Emporia, Kansas

E26460
city county seat

Emporia, Kansas is a small city in east-central Kansas known as a regional hub for education, commerce, and transportation on the Great Plains.

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instanceOf city ⓘ
county seat ⓘ
areaCode 620 ⓘ
averageJanuaryTemperature around 30 °F ⓘ
averageJulyTemperature around 80 °F ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 38.4039 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -96.1817 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distanceTo about 58 miles southwest of Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
about 88 miles northeast of Wichita, Kansas ⓘ
elevation about 1,150 feet ⓘ
founded 1857 ⓘ
governmentType commission-manager government ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent Dirty Kanza / Unbound Gravel bicycle race ⓘ
Veterans Day observances ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Emporia State University ⓘ
Flint Hills Technical College ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Emporia USD 253 ⓘ
hasRiver Cottonwood River ⓘ
Neosho River ⓘ
incorporated 1870 ⓘ
isCollegeTownOf Emporia State University ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Lyon County, Kansas ⓘ
isRegionalHubFor commerce ⓘ
education ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
knownFor library and information science programs at Emporia State University ⓘ
teacher education programs at Emporia State University ⓘ
locatedIn Lyon County, Kansas ⓘ
locatedInRegion east-central Kansas ⓘ
locatedOn Great Plains ⓘ
namedAfter Ancient city of Emporia in North Africa ⓘ
populationEstimate about 24,000 ⓘ
postalCode 66801 ⓘ
primaryEconomicSectors education ⓘ
health care ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
retail trade ⓘ
region Flint Hills ⓘ
servedByHighway Interstate 35 ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Federal Highway U.S. Route 99 ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Route 99
servedByRail BNSF Railway ⓘ
Union Pacific Railroad ⓘ
state Kansas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Daylight Time

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U.S. Route 50 → passesThroughCity → Emporia, Kansas ⓘ