Montara, Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 38°56′33″N95°42′12″W / 38.94250°N 95.70333°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Shawnee |
| Elevation | 1,063 ft (324 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 785 |
| FIPS code | 20-16650 |
| GNIS ID | 479070 [1] |
Montara is an unincorporated community in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located south of Topeka. [2]
Montara was largely developed in the 1960s as military housing for the nearby Forbes Air Force Base, and was known as Cullen Village. [3] [4] The base closed in 1973. In 1979, Lario Enterprises bought the community from the city of Topeka, and began refurbishing the approximately 1,050 units for resale. [3] After about 500 units were sold by 1989, the developer turned to renting out units, leaving an owner/renter split in the community (40/60 in 2003). [3]
While a large portion of the homes are owned and rented out by Montara Leasing, over time in recent years[ when? ] a large number of homes have been bought and are now owner-occupied.
In 2014, several properties were damaged in arson fires. [5]
Montara is a quiet community about 3 miles south of Topeka and near the community of Pauline and Topeka Regional Airport. There are three parks, one on the north end, and two on the south end. There are also three baseball diamonds and a soccer field located to the east and behind the Paris Community Center. It also consist of Forbes Golf course and a quarter midget track. [6] There is also a community center (Shawnee County South Community Center) nearby.
In March 2013, Mars Chocolate North America opened a $250 million plant south of Topeka near the Montara neighborhood. The large industrial complex brought concerns about increased property values. [7]
Topeka Regional Airport is located near Montara.
The community is served by Auburn–Washburn USD 437 public school district. Pauline Central Primary & Pauline South Intermediate schools are located in Montara.
Kansas is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest 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. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. 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.
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Chad Taylor is an American politician and attorney, who served as the District Attorney of Shawnee County, Kansas from 2009-17. He was nominated to run for United States Senate in the 2014 election for the Democratic Party, but withdrew from the race on September 3, 2014.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. ‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties. | |