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485618 [3] Website. cityofmhk.com. Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, U.S., [3] although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 54,100.
Tuttle Creek Lake is a reservoir on the Big Blue River 5 miles (8 km) north of Manhattan, in the Flint Hills region of northeast Kansas. It was built and is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers for the primary purpose of flood control. Secondary functions of the project include release of water stores to maintain barge traffic on the ...
Riley County, Kansas. / 39.1131°N 96.6281°W / 39.1131; -96.6281. Riley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and largest city is Manhattan. [3] As of the 2020 census, the population was 71,959. [1] The county was named after Bennet Riley, the 7th governor of California, and a Mexican–American War hero.
Fred Bramlage Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Manhattan, Kansas, with an official capacity of 11,000. It is the home to the Kansas State University men's and women's basketball teams, and serves as an alternate venue for Kansas State's women's volleyball team. The facility currently holds offices for various administrative and ...
1853–present. Location of Fort Riley in Kansas. Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres (41,170 ha) in Geary and Riley counties. [1]
K-177 K-177 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by KDOT and the cities of Council Grove, and Manhattan Length 102.871 mi (165.555 km) Tourist routes Flint Hills Scenic Byway Major junctions South end US-54 east of El Dorado Major intersections I-35 / Kansas Turnpike in Cassoday US-50 near Strong City US-56 in Council Grove K-4 along the Morris – Wabaunsee county line near Alta ...
In 1929, the city of Manhattan purchased a land called Sunset Cemetery. A part of the land was not used to bury people because of rocky soil. This area was converted into the Sunset Zoo by the government. Until 1934, the zoo was not chartered as a park, but there were animals at the zoo as since 1930. The zoo was officially founded in 1933.
Riley is part of the Manhattan, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. 2010 census. As of the 2010 census, there were 939 people, 363 households, and 251 families living in the city. The population density was 1,956.3 inhabitants per square mile (755.3/km 2). There were 406 housing units at an average density of 845.8 per square mile (326.6/km 2).