Rago, Kansas | |
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| Coordinates: 37°27′10″N98°4′54″W / 37.45278°N 98.08167°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kansas |
| County | Kingman |
| Elevation | 1,457 ft (444 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 620 |
| FIPS code | 20-58350 |
| GNIS ID | 470413 [1] |
Rago is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. [1]
The community is served by Kingman–Norwich USD 331 public school district.
Rago was the hometown of Clyde Vernon Cessna, original founder of Cessna Aircraft. [2]
Cessna is an American brand of general aviation aircraft owned by Textron Aviation since 2014, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. Originally, it was a brand of the Cessna Aircraft Company, an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation also headquartered in Wichita. The company produced small, piston-powered aircraft, as well as business jets. For much of the mid-to-late 20th century, Cessna was one of the highest-volume and most diverse producers of general aviation aircraft in the world. It was founded in 1927 by Clyde Cessna and Victor Roos and was purchased by General Dynamics in 1985, then by Textron, Inc. in 1992. In March 2014, when Textron purchased the Beechcraft and Hawker Aircraft corporations, Cessna ceased operations as a subsidiary company, and joined the others as one of the three distinct brands produced by Textron Aviation.
Sedgwick County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Wichita, the most populous city in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 523,824, making it the second-most populous county in Kansas. The county was named for John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union general killed during the American Civil War.
Kingman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Kingman. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,470. The county was named for Samuel Kingman, a chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court during the 1860s and 1870s.
Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,777. It is home to Southwestern College.
Kingman is a city in and the county seat of Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,105.
Nashville is a city in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 54.
Clyde Vernon Cessna was an American aircraft designer, aviator, and early aviation entrepreneur. He is best known as the principal founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation, which he started in 1927 in Wichita, Kansas.
St. Leo is an unincorporated community in southwestern Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It is six miles north of K-42. St. Leo features a Catholic church and has an active parish community. Its ZIP Code is 67112, and area code is 620.
Valley Township is a township in Kingman County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 102.
Murdock is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the community and nearby areas was 37. It is 10 miles (16 km) east-southeast of Kingman.
K-42 is a 75.061-mile-long (120.799 km) east–west state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 281 (US-281) in Sawyer and the eastern terminus is at Interstate 235 (I-235) in Wichita. Along the way K-42 intersects K-14, a major north–south highway, in Rago and K-2 east of Norwich. The highway is a two-lane highway for most of its length with the exception of the section within Wichita, which is a four-lane divided highway.
Cleveland is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south of Kingman.
Calista is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It was named from the Greek Callista, meaning "most beautiful".
Varner is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States.
Waterloo is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States.
Willowdale is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It is located 5 miles north of Zenda at the intersection of SW 100 Ave and SW 90 St.
Skellyville is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It is located approximately two miles (3.2 km) northwest of Cunningham on the north side of the South Fork Ninnescah River.
Hawthorne is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Iowa, United States.
Mount Vernon is an unincorporated community in Kingman County, Kansas, United States. It is located near the southwest side of the Cheney Reservoir dam.
Kingman–Norwich USD 331 is a public unified school district headquartered in Kingman, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Kingman, Norwich, Anness, Calista, Cleveland, Milton, Murdock, Rago, Spivey, Suppesville, Varner, Waterloo, and nearby rural areas.
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| Footnotes | †This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau. | |