Kansas

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U.S. state federated state

Kansas is a largely rural, landlocked U.S. state known for its extensive plains, agricultural production, and central location within the country.

Aliases (6)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. state → federated state →
admittedToUnionAsStateNumber	34 →
borderedBy	Colorado → Missouri → Nebraska → Oklahoma →
capital	Topeka →
climate	humid continental climate → semi-arid climate in western Kansas →
country	United States of America →
dateAdmittedToUnion	1861-01-29 →
geographicalFeature	Great Plains →
governmentType	U.S. state government →
governor	Laura Kelly →
hasCity	Kansas City, Kansas → Lawrence → Manhattan, Kansas → Olathe → Topeka → Wichita →
higherEducationInstitution	Kansas State University → University of Kansas →
historicalContext	pre-Civil War conflict over slavery →
historicalEvent	Bleeding Kansas →
ISOCode	US-KS →
knownFor	agricultural production → extensive plains → frequent severe thunderstorms →
landlocked	true →
largestCity	Wichita →
legislature	Kansas Legislature →
legislatureType	bicameral legislature →
locatedIn	Midwestern United States →
locatedInRegion	Tornado Alley →
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone →
lowerHouse	Kansas House of Representatives →
majorCrop	corn → sorghum → soybeans → wheat →
majorIndustry	agriculture →
motto	Ad astra per aspera →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
namedAfter	Kansa people →
nickname	Jayhawk State → Sunflower State →
partlyLocatedInTimeZone	Mountain Time Zone →
postalAbbreviation	KS →
region	American Midwest → Great Plains states →
secondLargestCity	Overland Park →
stateBird	Western meadowlark →
stateFlower	sunflower →
stateSong	Home on the Range →
stateTree	cottonwood →
unionAdmissionContext	American Civil War era →
upperHouse	Kansas Senate →

Referenced by (245)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abilene, Kansas, United States → Blue Valley School District → Centralia High School → Centralia, Kansas → Cherokee County, Kansas → Children's Mercy Park → Crawford County, Kansas → Creekside Park (Ellis, Kansas) → Dickinson County, Kansas → Dodge City, Kansas → Ellis Downtown Historic District → Ellis Lakeside Campground → Ellis Review-Headlight → Ellis USD 388 → Ellis, Kansas → Emporia, Kansas → Garden City, Kansas → Hays Micropolitan Statistical Area → Johnson County Community College → Johnson County, Kansas → Joplin, Missouri metropolitan area → KC metro → Kansas City Kansas Community College → Kansas City, Kansas → Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools → Kansas Jayhawks football → Kansas River → Leavenworth, Kansas, United States → Leawood, Kansas → Legends Outlets Kansas City → Lenexa, Kansas → MLS Cup 2013 → Merriam, Kansas → Mission, Kansas → Mount Wamego → OZtoberFest → Oak Park Mall → Olathe, Kansas → Overland Park Regional Medical Center → Overland Park, Kansas → Oz Museum → Pottawatomie County, Kansas → Prairie Town Village → Prairie Village, Kansas → Scheels Overland Park Soccer Complex → Shawnee Mission School District → Shawnee, Kansas → The City of the Plains → U.S. Route 69 → U.S. Route 75 → United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth → Wamego High School → Wamego USD 320 → Wamego, Kansas, United States → Wichita, Kansas → Wyandotte County, Kansas →	state
Black Sunday (dust storm) → Blue Valley School District → Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas → Command and General Staff School → Crawford County, Kansas → Cross Timbers → Deanna Rose Children’s Farmstead → Dickinson County, Kansas → Downtown Abilene historic area → Ellis Downtown Historic District → Ellis Lakeside Campground → Ellis USD 388 → Greyhound Hall of Fame → Hays Micropolitan Statistical Area → Johnson County Executive Airport → Kansas City metropolitan area → Kansas River → Legends Outlets Kansas City → Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas → Mount Wamego → Museum at Prairiefire → Northeastern Kansas → Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens → Oz Museum → Ozarks → Pottawatomie County, Kansas → Prairie Town Village → Riverfront Park (Ellis, Kansas) → Santa Fe Trail → Scheels Overland Park Soccer Complex → Schlitterbahn Kansas City → Seelye Mansion → Shawnee Mission School District → Smoky Hill River → Springfield, Kansas → St. Joseph Military Academy → Topeka, Kansas → Toto Memorial → U.S. Army Mission Command Center of Excellence → U.S. Civil Rights Trail → United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth → Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum → Wamego Public Library → Wichita State University →	locatedIn
Ellis County, Oklahoma → Indian Territory → Missouri → Nebraska → Oklahoma → Oklahoma → Vernon County, Missouri →	borderedBy
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line → Interstate 435 → Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail → Old U.S. Route 40 → Oregon Trail → U.S. Route 66 → U.S. Route 75 →	passesThrough
Eastern Colorado → Green Country → Northwestern Oklahoma → Southeastern Colorado → Southern Colorado →	borders
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home → Kansas Speedway → Springfield, Kansas ("United States state of Kansas") → University of Kansas → Washington Elementary School (Ellis, Kansas) →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Kansa language → Potawatomi → Sac and Fox →	historicalRegion
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball → Sporting Kansas City → Sporting Kansas City →	homeState
Comanche → Potawatomi language → Shawnee language →	region
Bob Dole → Charles Curtis → Edmund G. Ross →	represented
Interstate 35 → Interstate 70 → U.S. Route 50 →	stateTraversed
Sauk → Sauk →	currentPopulationCenter
Miami tribe → Wyandot →	currentPopulationRegion
Arkansas River → Missouri River →	flowsThrough
Downtown Abilene historic area → Springfield, Kansas →	hasState
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ("District of Kansas") →	jurisdiction
Kansas City, Missouri ("Kansas Territory") → Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad →	namedAfter
G. Ledyard Stebbins → Stanley Armour Dunham →	placeOfBirth
Edmund G. Ross → Stanley Armour Dunham →	residence
In Cold Blood → Splendor in the Grass →	setInLocation
Capote (film) → Not Without Laughter →	settingLocation
Sac and Fox language → Sauk language →	spokenIn
Charles Curtis → Kathleen Sebelius →	stateRepresented
Arapaho language → Bodéwadmi →	traditionalRegion
Dirty Thirties →	affectedArea
Wight and Wight ("State of Kansas") →	associatedWith
The Diesel →	associatedWithState
Kansa language →	associatedWithUSStateName
Dorothy Gale →	basedIn
Sooner State →	borderedByJurisdictionOfState
Mindenmines, Missouri →	borderingState
Eastern Nebraska →	bordersState
Kansas City, Missouri →	borderWith
Scissor-tailed flycatcher →	breedingRange
Topeka, Kansas →	capitalOf
Midwestern United States →	contains
Great Plains →	countrySubdivision
Pacific Reporter →	coversJurisdiction
KC metro →	crossesBorderBetween
Lenape →	currentPopulationCenters
Delaware people →	displacement
Missouri–Kansas state line →	easternBorderOf
Northeastern Kansas →	economicCenterOf
Gulf Coastal Plain →	extendsInto
Arkansas River region →	extendsThrough
Ogallala Aquifer →	extendsUnder
University of Kansas ("State of Kansas") →	founder
Kaw Nation ("State of Kansas") →	gaveNameTo
District of Kansas Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("State of Kansas") →	geographicJurisdiction
Charles Curtis →	grewUpIn
Obama family →	hasAncestralRoots
Oklahoma Panhandle →	hasBorderWith
Province VII →	hasRegion
Von Maur →	hasRetailOutletIn
YRC Worldwide →	headquartersLocation
Kickapoo people →	historicalTerritory
Dorothy Gale →	homeLocation
Union →	includedState
Tornado Alley (southern and central parts) →	includes
contiguous United States →	includesAdministrativeTerritory
Mississippi River basin →	includesPartOf
Louisiana Purchase →	includesRegion
Corn Belt →	includesState
Mountain Time Zone →	includesUSStatePartially
Frederick Funston →	laterResidence
Topeka Cemetery →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Mindenmines, Missouri →	locatedNear
Looper →	mainSetting
Alf Landon →	moved to
Kaw →	nameEtymologyOf
Kansas ("Jayhawk State") →	nickname
Cross Timbers →	notableState
CDT →	observedInStateOrProvince
Dust Bowl →	occursIn
Southwestern Bell →	operatedIn
Missouri Pacific Railroad →	operatedInState
Wamego Times →	operatesIn
Norfolk Southern Railway →	operatesInState
Kaw Nation →	originallyFrom
Bible Belt →	partlyIn
Southwest Chief →	passesThroughState
Charles Curtis →	placeOfActivity
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz →	placeOfOriginOfProtagonist
Kickapoo people →	populationCenter
Boston Corbett →	postWarResidence
Odawa →	presentIn
Shawnee, Kansas ("US-KS") →	regionCode
Wight and Wight →	regionServed
Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company →	routeIncluded
Fox people →	secondaryStateToday
Missouri–Kansas state line →	separatesState
Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad →	servedRegion
Southern Pacific Railroad →	servedState
Mid-America Regional Council →	servesState
Cox Internet →	serviceArea
The Wizard of Oz →	setIn
Infamous (2006 film) →	settingPlace
Colorado →	sharesBorderWith
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball →	shortName
Hugh S. Johnson →	stateOfBirth
Edmund G. Ross →	stateOfUSSenateMembership
University of Kansas →	stateServed
Episcopal Diocese of Kansas →	territory
Cheyenne →	traditionalTerritory