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Kansas City (inhabited place) |
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| Lat: 39 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 094 37 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -94.6167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in NE Kansas at junction of Kansas & Missouri rivers, adjoining Kansas City, Missouri; formation of rival pro- & anti-slavery towns in close proximity after Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) brought rapid development; heavy flooding in 1903, 1951 & 1977. |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Wyandot Indians 1843, purchased by USA government 1855, settled by whites 1857, city formed from 8 adjoining towns |
| city (C) |
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state's 2nd largest city was formed in 1886 from adjacent towns of which Wyandotte was the earliest |
| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for automobiles, railroad cars, petroleum products, fabricated steel & chemicals |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for soap & paper products & for agricultural & dairy commodities |
| transportation center (C) |
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was eastern terminus of Union Pacific Railroad (1st transcontinental railroad, completed in 1863) & for rail yards |
| agricultural center (C) |
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for meat packinghouses, stockyards & grain storage |
| mill center (C) |
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for flour |
| shipping center (C) |
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for sorghum, oats, wheat & corn |
| educational center (C) |
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for Kansas City Kansas Community College, Donnelly College, Kansas State School for Visually Handicapped & Baptist Seminary |
| cultural center (C) |
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for Agricultural Hall of Fame, museum & mission |
| cow town (H) |
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