Most People Don’t Know The Meaning Behind These 15 Kansas Towns
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Annie
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Have you ever wondered how a certain Sunflower State town had its name determined? Me too! Today, we will take a look at 15 different Kansas towns and just how/why they were given their names!
Named for the Native American's who occupied the area when explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado first arrived.
Originally named "New Pittsburgh" after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Named for James Keeney and his business partner, Albert Warren, who bought the land from the Kansas Pacific Railway and turned it into a colony.
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A group of English and Scottish colonists named their settlement after Queen Victoria.
Named after Marquette, Michigan by a group of Swedish immigrants.
Named for the neighboring Gypsum Creek.
The town was assumed to be a "Central Metropolis," as well as the future capitol because of its location.
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Named after the Spanish word for "golden land."
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Both the city and the springs were named after the first European-American settler, A. Baxter.
Named after the Spanish word for "high view."
Named for F. C. White, a railroad official from Chicago who founded the colony.
Named for a nearby waterfall on the Elk River.
Named after Canton, Ohio (because of an early settler who came from Ohio).
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Named for the mythical Green ship, the Argo.
Named for all of the wheat fields in the area.
Are these the stories you’re familiar with? Or have you been told differently? Tell us in the comments.
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