Emporia, Kansas Emporia, Kansas Downtown Emporia (2012) Downtown Emporia (2012) Official seal of Emporia, Kansas Logo for the town/city of Emporia, Kansas Location of Emporia inside Lyon County and Kansas Location of Emporia inside Lyon County and Kansas Emporia is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 24,916. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S.
Emporia is also a college town, home to Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College.
Located on upland prairie, Emporia was established in 1857, drawing its name from ancient Carthage, a place known in history as a prosperous center of commerce. After the American Civil War, it became an meaningful barns hub; the first barns reaching Emporia in 1869. In 1888, barns executive and educator John Byers Anderson donated his personal library to the College of Emporia to memorialize his 50th wedding anniversary, and his former mentee Andrew Carnegie donated additional funds to build a library in Anderson's honor (conditioned upon the new college paying off its mortgage). Emporia is especially known for its newspaper, the Emporia Gazette, presented in the first half of the 20th century by the legendary newspaperman William Allen White.
In 1953, Emporia was the site of the first Veterans Day observance in the United States.
On June 8, 1974, an F4 tornado hit Emporia, killing six citizens , injuring 200 citizens , and causing $25 million in damages. Emporia is positioned at 38 24 14 N 96 10 54 W (38.408148, -96.187054) in east-central Kansas.
Highway 50, 108 miles (174 km) southwest of Kansas City, 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Topeka, and 87 miles (140 km) northeast of Wichita on the easterly edge of the Flint Hills.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.94 square miles (30.92 km2), of which 11.83 square miles (30.64 km2) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) is water. The Neosho River flows along the northern side of the city.
The Cottonwood River, one of its tributaries, flows along the city's southern edge and of two large town/city parks, Peter Pan and Soden's Grove; the two rivers meet near the easterly boundary of Emporia and flow southeast to join the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
The town/city averages about 60 rainy days per year, 59 days with high temperatures of 90 F (32 C) or higher, and 124 days with low temperatures below freezing.
Climate data for Emporia, Kansas Emporia is the principal town/city of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Lyon and Chase counties.
In addition to Emporia State University and other large public-sector employers such as the town/city and county governments, the enhance schools, and the county hospital, Emporia has a several large private-sector employers. Previously, a Tyson Foods beef-packing plant working more than 2,400 workers. Hostess Brands has a bakery in Emporia.
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, established in Emporia in 1953, by E.L.
The Braum dairy store chain, based in Oklahoma City, originated in Emporia in 1952 under the name Peter Pan. Simmons Pet Food operates a multi-acre plant in Emporia that manufactures wet dog food. The town/city is served by the Emporia Municipal Airport as well as the Lyon County Area Transportation (LCAT) municipal bus system.
Bus service inside the town/city is provided by LCAT or Lyon County Area Transportation.
The agency provides fixed-route bus service to the town/city of Emporia, and paratransit service to the disabled and the rest of Lyon County.
The buses are a service of Lyon County, with momentous support coming from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
Emporia is served by the following highways.
Main article: Media in Emporia, Kansas The Emporia Gazette is the city's chief newspaper, presented six days a week. The Gazette also prints a Spanish language monthly paper, La Voz. Emporia State University prints a bi-weekly student newspaper, the Emporia State University Bulletin. Emporia is a center of broadcast media for east-central Kansas. One AM airways broadcast and ten FM airways broadcasts are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. Emporia is in the Topeka, Kansas tv market, and one tv station, a translator of the Fox partner in Topeka, broadcasts from the city. Emporia has 14 structures on the National Register of Historic Places.
They are the Old Emporia Public Library, the Finney (Warren Wesley) House, the Granada Theater (also known as the Fox Theater), the Harris-Borman House, the Howe (Richard) House, the Keebler-Stone House, the Kress Building, the Mason (Walt) House, the Anderson Carnegie Memorial Library, the Plumb (Mrs.
And Susan Cross House. There is also an authentic one-room school home positioned on the Emporia State University ground (near Merchant Street) that is available for tours through the ESU Teachers College and The National Teachers Hall of Fame.
At the Emporia service region of the Kansas Turnpike is a Kansas Historical Marker titled Emporia - Home of William Allen White. The 1987 CBS miniseries Murder Ordained was filmed in Emporia.
It dramatized an actual event in Emporia involving the 1983 death of Sandra Bird.
Main article: List of citizens from Emporia, Kansas See also: List of citizens from Lyon County, Kansas; List of Emporia State University citizens ; and List of Flint Hills Technical College citizens Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Emporia include actor R.
Preston Plumb Hall on Emporia State University ground (2012) Rainbow Arch in Emporia (2012) Aerial view of downtown Emporia (2002) Downtown Emporia (2009) Hand-colored photo postcard of the Santa Fe Railway in Emporia (1912) Emporia USD 253, Emporia High School a b c d e f Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) details for Emporia, Kansas; United States Geological Survey (USGS); October 13, 1978.
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