Portal:Kansas
The Kansas Portal![]() Kansas (/ˈkænzəs/ ⓘ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison. The first Euro-American settlement 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, abolitionist Free-Staters from New England and pro-slavery settlers from neighboring Missouri rushed to the territory to determine whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state. Thus, the area was a hotbed of violence and chaos in its early days as these forces collided, and was known as Bleeding Kansas. The abolitionists prevailed, and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state, hence the unofficial nickname "The Free State". By 2015, Kansas was one of the most productive agricultural states, producing high yields of wheat, corn, sorghum, and soybeans. 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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- 2023–24 Kansas City Roos men's basketball team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Natethegreat4226 (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2023-10-23, score: 32
- Michael Glover (Kansas politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Meelar (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-10-23, score: 60
- Sedum nuttallii (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Abductive (talk · contribs · new pages (22)) started on 2023-10-22, score: 28
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jovian Eclipse (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-10-22, score: 40
- Barry M. Jensen (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk · contribs · new pages (53)) started on 2023-10-21, score: 40
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- Merlin G. Butler (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Epfs6 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2023-10-17, score: 38
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- 1938 Ottawa Braves football team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cbl62 (talk · contribs · new pages (99)) started on 2023-10-15, score: 20
- 1965 Ottawa Braves football team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Cbl62 (talk · contribs · new pages (99)) started on 2023-10-14, score: 20
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- 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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