Outline of Kansas

Last updated March 26, 2025

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

Names
Common name: Kansas
Pronunciation: /ˈkænzəs/
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
- Northern hemisphere
- Western hemisphere
  - Americas
    - North America
      - Anglo America
      - Northern America
        United States of America
        Contiguous United States
        Central United States
        West North Central States
        Midwestern United States
        Great Plains
Population of Kansas: 2,853,118 (2010 U.S. Census^[5])
Area of Kansas:
Atlas of Kansas

Places in Kansas

Environment of Kansas

Climate of Kansas
Geology of Kansas
Superfund sites in Kansas
Wildlife of Kansas
- Fauna of Kansas
  - Ants of Kansas
  - Birds of Kansas
  - Reptiles
    - Snakes 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
  - Cities in Kansas
    - State capital of Kansas:
    - City nicknames in Kansas

Demography of Kansas

Demographics of Kansas

Government and politics of Kansas

Branches of the government of Kansas

Government of Kansas

Executive branch of the government of Kansas

Military in Kansas

History of Kansas

History of Kansas

History of Kansas, by period

Prehistory of Kansas
French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764
- Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
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
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
- 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

History of Kansas, by region

By city
- History of Kansas 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

Museums in Kansas
Religion in Kansas
- Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
Scouting in Kansas
State symbols of Kansas
- Flag of the State of Kansas
- Great Seal of the State of Kansas

The Arts in Kansas

Music of Kansas

Sports in Kansas

Economy and infrastructure of Kansas

Economy of Kansas

Communications in Kansas
Energy in Kansas
Health care in Kansas
- Hospitals in Kansas
Transportation in Kansas
- Airports in Kansas

Education in Kansas

Schools in Kansas
- School districts in Kansas
  - High schools in Kansas
- Colleges and universities in Kansas
  - University of Kansas
  - Kansas State University

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.

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Kansas

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[1] "Census.gov" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2010-07-31.

[2] John Koontz, p.c.

[3] 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

[4] Connelley, William E. 1918. Indians Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine . A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, ch. 10, vol. 1

[5] "U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kansas". Archived from the original on 2012-05-03.

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