Kansas "Heart Of America's West"

Topeka Real Estate
Wichita Real Estate

Admitted to Union: January 29, 1861
Capital: Topeka
Nickname: Wheat State, Sunflower State, Jayhawker State
Motto: Ad Astra per Aspera, translated "To the Stars with Difficulty"
Total Area: 82,282 square miles
Total Land Area: 81,823 square miles
Total Water Area: 459 square miles
Length: 400 miles
Width: 210 miles
Highest Point: 4,039 feet (Mount Sunflower)
Lowest Point: 679 feet (Verdigris River)
Mean Elevation: 2,000 feet
Highest Temp: 121 degrees on July 24, 1936 near Alton
Lowest Temp: -40 degrees on February 13, 1905 at Lebanon
Highest Monthly Avg Temp: 92.9 degrees
Lowest Monthly Avg Temp: 15.7 degrees
Population: (U.S. Census, April, 2000) 2,688,418