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'''Kansas''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Kansas.ogg|ˈ|k|æ|n|z|ə|s}} {{respell|KAN|zəss}})<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Kansas|accessdate=2024-03-08}}</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] region of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/population/metro/data/metrodef.html |title = Current Lists of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Delineations |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170127162523/http://www.census.gov/population/metro/data/metrodef.html |archive-date = January 27, 2017}}</ref> It borders [[Nebraska]] to the north; [[Missouri]] to the east; [[Oklahoma]] to the south; and [[Colorado]] to the west. Kansas is named after the [[Kansas River]], in turn named after the [[Kaw people|Kansa]] people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1950/50_2_langsdorf.htm |title=Kansas Historical Quarterly—A Review of Early Navigation on the Kansas River—Kansas Historical Society |publisher=Kshs.org |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922040512/https://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1950/50_2_langsdorf.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Kansas history page |url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm |access-date = April 13, 2019 |archive-date = December 26, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226000427/http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm%20 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>''The Encyclopedia of Kansas'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-403-09921-8}}</ref><ref>John Koontz, p.c.</ref> Its [[List of capitals in the United States|capital]] is [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], and its [[List of cities in Kansas|most populous city]] is [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Kansas City, MO–KS metropolitan area]]. | '''Kansas''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Kansas.ogg|ˈ|k|æ|n|z|ə|s}} {{respell|KAN|zəss}})<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Kansas|accessdate=2024-03-08}}</ref> is a [[U.S. state|state]] in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] region of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/population/metro/data/metrodef.html |title = Current Lists of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Delineations |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170127162523/http://www.census.gov/population/metro/data/metrodef.html |archive-date = January 27, 2017}}</ref> It borders [[Nebraska]] to the north; [[Missouri]] to the east; [[Oklahoma]] to the south; and [[Colorado]] to the west. Kansas is named after the [[Kansas River]], in turn named after the [[Kaw people|Kansa]] people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1950/50_2_langsdorf.htm |title=Kansas Historical Quarterly—A Review of Early Navigation on the Kansas River—Kansas Historical Society |publisher=Kshs.org |access-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922040512/https://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1950/50_2_langsdorf.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Kansas history page |url = http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm |access-date = April 13, 2019 |archive-date = December 26, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226000427/http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/ks_intro.htm%20 |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>''The Encyclopedia of Kansas'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-403-09921-8}}</ref><ref>John Koontz, p.c.</ref> Its [[List of capitals in the United States|capital]] is [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], and its [[List of cities in Kansas|most populous city]] is [[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]; however, the largest urban area is the bi-state [[Kansas City metropolitan area|Kansas City, MO–KS metropolitan area]]. | ||
For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse [[Plains Indians|Indigenous tribes]]. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at [[Fort Leavenworth]]. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]], conflict between abolitionist [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free-Staters]] from [[New England]] and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri broke out over the question of whether Kansas would become a [[Slave states and free states|free state or a slave state]], in a period known as [[Bleeding Kansas]]. On January 29, 1861,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan29.html |title = Today in History: January 29 |publisher = Memory.loc.gov |access-date = July 31, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100727012836/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan29.html |archive-date = July 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://governor.ks.gov/about-kansas/quickfacts |title = Kansas Quick Facts |website = governor.ks.gov |access-date = December 30, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511125749/https://governor.ks.gov/about-kansas/quickfacts |archive-date = May 11, 2011 }}</ref> Kansas entered the | For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse [[Plains Indians|Indigenous tribes]]. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at [[Fort Leavenworth]]. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the [[Slavery in the United States|slavery]] debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]], conflict between abolitionist [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free-Staters]] from [[New England]] and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri broke out over the question of whether Kansas would become a [[Slave states and free states|free state or a slave state]], in a period known as [[Bleeding Kansas]]. On January 29, 1861,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan29.html |title = Today in History: January 29 |publisher = Memory.loc.gov |access-date = July 31, 2010 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100727012836/http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan29.html |archive-date = July 27, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://governor.ks.gov/about-kansas/quickfacts |title = Kansas Quick Facts |website = governor.ks.gov |access-date = December 30, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110511125749/https://governor.ks.gov/about-kansas/quickfacts |archive-date = May 11, 2011 }}</ref> Kansas entered the Union as a free state, hence the unofficial nickname "The Free State". Passage of the [[Homestead Acts]] in 1862 brought a further influx of settlers, and the booming cattle trade of the 1870s attracted some of the Wild West's most iconic figures to western Kansas.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Clavin |first1=Thomas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywT0DQAAQBAJ |title=Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West |last2=Clavin |first2=Tom |date=2017-02-28 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-250-07148-4 |language=en |access-date=January 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329032913/https://books.google.com/books?id=ywT0DQAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |title=How Dodge City Became a Symbol of Frontier Lawlessness |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dodge-city-became-symbol-frontier-lawlessness-180967912/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106012908/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-dodge-city-became-symbol-frontier-lawlessness-180967912/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
As of 2015, Kansas was among the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, [[sorghum]], and [[soybean]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://agriculture.ks.gov/about-ksda/kansas-agriculture |title = Kansas Agriculture |website = Kansas Department of Agriculture |access-date = September 14, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150920203532/http://www.agriculture.ks.gov/about-ksda/kansas-agriculture |archive-date = September 20, 2015}}</ref> In addition to its traditional strength in agriculture, Kansas possesses an extensive aerospace industry. Kansas, which has an area of {{convert|82278|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|sp=us}} is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|15th-largest state by area]], the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|36th most-populous]] of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865<ref>{{cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=2020 Census|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf|website=Census.gov|access-date=April 26, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194028/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> according to the 2020 census, and the [[List of states and territories of the United States by population density|10th least densely populated]]. Residents of Kansas are called ''Kansans''. [[Mount Sunflower]] is Kansas's highest point at {{convert|4039|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peakery.com/Mount-Sunflower/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403092525/http://peakery.com/Mount-Sunflower/|archive-date=April 3, 2011|title=Mount Sunflower—Kansas, United States • peakery|date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> | As of 2015, Kansas was among the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, [[sorghum]], and [[soybean]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://agriculture.ks.gov/about-ksda/kansas-agriculture |title = Kansas Agriculture |website = Kansas Department of Agriculture |access-date = September 14, 2015 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150920203532/http://www.agriculture.ks.gov/about-ksda/kansas-agriculture |archive-date = September 20, 2015}}</ref> In addition to its traditional strength in agriculture, Kansas possesses an extensive aerospace industry. Kansas, which has an area of {{convert|82278|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|sp=us}} is the [[List of U.S. states and territories by area|15th-largest state by area]], the [[List of U.S. states and territories by population|36th most-populous]] of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865<ref>{{cite web|date=April 26, 2021|title=2020 Census|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf|website=Census.gov|access-date=April 26, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426194028/https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/data/apportionment/apportionment-2020-table01.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> according to the 2020 census, and the [[List of states and territories of the United States by population density|10th least densely populated]]. Residents of Kansas are called ''Kansans''. [[Mount Sunflower]] is Kansas's highest point at {{convert|4039|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peakery.com/Mount-Sunflower/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403092525/http://peakery.com/Mount-Sunflower/|archive-date=April 3, 2011|title=Mount Sunflower—Kansas, United States • peakery|date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> | ||