Outline of Kansas explained

See also: Index of Kansas-related articles.

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Kansas:

Kansas – U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States.^[1] It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area.^[2] The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind," although this was probably not the term's original meaning.^{[3] [4]}

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Kansas
    • Pronunciation:
• Official name: State of Kansas
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: KS
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-KS
    • Internet second-level domain: .ks.us
  • Nicknames
    • America's Bread Basket
    • Sunflower State
    • Wheat State (previously used on license plates)
• Adjectival: Kansas
• Demonym: Kansan

Geography of Kansas

Geography of Kansas

• Kansas is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
  • Western hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              • Central United States
                • West North Central States
              • Midwestern United States
          • Great Plains
• Population of Kansas: 2,853,118 (2010 U.S. Census^[5])
• Area of Kansas:
• Atlas of Kansas

Places in Kansas

• Historic places in Kansas
  • Ghost towns in Kansas
  • National Historic Landmarks in Kansas
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Kansas
    • Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas
• National Natural Landmarks in Kansas
• National parks in Kansas
• State parks in Kansas

Environment of Kansas

• Climate of Kansas
• Geology of Kansas
• Superfund sites in Kansas
• Wildlife of Kansas
  • Fauna of Kansas
    • Ants of Kansas
    • Birds of Kansas
    • Reptiles
      • Snakes of Kansas

Natural geographic features of Kansas

• Rivers of Kansas
• Big Basin Prairie Preserve

Regions of Kansas

Administrative divisions of Kansas

• The 105 counties of the state of Kansas
  • Municipalities in Kansas
    • Cities in Kansas
      • State capital of Kansas:
      • City nicknames in Kansas

Demography of Kansas

Demographics of Kansas

Government and politics of Kansas

• Form of government: U.S. state government
• United States congressional delegations from Kansas
• Kansas State Capitol
• Elections in Kansas
• Political party strength in Kansas

Branches of the government of Kansas

Government of Kansas

Executive branch of the government of Kansas

• Governor of Kansas
  • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
  • Secretary of State of Kansas
  • Kansas State Treasurer
• State departments
  • Kansas Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Kansas

• Kansas Legislature (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Kansas Senate
  • Lower house: Kansas House of Representatives

Judicial branch of the government of Kansas

Courts of Kansas

• Supreme Court of Kansas

Law and order in Kansas

Law of Kansas

• Cannabis in Kansas
• Crime in Kansas
• Law enforcement in Kansas
  • Law enforcement agencies in Kansas

Laws by type

• Alcohol laws of Kansas
• Capital punishment in Kansas
  • Individuals executed in Kansas
• Constitution of Kansas
• Gun laws in Kansas

Military in Kansas

• Kansas Air National Guard
• Kansas Army National Guard

History of Kansas

• History of Kansas

History of Kansas, by period

• Prehistory of Kansas
• French colony of Louisiane, 1699–1764
  • Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
• Spanish (though predominantly Francophone) district of Alta Luisiana, 1764–1803
  • Third Treaty of San Ildefonso of 1800
• French district of Haute-Louisiane, 1803
  • Louisiana Purchase of 1803
• Unorganized U.S. territory created by the Louisiana Purchase, 1803–1804
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804–1806
• District of Louisiana, 1804–1805
• Territory of Louisiana, 1805–1812
  • Pike Expedition, 1806–1807
• Territory of Missouri, 1812–1821
  • War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
    • Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
  • Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819
• Unorganized Territory, 1821–1854
  • Santa Fe Trail, 1821–1880
  • Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
    • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
  • Treaty of Fort Laramie of 1851
• Territory of Kansas, 1854–1861
  • Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854
  • History of slavery in Kansas
  • Bleeding Kansas, 1854–1859
  • Pike's Peak Gold Rush, 1858–1861
  • Territory of Jefferson (extralegal), 1859–1861
  • Pony Express, 1860–1861
• State of Kansas becomes 34th State admitted to the United States of America on January 29, 1861
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Kansas in the American Civil War
      • Price's Raid, September 27 – December 2, 1864
  • Comanche Campaign, 1868–1874
  • Spanish–American War, April 25 – August 12, 1898
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes 34th President of the United States on January 20, 1953
  • United States Supreme Court hands down decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on May 17, 1954

History of Kansas, by region

• By city
  • History of Kansas City

History of Kansas, by subject

• History of education in Kansas
• History of slavery in Kansas
• History of sports in Kansas
  • History of the Kansas City Royals (a professional sports team located in Missouri but often affiliated with Kansas)
  • Timeline of college football in Kansas

Culture of Kansas

Culture of Kansas

• Museums in Kansas
• Religion in Kansas
  • Episcopal Diocese of Kansas
• Scouting in Kansas
• State symbols of Kansas

The Arts in Kansas

• Music of Kansas

Sports in Kansas

Sports in Kansas

• College athletic programs in Kansas
• Kansas State High School Activities Association
• Kansas Sports Hall of Fame

Economy and infrastructure of Kansas

Economy of Kansas

• Communications in Kansas
  • Newspapers in Kansas
  • Radio stations in Kansas
  • Television stations in Kansas
• Energy in Kansas
  • List of power stations in Kansas
  • Solar power in Kansas
  • Wind power in Kansas
• Health care in Kansas
  • Hospitals in Kansas
• Transportation in Kansas
  • Airports in Kansas

Education in Kansas

Education in Kansas

• Schools in Kansas
  • School districts in Kansas
    • High schools in Kansas
  • Colleges and universities in Kansas
    • University of Kansas
    • Kansas State University

See also

• Topic overview:
  • Kansas

• • Index of Kansas-related articles

External links

• Access documents, photographs, and other primary sources on Kansas Memory, the Kansas State Historical Society's digital portal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Census.gov . 2010-07-31 . dead . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130107113900/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/us_regdiv.pdf . 2013-01-07 .
2. John Koontz, p.c.
3. Rankin, Robert. 2005. "Quapaw." In Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, eds. Heather K. Hardy and Janine Scancarelli. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, pg. 492
4. Connelley, William E. 1918. Indians . A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, ch. 10, vol. 1
5. Web site: U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Kansas . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120503221822/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20000.html . 2012-05-03.