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- Admission to Statehood: January 29, 1861
- 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
- Classified Ads: Shop50states Classifieds
- Climate: Kansas
- Colleges, Universities: 50states List
- Community and Technical Colleges: 50states List
- Community Pages: 50states List
- Constitution: 34 th State
- County Profile: Text List 105 Counties
- Courts: Judicial System
- Current Events: 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 wagontrain heading west and Native Americans hunting bison. Flag adopted 1927. Fly this Flag
- Flower: Sunflower Helianthus annuus
- Genealogical Resources: Cyndi's List Historical Societies
- Geographic Center: Barton, 15 miles northeast of Great Bend
- Governor: Bill Graves (R)
- Highest Point: Mt. Sunflower; 4039 feet, 28th
- Highway Markers: Kansas Resource Manual
- History: Historical History Channel Civil War
- Largest Cities: Wichita Overland Park Kansas City Topeka Olathe Lawrence Shawnee Salina Manhattan Hutchinson
- Library: Blue Skyways - Kansas State Library
- License Plates: Kansas
- Lowest Point: Verdigris River; 680 feet, 43rd
- Maps: 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
- 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: Ired.com - Kansas
- Representatives:
- Road Side America: Kansas
- Soil: Kansas - Harney
- Song: Home on the Range 50states List
- words by: Brewster Higley
- music by: Daniel Kelley
- Sports: Kansas Teams
- State Parks: Kansas
- Symbols: Geobop's
- Topography: Image Hilly Osage plains in the east;central region level prairie and hills; high plains in the west.
- Tourism: Tour Kansas
- Tree: Cottonwood Populus deltoides Plant a Historic Tree, Today!
- Unclaimed Funds: Kansas
- Veteran Affairs: Kansas CVA Military Links
- Vital Records: Kansas
- Weather: Topeka, Forbes Field
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