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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Kansas:
Kansas – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.[1] It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area.[2] The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was probably not the term's original meaning.[3][4]
General reference
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- Names
- Official name: State of Kansas
- Abbreviations and name codes
- Nicknames
- America's Bread Basket
- Sunflower State
- Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
- Adjectival: Kansas
- Demonym: Kansan
Geography of Kansas
- Kansas is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
- Location
- Population of Kansas: 2,853,118 (2010 U.S. Census[5])
- Area of Kansas:
- Atlas of Kansas
Places in Kansas
- Historic places in Kansas
- National Natural Landmarks in Kansas
- National parks in Kansas
- State parks in Kansas
Environment of Kansas
- Climate of Kansas
- Geology of Kansas
- Superfund sites in Kansas
- Wildlife of Kansas
- Fauna of Kansas
Natural geographic features of Kansas
Regions of Kansas
Administrative divisions of Kansas
- The 105 counties of the state of Kansas
- Municipalities in Kansas
Demography of Kansas
Government and politics of Kansas
- Form of government: U.S. state government
- United States congressional delegations from Kansas
- Kansas State Capitol
- Elections in Kansas
- Political party strength in Kansas
Branches of the government of Kansas
Executive branch of the government of Kansas
- Governor of Kansas
- State departments
Legislative branch of the government of Kansas
Judicial branch of the government of Kansas
Law and order in Kansas
- Cannabis in Kansas
- Crime in Kansas
- Law enforcement in Kansas
Laws by type
- Alcohol laws of Kansas
- Capital punishment in Kansas
- Constitution of Kansas
- Gun laws in Kansas
Military in Kansas
History of Kansas
History of Kansas, by period
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- Prehistory of Kansas
- French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764
- Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764–1803
- Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
- French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803
- Louisiana Purchase of 1803
- Unorganized U.S. territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
- Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804–1806
- District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
- Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
- Pike Expedition, 1806–1807
- Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
- Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
- War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
- Unorganized Territory, 1821–1854
- Santa Fe Trail, 1821–1880
- Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
- Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851
- Territory of Kansas, 1854–1861
- Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854
- History of slavery in Kansas
- Bleeding Kansas, 1854–1859
- Pike's Peak Gold Rush, 1858–1861
- Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859–1861
- Pony Express, 1860–1861
- State of Kansas becomes 34th State admitted to the United States of America on January 29, 1861
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
- Kansas in the American Civil War
- Price's Raid, September 27 – December 2, 1864
- Kansas in the American Civil War
- Comanche Campaign, 1868–1874
- Spanish–American War, April 25 – August 12, 1898
- Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes 34th President of the United States on January 20, 1953
- United States Supreme Court hands down decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954
- American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
History of Kansas, by region
- By city
History of Kansas, by subject
- History of education in Kansas
- History of slavery in Kansas
- History of sports in Kansas
- History of the Kansas City Royals (a professional sports team located in Missouri but often affiliated with Kansas)
- Timeline of college football in Kansas
Culture of Kansas
The Arts in Kansas
Sports in Kansas
- College athletic programs in Kansas
- Kansas State High School Activities Association
- Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Economy and infrastructure of Kansas
- Communications in Kansas
- Energy in Kansas
- Health care in Kansas
- Transportation in Kansas
Education in Kansas
- Schools in Kansas
See also
- Topic overview:
- All pages with titles beginning with Kansas
- All pages with titles beginning with Kansan
- All pages with titles containing Kansas
- All pages with titles containing Kansan
References
- ^ "Census.gov" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
- ^ John Koontz, p.c.
- ^ Rankin, Robert. 2005. "Quapaw." In Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, eds. Heather K. Hardy and Janine Scancarelli. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, pg. 492
- ^ Connelley, William E. 1918. Indians Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, ch. 10, vol. 1
- ^ "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kansas". Archived from the original on 2012-05-03.