a United States Army post. Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. In 2007, CNN and Money magazine rated Manhattan as one of the ten best places in America to retire young. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Money is a Time Inc Personal finance magazine Its first issue was published in October 1972 Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely [4]

Contents

History

Polistra and Canton

The Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the territory to settlement in 1854. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands repealed the Missouri Compromise of That fall, George S. Park founded the first Euro-American settlement within the borders of the current Manhattan. George Shepherd Park (October 28 1811–June 6 1890 was a Texas War of Independence hero and founder of Parkville Missouri, Park University and Park named it Polistra (in some histories referred to as Poliska or Poleska). [5]

Later that same year, Samuel D. Houston and four other pioneers founded a neighboring community near the mouth of the Big Blue River that they named Canton. [6] Neither Canton nor Polistra ever grew to include anyone beyond their original founders.

Free-Staters

In March 1855, a group of Free-Staters traveled to Kansas Territory under the auspices of the New England Emigrant Aid Company to found a Free-State town. The Territory of Kansas was an Organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30 1854 until January 29 1861 when Kansas became the 34th The Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company was a transportation company set up to transport Emigrants to Kansas Territory to shift the balance of power so that Free-Staters Led by Isaac Goodnow, the first members of the group selected (in conjunction with Samuel C. Pomeroy) the location of the Polistra and Canton claims for the Aid Company's new settlement. Isaac Tichenor Goodnow (January 17 1814–March 20 1894 was an abolitionist and co-founder of Kansas State University and Manhattan Kansas. Samuel Clarke Pomeroy ( January 3, 1816 &ndash August 27, 1891) was a Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century serving in After the New Englanders arrived at the site, in April 1855 the various settlers agreed to join their three groups into one settlement named Boston. [5]

Downtown Manhattan in 2005
Downtown Manhattan in 2005

In June 1855, the steamboat Hartford, carrying 75 settlers from Ohio, ran aground in the Kansas River near the settlement. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The Kansas River (also known as the Kaw) is a River in northeastern Kansas in the United States. The Hartford passengers accepted an invitation to join the new town, but insisted that it be renamed Manhattan, which was done on June 29, 1855. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. Manhattan was incorporated on May 30, 1857. A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the [5]

Early events

Early Manhattan settlers found themselves in conflict with Native Americans and the town itself was threatened by pro-slavery Southerners, but the proximity of Fort Riley protected the settlement from the major violence visited upon other Free-State towns during the "Bleeding Kansas" era. Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples from the regions of North America now encompassed by the continental United States Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia in 1607 and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City Bleeding Kansas, sometimes referred to in history as Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events involving Free-Staters

The young town received an early boost when gold was discovered in the Rocky Mountains in 1859 and Fifty-Niners began to stream through Manhattan on their way to prospect in the mountains. The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in Gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. The Fifty-Niners were the estimated 100000 gold seekers who streamed into the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory Manhattan was one of the last significant settlements on the route west, and the village's merchants did a brisk business selling supplies to miners.

At the same time, Manhattan was fast becoming a center of education. In 1858, the Territorial Legislature chartered the private Methodist Bluemont Central College in Manhattan. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations In 1861, when the State of Kansas entered the Union, Isaac Goodnow, who had been a teacher in Rhode Island, began lobbying the legislature to establish a university in Manhattan. Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Rhode Island ( officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States As an inducement, the Manhattanites offered to the state the physical plant of Bluemont Central College. The culmination of these efforts came on February 16, 1863, when the Kansas legislature established Kansas State Agricultural College (now Kansas State University) in Manhattan. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States

By the time the Kansas Pacific Railroad laid its tracks west through Manhattan in 1866, the 11-year-old settlement was already permanently ensconced in the tallgrass prairie. The Kansas Pacific Railway ( KP) was a historic railroad company that operated in the western United States in the late 19th century The tallgrass prairie is an Ecosystem native to central North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance Manhattan has increased in population every decade since its founding.

Geography

Konza Prairie
Konza Prairie

Manhattan is located at 39°11.5′N 96°35.5′W / 39.1917, -96.5917, or about 50 miles (80 km) west of Topeka on the Kansas River. The Konza Prairie Biological Station is a 3487-hectare (8616 acre 13 Topeka ( Kansa: Tó Ppí Kˀé ˌto ˈpːi ˌkˀeɪ Ioway: Dó Pí Kˀé ˌto ˈpʰi ˌkˀeɪ The Kansas River (also known as the Kaw) is a River in northeastern Kansas in the United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 15. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 0 square miles (39 km²), almost all land.

Geographic features

Manhattan is located in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, which consists of continuous rolling hills covered in tall grasses. The Flint Hills, historically known as Bluestem Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a band of hills in eastern Kansas stretching into north-central Oklahoma However, the current downtown area – the original site of Manhattan – was built on a broad, flat floodplain at the junction of the Kansas and Big Blue rivers. ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a Stream or River that experiences occasional or periodic

Tuttle Creek Reservoir is located 5 miles (8 km) north of Manhattan. Tuttle Creek Lake is a man-made reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles (8 km north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast The lake was formed when the Big Blue River was dammed for flood control in the 1960s, and it is now a state park that offers many recreational opportunities. This is a list of State parks in the US state of Kansas operated by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. South of town is the Konza Prairie, a tallgrass prairie preserve jointly owned by The Nature Conservancy and Kansas State University. The Konza Prairie Biological Station is a 3487-hectare (8616 acre 13 Prairie, from the French prairie ("meadow" "grassland" "pasture" refers to an area of land of low topographic relief that historically The Nature Conservancy is a US charitable Environmental organization working to preserve the Plants, Animals, and natural communities Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States

Climate

Over the course of a year, temperatures range from an average low of almost 15 °F (−9 °C) in January to an average high of nearly 93 °F (34 °C) in July. The maximum temperature reaches 90 °F (32 °C) an average of 56 days per year and reaches 100 °F (38 °C) an average of 9 days per year. The minimum temperature falls below the freezing point (32°F) an average of 118 days per year. Typically the first fall freeze occurs between the last week of September and the end of October, and the last spring freeze occurs between the first week of April and early May.

The area receives nearly 35 inches (890 mm) of precipitation during an average year with the largest share being received in May and June—the April–June period averages 33 days of measurable precipitation. During a typical year the total amount of precipitation may be anywhere from 24 to 46 inches (1,200 mm). There are on average 97 days of measurable precipitation per year. Winter snowfall averages almost 16 inches, but the median is less than 10 inches (250 mm). Measurable snowfall occurs an average of 10 days per year with at least an inch of snow being received on six of those days. Snow depth of at least an inch occurs an average of 20 days per year.

Source: Monthly Station Climate Summaries, 1971-2000, U.S. National Climatic Data Center
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Temperatures (°F)
Mean high 39. 5 46. 8 57. 5 67. 9 77. 5 87. 1 92. 5 90. 8 82. 1 70. 7 54. 5 42. 9 67. 5
Mean low 16. 1 21. 5 31. 4 42. 2 52. 5 62. 3 67. 3 65. 1 55. 5 43. 2 30. 2 19. 9 42. 3
Highest recorded 74
(1939)		 84
(1972)		 95
(1907)		 99
(1910)		 103
(1934)		 112
(1911)		 115
(1936)		 116
(1936)		 112
(1947)		 98
(1947)		 87
(1909)		 77
(1939)		 116
(1936)
Lowest recorded −31
(1947)		 −26
(1905)		 −12
(1948)		 5
(1920)		 23
(1907)		 39
(1946)		 38
(1902)		 40
(1916)		 26
(1995)		 13
(1993)		 −9
(1952)		 −22
(1989)		 −31
(1947)
Precipitation (inches)
Median 0. 79 0. 92 2. 11 2. 22 4. 53 4. 62 3. 20 2. 93 3. 28 2. 38 1. 51 0. 85 34. 34
Mean number of days 5. 4 5. 2 7. 9 10. 0 12. 0 10. 9 8. 6 9. 2 8. 1 7. 7 7. 0 5. 2 97. 2
Highest monthly 3. 16
(1979)		 2. 48
(1997)		 7. 40
(1973)		 9. 52
(1999)		 14. 73
(1995)		 11. 55
(1977)		 17. 56
(1993)		 7. 25
(1977)		 9. 89
(1973)		 6. 49
(1973)		 5. 79
(1998)		 3. 40
(1973)
Snowfall (inches)
Median 3. 7 3. 2 0. 8 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 1 1. 7 9. 5
Mean number of days 4. 5 3. 2 1. 7 0. 6 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 1. 5 3. 5 15. 0
Highest monthly 16. 2
(1985)		 18. 5
(1978)		 9. 0
(1998)		 4. 8
(1975)		 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 1. 1
(1991)		 8. 8
(1975)		 14. 6
(1983)
Notes: Temperatures are in degrees Fahrenheit. Temperature is a physical property of a system that underlies the common notions of hot and cold something that is hotter generally has the greater temperature Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 Precipitation includes rain and melted snow or sleet in inches; median values are provided for precipitation and snowfall because mean averages may be misleading. In Meteorology, precipitation (also known as one class of hydrometeors, which are atmospheric water phenomena is any product of the condensation of atmospheric Rain is Liquid precipitation. On Earth it is the condensation of atmospheric Water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall often making it to "Snowfall" redirects here For other uses see Snow (disambiguation or Snowfall (disambiguation. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. In Probability theory and Statistics, a median is described as the number separating the higher half of a sample a population or a Probability distribution In Mathematics and Statistics, the arithmetic Mean (or simply the mean) of a list of numbers is the sum of all the members of the list divided Mean and median values are for the 30-year period 1971–2000; temperature extremes are for the station's period of record (1900–2001). The station is located in Manhattan at 39°13′N 96°36′W, elevation 1,065 feet (325 m).

June 2008 Tornado

Main article: June 2008 tornado outbreak sequence

A tornado ripped through Manhattan at approximately 10:30 PM on June 11, 2008. The June 2008 tornado outbreak sequence was a series of Tornado outbreaks and Derecho events affecting most of central and eastern North America from June A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Thirty-one homes were destroyed by the EF4 tornado, several businesses were hurt and Kansas State University suffered damage estimated at $20 million. Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States On campus, several buildings sustained significant damage and the Wind Erosion Laboratory was itself quickly destroyed by the winds of the tornado. [7] No one was killed. [8]

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.  %±
1870 1,173
—
1880 2,105 79. 5%
1890 3,004 42. 7%
1900 3,438 14. 4%
1910 5,722 66. 4%
1920 7,989 39. 6%
1930 10,136 26. 9%
1940 11,659 15%
1950 19,056 63. 4%
1960 22,993 20. 7%
1970 27,575 19. 9%
1980 32,644 18. 4%
1990 37,712 15. 5%
2000 44,831 18. 9%

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 44,831 people, 16,949 households, and 8,254 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 2,983. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 9 people per square mile (1,152. 4/km²). There were 17,690 housing units at an average density of 1,177. 4/sq mi (454. 7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87. 28% White, 4. 86% African American, 0. 48% Native American, 3. 93% Asian, 0. 07% Pacific Islander, 1. 30% from other races, and 2. 07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3. 49% of the population.

There were 16,949 households out of which 22. 7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39. 6% were married couples living together, 6. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51. 3% were non-families. 30. 5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 30 and the average family size was 2. 89.

The age distribution is 15. 8% under the age of 18, 39. 2% from 18 to 24, 24. 0% from 25 to 44, 13. 2% from 45 to 64, and 7. 8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 106. 4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105. 4 males. The general age distribution is typical of a university town; the sex distribution is not uncommon in areas dominated by major land-grant universities.

The median income for a household in the city was $30,463, and the median income for a family was $48,289. Males had a median income of $31,396 versus $24,611 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,566. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 8. 7% of families and 24. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 1% of those under age 18 and 7. 8% of those age 65 or over. However, traditional poverty statistics can be misleading when applied to communities with large student populations, such as Manhattan.

Sites of interest

Manhattan is the site of Kansas State University sporting events, performing arts, lecture series and the annual Country Stampede Music Festival – the largest music festival in Kansas. Kansas State University 's (variously "K-State" or "KSU" athletic teams are called the Wildcats and their official color is royal purple white and silver The Country Stampede Music Festival is an outdoor Country music and Camping festival held at Tuttle Creek Lake State Park north of Manhattan Kansas

The Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art and the Kansas State University Gardens are located on the campus of Kansas State University. The Kansas State University Gardens (19 acres is a new horticulture display garden being developed and maintained by the Department of Horticulture Forestry and Recreation Resources Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States Next to campus is Aggieville, a shopping and retail center with enough bars to satisfy the college crowd. Aggieville is the name of six square blocks consisting of college-age oriented bars restaurants and shops in Manhattan Kansas Aggieville is also home to the longest continuously-operating Pizza Hut in the world.

Manhattan's Sunset Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). The Association of Zoos and Aquariums ( AZA; previously American Zoo and Aquarium Association, and originally American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Colbert Hills Golf Course, which is annually ranked by Golf Digest among the best in the state, is home to the Earl Woods National Youth Golf Academy and a host site for the First Tee program. Golf Digest is a monthly Golf Magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States. Earl Dennison Woods ( March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was an athlete a US Army infantry officer (retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel) The First Tee is a Charitable organization in the United States whose aim is bettering the lives of children through the game of Golf and the values that Manhattan is also the birthplace of Damon Runyon, the "Inventor of Broadway," and his Manhattan house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Damon Runyon ( 4 October 1884 – 10 December 1946) was a newspaperman and writer Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of

Manhattan and "KS Hill" in October 2005
Manhattan and "KS Hill" in October 2005

The buildings which house The Flint Hills Job Corps Training Center west of town were once used as a nursing home and orphanage operated by the Fraternal Order of Odd Fellows. Job Corps is a no-cost education and Vocational training program administered by the Office of the United States Secretary of the Department of Labor There are various Orders of Odd Fellows world wide this article is about the North American organization and fellowship

The first capitol of the Kansas Territory is preserved nearby, on Fort Riley grounds. Pawnee Kansas is a former town that served as the first official Capital of the Kansas Territory in 1855 The Territory of Kansas was an Organized territory of the United States that existed from May 30 1854 until January 29 1861 when Kansas became the 34th

Education

Manhattan is home to Kansas State University, Manhattan Christian College, Manhattan Area Technical College, the American Institute of Baking and The Flint Hills Job Corps Training Center. Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States Manhattan Christian College is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan Kansas, USA The American Institute of Baking is a Not-for-profit corporation, founded by the North American wholesale and retail Baking industries in 1919 as a Technology Job Corps is a no-cost education and Vocational training program administered by the Office of the United States Secretary of the Department of Labor The town is also headquarters for the International Association for Jazz Education. International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE was a Non-profit voluntary organization that distributed student Scholarships through its approved festivals program

Manhattan has one public high school with two campuses (Manhattan High School), two junior high schools (Susan B. Manhattan High School is a public High school (grades 9-12 in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. Anthony and Dwight D. Eisenhower), and eight elementary schools (Amanda Arnold, Frank V. Bergman, Lee, Marlatt, Northview, Theodore Roosevelt, Bluemont and Woodrow Wilson). The town also has two private school systems: Flint Hills Christian School and the Manhattan Catholic Schools.

Transportation

Manhattan Regional Airport is located 4 kilometres (2 mi) west of Manhattan on K-18. K-18 is a primarily east-west state highway running between US-24 and I-70 in north central Kansas The airport is served by Great Lakes Airlines. Great Lakes Airlines, formerly Great Lakes Aviation, is an American Airline based in Cheyenne Wyoming, USA. Manhattan has no internal mass transit system, and bus and train service to and from the town has been discontinued over the past several years. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another

Highways

Manhattan is served by several state highways:

Interstate 70 runs about 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Manhattan. Interstate 70 enters flat plains in Kansas This portion of I-70 was the first segment to start being paved and to be completed in the interstate system Three exits have a direct connection to Manhattan.

U.S. Route 24 runs through Manhattan. US Route 24, a dual north-south/east-west route is one of the original United States highways of 1926 East on 24 is Wamego, West is Clay Center. US-24 comes in from Clay Center, runs north of town, turns into a four-lane highway near Tuttle Creek State Park and travels downtown as Tuttle Creek Boulevard until an intersection with E. Poyntz Ave. and turns northeast to Wamego.

K-177 runs north from I-70 as Bill Snyder Highway until the Kansas River viaduct. K-177 is a state highway in central Kansas It runs from US-54 near El Dorado to Manhattan, passing through the Flint Hills. Bill Snyder (born October 7, 1939, in Saint Joseph Missouri) is the former head football coach at Kansas State University, holding A half-leaf interchange with K-18 (Tuttle Creek Blvd. K-18 is a primarily east-west state highway running between US-24 and I-70 in north central Kansas and Ft. Riley Blvd. ) and travels North as US-24. It officially ends at the intersection with U.S. Route 77 near Randolph. US Route 77 is a north-south United States highway. It is unsigned in and around Dallas Texas.

K-18 is a major connector in Manhattan. K-18 is a primarily east-west state highway running between US-24 and I-70 in north central Kansas It begins about 18 miles (29 km) east of Manhattan, at K-99. K-99 is a Kansas State highway that runs 233 Miles north-south through the eastern part of the state It runs through Wabunsee and Zeandale to K-177, crosses to Kansas River, and runs West toward the Manhattan Regional Airport and Ogden. It then travels south to I-70 as a major gateway to Manhattan.

K-113 (Seth Child Road) runs North-South from K-18 to US-24 north of Manhattan.

Notable residents

See also Johnny Kaw, fictional Kansas settler

Twin or partner cities

The town in popular culture

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