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The Kansas Portal![]() Kansas (/ˈkænzəs/ ⓘ KAN-zəss) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita, however the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City, MO–KS metropolitan area. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Indigenous tribes. The first settlement of non-indigenous people in Kansas occurred in 1827 at Fort Leavenworth. The pace of settlement accelerated in the 1850s, in the midst of political wars over the slavery debate. When it was officially opened to settlement by the U.S. government in 1854 with the Kansas–Nebraska Act, conflict between abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri broke out over the question of whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state, in a period known as Bleeding Kansas. On January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state, hence the unofficial nickname "The Free State". Passage of the Homestead Acts in 1862 brought a further influx of settlers, and the booming cattle trade of the 1870s attracted some of the Wild West's most iconic figures to western Kansas. As of 2015, Kansas was among the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. In addition to its traditional strength in agriculture, Kansas possesses an extensive aerospace industry. Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area, the 36th most-populous of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865 according to the 2020 census, and the 10th least densely populated. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans. Mount Sunflower is Kansas's highest point at 4,039 feet (1,231 meters). (Full article...)
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- 2024–25 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Smitty Smitty (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-07-26, score: 41
- 1961 Pittsburg State Gorillas football team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cbl62 (talk · contribs · new pages (34)) started on 2024-07-25, score: 27
- Lake Shawnee (Kansas) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Robert McClenon (talk · contribs · new pages (17)) started on 2024-07-23, score: 34
- M. R. William Grebe (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 82298NATE (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2024-07-22, score: 20
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- Ralph Perkins (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Tassedethe (talk · contribs · new pages (384)) started on 2024-07-21, score: 20
- Rhonda Harper (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CaptainAngus (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-07-21, score: 20
- 2024–25 ECHL season (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 45BearsFan (talk · contribs · new pages (15)) started on 2024-07-19, score: 34
- Yolanda Camarena (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bsoyka (talk · contribs · new pages (26)) started on 2024-07-19, score: 44
- Gene Camarena (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Bsoyka (talk · contribs · new pages (26)) started on 2024-07-19, score: 57
- 2024 Kansas Lottery 200 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Brycenrichter (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2024-07-18, score: 50
- 2024 Portland Thorns FC season (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 2pou (talk · contribs · new pages (28)) started on 2024-07-18, score: 20
- 1993 NCAA Division II softball tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Wmtribe2015 (talk · contribs · new pages (50)) started on 2024-07-18, score: 20
- List of fishes of Kansas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Qwexcxewq (talk · contribs · new pages (15)) started on 2024-07-17, score: 37
- Hard Knocks (documentary series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by CNC33 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-07-17, score: 40
- Downs station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Znns (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 47
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- Osage City station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Znns (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 54
- Marysville station (Kansas) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Znns (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 50
- 1994 NCAA Division I women's tennis championships (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Wmtribe2015 (talk · contribs · new pages (50)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 20
- R. V. Lowe (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cbl62 (talk · contribs · new pages (34)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 20
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- Halstead station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Znns (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 54
- Madison station (Kansas) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Znns (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 54
- Baldwin City station (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Znns (talk · contribs · new pages (16)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 54
- 1992 NCAA Division II softball tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Wmtribe2015 (talk · contribs · new pages (50)) started on 2024-07-16, score: 20
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- 2024 Sparks 300 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 45BearsFan (talk · contribs · new pages (15)) started on 2024-07-14, score: 26
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- Beatrice Belkin (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 4meter4 (talk · contribs · new pages (47)) started on 2024-07-12, score: 30
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WikiProject Kansas Open tasks |
- Urgent:
- To Nominate at WP:FAC:
- To Improve to Featured standard: Kansas, Manhattan, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, History of Kansas
- Collaboration: Kansas
- To Expand: Kansas State Board of Education; Walnut River (Kansas); Cow Creek (Kansas); Saline River (Kansas); Solomon River (Kansas); The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery; Ninnescah River (Kansas); Mission Creek
- To Clean up: Elyria, Kansas
- To Merge:
- To Destub: See: Category:Kansas stubs
- To Deorphan: Pillsbury Crossing
- To Categorize:
- To Create: Articles in: Category:Newspapers published in Kansas, Category:Libraries in Kansas
- To de-redlink:
- Lists to de-redlink: Lakes, reservoirs, and dams in Kansas
- Lists to complete: List of Kansas-related topics, List of people from Kansas
- Wanted Pics/Graphics: Crane Observatory, Haviland Crater, Lake Afton Public Observatory, Philip Billard Municipal Airport, Sisk Observatory, Topeka, Kansas
- Wanted New Pics: Courthouses of numerous counties
- Maintain: add {{Project Kansas}} to the talk pages of Kansas-related articles and add the articles to Wikipedia:WikiProject Kansas/Kansas recent changes so related changes link works.
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