By Sarah Hartness
Introduction
This article covers many interesting and fun facts about Kansas state, including weird, historical, and...
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First up are some of the best fun facts for Kansas state fans...
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The main character in the movie, Dorothy, lived in Kansas before being transported to the...
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It is in Goodland, Kansas, and it is 80 feet tall. It is holding a...
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This is the number of known caves in the state. These caves are spread throughout...
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It is just two miles northwest of Lebanon, Kansas. The point was determined in 1918...
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However, the point is still quite low and blends in with the plains which make...
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It was created by Frank and Dan Carney, two students at Wichita University. They opened...
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North America used to have 170 million acres of tallgrass prairie covering it. But, as...
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The official Kansas nickname comes from the many sunflower species that grow in Kansas. Some...
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It makes about 18% of the wheat grown in the country. Kansas produces around 319...
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The American bison was made the Kansas state animal in 1955. The American buffalo was...
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Brewster Higley, who lived in Smith County, Kansas, wrote the song. It was originally a...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder, the author of the books, lived in Kansas, which is why she...
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The county has over 318 thousand acres of land designated for growing wheat. There are...
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The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. Kansas was one of the first...
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It was made the state insect in 1976 when some school children petitioned for it...
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There are also a lot of interesting things about Kansas that you can find in...
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He was born in Denison, Texas, but he moved to Kansas before his first birthday...
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Kansas has a few professional sports teams and multiple collegiate teams. These teams include the...
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The tree is sometimes called the eastern cottonwood tree. It was named the official state...
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During a statewide election, the bird was chosen as the state bird in 1925. The...
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Some tribes who lived on the land were the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Kansa, Pawnee, and Wichita...
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The motto translates to "to the stars through difficulties." It was adopted as the motto...
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The name Kansas comes from the Sioux word "Konza." The word translates to "people south...
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He was born in Connecticut and lived in multiple states. He moved to Kansas in...
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Fort Riley is in the Flint Hills and opened in 1917. Fifteen thousand active duty...
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She was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. She was the first woman...
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People had little desire to move to the west of the Missouri River before the...
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There are also some odd facts about Kansas that are interesting to read about...
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Even though Chicago is called the Windy City, it only has average wind speeds of...
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The town of Kelly is the smallest in terms of population, with a population of...
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There is no sure reason why people adopted the name Jayhawker, or where they got...
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Experts did a study to compare the flatness of the state to a pancake from...
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There are two species of these fowls that live in Kansas. The first is the...
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Ready for some creepy facts about the state of Kansas...
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The town is well known for its paranormal activities. It was a booming town in...
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Around 8,500 men from Kansas died in the war. More than 30,000 men from the...
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The First United Methodist Church in Hutchinson, Kansas, was built in 1874. This was the...
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The name encompasses more than just Kansas. It includes parts of Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, Louisiana...
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There are a lot of historical facts about Kansas that are important to know, too...
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was the governor of a province in northern Mexico. He set...
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The United States bought the land in 1803 from France, which included multiple other states...
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Stephen Douglas, a senator from Illinois, created the Nebraska Bill, now called the Kansas-Nebraska Act...
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It was a mini-war that took place from 1854 to 1859 between the pro and...
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It was officially declared the 34th state on January 29, 1861. While it entered the...
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Next up are some cool and fun Kansas facts...
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Archeologists have found materials dating back 12,000 years. It is believed that these people came...
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The elevator is in Wichita, Kansas, and it is operated by DeBruce Grain Inc. It...
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Some of the more important ones are already listed in this article, but there are...
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The patent for the helicopter was given to William Purvis and Charles Wilson, who invented...
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The distance between the two states, by plane, or the crow's distance, is just over...
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Finally, here is some important information on Kansas that you should know...
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Topeka is just west of Kansas City and sits on the Kansas River. The population...
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In 2021, the population of Wichita was 395,699 people. Around 25% of the population is...
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There are technically two cities called Kansas City. One is in Kansas, and one is...
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During the 2021 census, the population was counted to be 2,934,582 people. Between the 2020...
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By land area, Kansas is about 82,000 square miles large. This puts it between Utah...
Conclusion
The flat, tornado-filled state of Kansas is well known for its many sunflowers and its...
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