Kansas Facts and Information
State Capitol: Topeka
Largest City: Wichita
Population: 2,764,075 (2006)
State Motto: AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
Translation: To The Stars Through Hardships
Number of Law Enforcement Agencies: 431
Number of Incorporated Towns: 600+
Number of Counties: 105
Land Area: 82,277 square miles
Highest Point: Mt. Sunflower - 4039 ft (1,232 m)
State Nickname: The Sunflower State
Statehood: January 29th 1861 (34th State)
Interesting facts about Kansas:
The geographic center of North America in located in Meades Ranch (about 40 miles south of Lebanon in Smith County. This location in northwest Kansas is the beginning point of reference for land surveying and mapping in North America.
Dodge City is the windiest city in the USA.
There have been 27 episodes of the TV show COPS filmed in Kansas...
(15 in Wichita & 12 in Kansas City)
Started in 1827, Fort Leavenworth is oldest continuously operating military post in the western United States.
Sumner County is known as "The Wheat Capitol of The World".
Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson & "Wild Bill" Hickock have served as Kansas lawmen.
Atchison is named as one of the most haunted towns in America.
Helium was discovered in 1905 at the University of Kansas.
You can visit Dorothy's home from The Wizard of Oz in Liberal.
For more information on Kansas history and statistics, click below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas