| Kuka, Kansas | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 39°14′10″N101°18′35″W / 39.23611°N 101.30972°W Coordinates: 39°14′10″N101°18′35″W / 39.23611°N 101.30972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Thomas |
| Elevation | 3,425 ft (1,044 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 482665 [1] |
Kuka was a small settlement in Thomas County, Kansas, United States.
Thomas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 7,900. Its county seat is Colby.
Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county being Johnson County. Kansas is bordered by Nebraska on the north; Missouri on the east; Oklahoma on the south; and Colorado on the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along it 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.
