Detailed profiles for cities and towns in Kansas

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Wichita
Kansas
  Population
343,997
  Median Home Value
$78,900
Wichita (pronounced /wtt/), also known as the Air Capital of the World, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. In July of 2006, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Wichita ninth ....
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Overland Park
Kansas
  Population
148,848
  Median Home Value
$162,800
Overland Park is the second most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is located in Johnson County, a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is near Olathe, Lenexa, Prairie Village and Leawood. The population was 149,080 at the 2000 census.....
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Kansas City
Kansas
  Population
146,867
  Median Home Value
$52,500
Kansas City is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and is the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri and is the third largest city in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. The city is part of the "Unif....
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Topeka
Kansas
  Population
122,045
  Median Home Value
$68,800
Topeka is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat and most populous city of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. Th....
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Olathe
Kansas
  Population
93,013
  Median Home Value
$139,500
Olathe (/ole()./) is a city located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is the county seat of Johnson County and the fifth most populous city in the state. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, it is the fourth largest city in the Kansas....
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Lawrence
Kansas
  Population
80,083
  Median Home Value
$118,400
Lawrence is a college town, river city and the seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, 41 miles (66 km) west of Kansas City, along the banks of both the Kansas (Kaw) and Wakarusa Rivers. It is considered governmentally independent and is the princi....
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Shawnee
Kansas
  Population
48,152
  Median Home Value
$141,700
Shawnee is a rapidly growing city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. The population was 47,996 at the 2000 census. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of....
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Salina
Kansas
  Population
45,634
  Median Home Value
$83,900
Salina is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States.[3] First settled by Preston B. Plum in 1856 along the Saline and Smoky Hill Rivers, and founded by William A. Phillips in 1858, Salina is situated at the intersection of Inte....
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Manhattan
Kansas
  Population
44,823
  Median Home Value
$96,900
Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the July 2005 census estimate, its population was 49,462, making it the eighth-largest city in Kansas. Manhattan....
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Hutchinson
Kansas
  Population
40,737
  Median Home Value
$64,300
Hutchinson is the largest city and county seat of Reno County, Kansas, 219miles (352km) southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, on the Arkansas River. Hutchinson's nickname is The Salt City; sometimes it is called Hutch for short. The population was 40,787 at....
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