Kansas

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• Capital City: Topeka
• City Guides: Kansas City Guides
• Location: 39.037N, 95.691W
• Capital Tour: Capitol Tour
• 50states School Directory: Find your school!  
• Admission to Statehood: January 29, 1861
• Ancestry and Genealogy: Kansas State Database
• Area: 82282 sq.mi., 15th   Land 81823 sq.mi., 13th   Water 459 sq.mi., 43rd
  
• Area Codes: 316 - 620 - 785 - 913
• Biographies: Famous Kansans
• Bird: Western Meadowlark   50states List
• Border States: Regional List   Colorado   Missouri   Nebraska   Oklahoma
• Cam World: Live Web Cams
• City Guides: Kansas City Guides
• Climate: Kansas
• Colleges, Universities: Kansas Colleges, Kansas Business Schools, Kansas Art Schools
• Community and Technical Colleges: Kansas Community Colleges
• Community Pages: 50states List
• Constitution: 34th State
• County Profile: County Map   105 Counties
• Courts: Judicial System
• Current Events: Kansas News Headlines
• Department of: Education   Certification
• Driving: DMV
• Economy:
  • Agriculture: Cattle, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, hogs, corn.
  • Industry: Transportation equipment, food processing, printing and publishing, chemical products, machinery, apparel, petroleum, mining.
• Editorial Cartoons: Cartoonists Index
• Fast Facts: 50states List
• Flag:
  On a navy blue field is a sunflower,the state flower. Also, the state seal and the words "Kansas". In the picture of the state seal are thirty-four stars representing the order of statehood. Above the stars is the motto "To the Stars Through Difficulties". On the seal a sunrise overshadows a farmer plowing a field near his log cabin, a steamboat sailing the Kansas River, a wagon train heading west and Native Americans hunting bison. Flag adopted 1927.   Get this Flag
  
• Flower: Sunflower   Helianthus annuus
• Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List   Historical Societies      
• Geographic Center: Barton, 15 miles northeast of Great Bend
• Governor: Office of Governor
• Highest Point: Mt. Sunflower; 4,039 feet, 28th
• Highway Markers: Kansas  Resource Manual
• History: Historical     Civil War
• Internet Service Providers: Kansas
• Largest Cities: Wichita   Overland Park   Kansas City   Topeka   Olathe   Lawrence   Shawnee   Salina   Manhattan   Hutchinson
• Library: Blue Skyways - Kansas State Library   Kansas Libraries  
• License Plates: Kansas
• Local Resources: Kansas Courts Kansas Fire Departments Kansas Counseling Services Kansas Police Departments Kansas Government Offices
• Lowest Point: Verdigris River; 680 feet, 43rd
• Maps: Rand McNally   DMOZ   Blank Outline Map   50states List
• Media: Radio   TV
• Motto: Ad astra per aspera
  • To the stars through difficulties
• Museums: The Virtual Library
• Newspapers: Kansas
• Nickname: Sunflower State
• Nursing Schools: Kansas
• Origin of state's name: From the Sioux Indian for "south wind people"
• Pen Pals: Penpalworld.com
• Permanent Residents: Find A Grave
• Population: Quick facts   2,688,418; 32nd, 12/00
• Public Records: Kansas
• Real Estate: Kansas Real Estate
• Representatives:
  • US House:   110th Congress
  • US Senate:   110th Congress
  • Kansas House: Members
  • Kansas Senate: Members
• Road Side America: Kansas
• School Directory: Kansas Schools     Public Schools   Private Schools
• Soil: Kansas - Harney
• Song: Home on the Range   50states List   Sheet Music
  • words by: Brewster Higley
  • music by: Daniel Kelley
• Sports: Kansas Teams
• State Parks: Kansas
• State Quarters: Kansas
• Symbols: Kansas Governor
• Topography: Image   Hilly Osage plains in the east; central region level prairie and hills; high plains in the west.
• Travel: Kansas Travel
• Tree: Cottonwood   Populus deltoides  
• Unclaimed Funds: Kansas
• Veteran Affairs: Kansas CVA   Military Links
• Vital Records: Kansas Vital Records
• Weather: Topeka, Forbes Field
• White Pages: Kansas White Pages
• Yellow Pages: Kansas Yellow Pages
• Zip Codes: Kansas Zip Codes