Kansas

Latitude

39.0483

Longitude

-95.678

Entity Type

Place

State in the midwestern United States. Territory from 1854 to January 29, 1861. Capital at Lecompton (1855-January 29, 1861) and Topeka (January 29, 1861-present). Located on the Missouri River and the Arkansas River.

Gregory Lewis McNamee and Charles G. Pearson, "Kansas," Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed May 11, 2017, https://www.britannica.com/place/Kansas.
"Topeka, Kansas," Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict,1855-1865, The Kansas City Public Library, accessed October 4, 2021,

https://civilwaronthewesternborder.org/map/topeka-kansas.
"Topeka, Kansas," USGS: Earth Explorer, accessed October 4, 2021, https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/.

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