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Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. [1] The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. [5] [6] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 21,116. [3] [4] It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University.
Fort Hays. / 38.86167°N 99.34222°W / 38.86167; -99.34222. Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1929, it is now operated by the ...
Website. fhsu .edu. Fort Hays State University ( FHSU) is a public university in Hays, Kansas. It is the largest university in western Kansas, and the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with a total enrollment of approximately 15,100 students.
Haysville, Kansas. / 37.56389°N 97.35306°W / 37.56389; -97.35306. Haysville is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, [1] and a suburb of Wichita. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,262. [4] [5] Haysville is known as the "Peach Capital of Kansas".
Located in northwestern Kansas on Interstate 70, Ellis is 13 miles (21 km) west-northwest of Hays, the county seat. [10] It is approximately 146 miles (235 km) northwest of Wichita and 260 miles (420 km) west of Kansas City. [11] Ellis lies on the western edge of the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. [12]
Kansas, which has an area of 82,278 square miles (213,100 square kilometers) is the 15th-largest state by area, the 36th most-populous of the 50 states, with a population of 2,940,865 [20] according to the 2020 census, and the 10th least densely populated. Residents of Kansas are called Kansans.
Kansas has 105 counties, the fifth-highest total of any state. The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while ...
485597 [1] Website. hutchgov.com. Hutchinson is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas, United States, [1] and located on the Arkansas River. It has been home to salt mines since 1887, thus its nickname of "Salt City", but locals call it "Hutch". As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 40,006.