Junction City, Kansas Junction City, Kansas Location inside Geary County and Kansas Location inside Geary County and Kansas Website City website Junction City is a town/city and governmental center of county of Geary County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 23,353. Fort Riley, a primary U.S.
Church near Junction City (1943) Junction City is so titled from its position at the confluence of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers. Mead of New York of the Cincinnati-Manhattan Company, Free Staters connected to the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company prepared a improve there called Manhattan (there was also a discussion to call it New Cincinnati). When the steamship Hartford bringing the immigrants could not reach the improve because of low water on the Kansas River, the Free Staters settled 20 miles West in what today is Manhattan, Kansas.
The improve was retitled Millard City for Captain Millard of the Hartford on October 3, 1855.
Brinkley established Radio Station KFKB (which stood for ''Kansas First, Kansas Best'') using a 1 k - W transmitter.
Among its inhabitants is film director Kevin Wilmott whose movies including Ninth Street are set in Junction City.
Timothy Mc - Veigh rented the Ryder truck he used in the Oklahoma City bombing from an auto body shop in Junction City.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.22 square miles (31.65 km2), of which, 12.15 square miles (31.47 km2) is territory and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) is water. Over the course of a year, temperatures range from an average low of about 15 F ( 9 C) in January to an average high of 90 F (32 C) in July.
The maximum temperature reaches 90 F (32 C) an average of 47 days per year and reaches 100 F (38 C) an average of 7 days per year.
The minimum temperature falls below the freezing point (32 F) an average of 126 days per year.
The region receives over 32 inches (810 mm) of rain amid an average year with the biggest share being received amid May, June, and July with a combined 29 days of calculable precipitation.
There are on average 86 days of calculable rain per year.
Measurable snow flurry occurs an average of 6 days per year with at least an inch of snow being received on four of those days.
Median 4.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 7.3 Mean number of days 2.6 1.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 6.0 (1977) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3 The station is positioned northwest of Junction City at Milford Lake at 39 4 N 96 54 W, altitude 1,210 feet (369 m).
As of the census of 2010, there were 23,353 citizens , 9,134 homeholds, and 6,109 families residing in the city.
There were 10,480 housing units at an average density of 862.6 per square mile (333.1/km2).
There were 9,134 homeholds of which 39.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 16.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 33.1% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.07.
The median age in the town/city was 28.8 years.
29% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 13% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.3% were from 25 to 44; 19.3% were from 45 to 64; and 8.4% were 65 years of age or older.
The gender makeup of the town/city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,886 citizens , 7,492 homeholds, and 5,079 families residing in the city.
There were 8,740 housing units at an average density of 1,157.3 per square mile (447.0/km ).
There were 7,492 homeholds out of which 35.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 14.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 32.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.2% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2000 the median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,084, and the median income for a family was $35,093.
The per capita income for the town/city was $16,581.
In recent years, the town/city has been experiencing a primary growth due to the return of the 1st Infantry Division to Fort Riley.
Junction City has a Commission form of government.
The City Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the City and serves at the discretion of the Commission.
The City Commission consists of five members who are propel by the registered voters of the City.
The Junction City Daily Union is the small-town newspaper, presented five days a week. Three airways broadcasts are licensed to and broadcast from Junction City.
KJCK (AM) broadcasts on 1420 AM, playing a News/Talk format; its sister station, KJCK-FM, broadcasts on 97.5 FM, playing a Top 40 format. K222 - AX is a translator station that rebroadcasts the signal of KJIL, a Christian Contemporary station in Meade, Kansas, on 92.3 FM. Junction City is in the Topeka, Kansas tv market. In Sidney Sheldon's New York Times bestseller Windmills of the Gods, the heroine of the novel is from Junction City.
In both the stage and film version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the character of Hedwig moves to Junction City after leaving East Germany.
Main article: List of citizens from Junction City, Kansas Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Junction City include U.S.
Operation Junction City a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
Junction City, Kansas History - kansastowns.com - Retrieved March 9, 2009 GEARY COUNTY LEGENDS - jcks.com - Retrieved March 9, 2009 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
"Record Details - Junction City Daily Union".
"Radio Stations in Junction City, Kansas".
Greyhound Lines - Bus stops in Kansas Archived 2010-08-28 at the Wayback Machine.
See also: List of books about Geary County, Kansas Wikimedia Commons has media related to Junction City, Kansas.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Junction City.
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