Southeast Kansas

E125435

Southeast Kansas is a region of Kansas known for its historic coal mining communities, rolling prairie landscapes, and small industrial and agricultural towns.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region
region
borders Flint Hills
Missouri
Oklahoma
climate humid continental transition zone
humid subtropical
contains Allen County, Kansas
Altamont, Kansas
Arma, Kansas
Baxter Springs, Kansas
Bourbon County, Kansas
Chanute, Kansas
Cherokee County, Kansas
Cherryvale, Kansas
Coffeyville, Kansas
Colony, Kansas
Columbus, Kansas
Crawford County, Kansas
Erie, Kansas
Eureka, Kansas
Fort Scott, Kansas
Frontenac, Kansas
Galena, Kansas
Girard, Kansas
Howard, Kansas
Humboldt, Kansas
Independence, Kansas
Iola, Kansas
Kansas Highway 66
surface form: Kansas segment of U.S. Route 66

Labette County, Kansas
Linn County, Kansas
Montgomery County, Kansas
Mound City, Kansas
Neodesha, Kansas
Neosho County, Kansas
Oswego, Kansas
Parsons, Kansas
Pittsburg, Kansas
Pleasanton, Kansas
Riverton, Kansas
Uniontown, Kansas
Weir, Kansas
Wilson County, Kansas
Woodson County, Kansas
Yates Center, Kansas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economicActivity agriculture
energy production
manufacturing
hasCulturalHeritage Route 66 roadside culture
immigrant mining communities
hasLandscape prairie
river valleys
wooded hills
hasTransportation Kansas Highway 7
U.S. Route 160 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 166 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 400 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 69 NERFINISHED
hasUniversity Pittsburg State University
historicalEvent coal mining boom in late 19th century
labor struggles in coal fields
historicalIndustry coal mining
lead mining
zinc smelting
knownFor agricultural towns
historic coal mining communities
rolling prairie landscapes
small industrial towns
locatedIn Great Plains
Midwestern United States
partOf Kansas
timeZone Central Time Zone
traversedBy Fall River
Neosho River
Spring River
Verdigris River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crawford County, Kansas region Southeast Kansas
Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area locatedIn Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: Southeastern Kansas
Girard, Kansas locatedInRegion Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: Southeastern Kansas
Neosho County, Kansas region Southeast Kansas
Walnut, Kansas hasRegionalContext Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: southeast Kansas
Franklin, Kansas region Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: Southeast Kansas coal field
Opolis, Kansas region Southeast Kansas
Pittsburg State University locatedIn Southeast Kansas
Pittsburg State University regionServed Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: southeast Kansas
Arcadia, Kansas isInRegion Southeast Kansas
Pittsburg, Kansas locatedInRegion Southeast Kansas
Weir, Kansas locatedInRegion Southeast Kansas
Scammon, Kansas region Southeast Kansas
Fort Scott, Kansas region Southeast Kansas
Kansas Highway 26 locatedInRegion Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: southeastern Kansas
Battle of Osawatomie primaryTheater Southeast Kansas
this entity surface form: Kansas–Missouri border region