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FIPS code. 20-31100. GNIS ID. 485589 [1] Website. haysusa.com. 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.
Rome was a short-lived postbellum frontier settlement in Big Creek Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. It is notable for its association with the early plains career of its co-founder, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Rome was the first town established within the future Ellis County, followed very shortly by rival Hays City .
Flood. The 1951 flood in Kansas began in May with the flood of the Big Creek, (a tributary of the Smoky Hill River) in Hays after 11 inches (280 mm) of rain in two hours. . The creek overflowed, flooding Hays (the location of Fort Hays State University) to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) in most locations inhabited by the students on campus, necessitating a midnight evacuation of the barracks by ...
The Smoky Hill is named from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows. American Indians living along the Smoky Hill considered it and the Kansas River to be the same river, and their names for it included Chetolah and Okesee-sebo. Early maps of European explorers called the river (also in combination with the Kansas ...
UTC−5 ( CDT) Congressional district. 1st. Website. fordcounty.net. Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Dodge City. [2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 34,287. [1] The county was named in honor of James Ford, a brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War.
U.S. Highway 81. U.S. Route 81 ( US-81) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from Fort Worth, Texas to the Pembina–Emerson Border Crossing near Pembina, North Dakota. In the U.S. state of Kansas, US-81 is a main north–south highway central part of the state. Wichita is the only metropolitan area US-81 serves in the state but ...
The U.S. state of Kansas is bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. The state is divided into 105 counties with 628 cities, with its largest county by area being Butler County. [1] Kansas is located equidistant from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 26.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.7 males.