Ellis, Kansas, United States

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Ellis, Kansas, United States, is a small Midwestern town best known as the boyhood home of automotive pioneer Walter Chrysler.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
human settlement
country United States
county Ellis County, Kansas
distanceTo about 15 miles west of Hays, Kansas
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 2140 feet
about 650 meters
FIPSCode 20-20525
foundedAs railroad town
GNISFeatureID 0473310
hasAreaCode 785
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasElementarySchool Washington Elementary School (Ellis, Kansas)
hasFeature Ellis Lakeside Campground
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government
hasHighSchool Ellis High School
hasHistoricDistrict Ellis Downtown Historic District
hasLocalNewspaper Ellis Review-Headlight
hasMiddleSchool Ellis Junior High School
hasMuseum Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum
hasNotablePerson Walter Chrysler
Walter P. Chrysler
hasPark Creekside Park (Ellis, Kansas)
Riverfront Park (Ellis, Kansas)
hasPostalCode 67637
hasPrimaryEconomicActivities agriculture
local retail and services
railroad-related services
hasPublicLibrary Ellis Public Library
hasRailroadHistoryWith Union Pacific Railroad
hasSchoolDistrict Ellis USD 388
hasTransportation Ellis Municipal Airport
hasWaterBody Big Creek Lake
inMetropolitanArea Hays Micropolitan Statistical Area
isCountySeatOf Ellis County, Kansas
knownFor boyhood home of Walter Chrysler
locatedIn Midwestern United States
locatedOn Big Creek
Interstate 70
U.S. Route 40
locatedWestOf Hays, Kansas
namedAfter George Ellis
partOf Great Plains
region northwestern Kansas
state Kansas
timeZone Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Walter Chrysler
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