Ottawa, Kansas
Ottawa, Kansas Location inside Franklin County and Kansas Location inside Franklin County and Kansas Ottawa is a town/city in, and the governmental center of county of, Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is positioned on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County.
Aerial view of Ottawa (2013) The name derives from the Ottawa tribe of Indians, on whose reservation the town/city was laid out.
In the spring of 1864, title to the territory was obtained from the tribe through treaty connected to the beginning of Ottawa University, the Ottawa having donated 20,000 acres of territory to establish and fund a school for the education of Indians and non-Indians alike.
The word Ottawa itself means "to trade".
In 1867, the Ottawa tribe sold their remaining territory in Kansas and moved to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Ottawa has a history of flooding because of its locale straddling the Marais Des Cygnes river.
One-third of Ottawa was veiled because of this flood. It is unlikely Ottawa will suffer primary damage due to a flood again thanks to a series of levees and pumping stations assembled by the U.S.
Ottawa is positioned at 38 36 43 N 95 15 59 W (38.612044, -95.266513). It straddles the Marais des Cygnes River and is positioned 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Kansas City at the junction of U.S.
Route 50 and Interstate 35 bypass Ottawa to the south and east, while company US-50 passes through the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.42 square miles (24.40 km2), of which 9.32 square miles (24.14 km2) is territory and 0.10 square miles (0.26 km2) is water. The maximum temperature reaches 90 F (32 C) an average of 52 days per year and reaches 100 F (38 C) an average of 6 days per year.
The region receives nearly 40 inches (1,000 mm) of rain amid an average year with the biggest share being received in May and June the April June reconstructionaverages 29 days of calculable precipitation.
There are on average 87 days of calculable rain per year.
Measurable snow flurry occurs an average of 8 days per year with at least an inch of snow being received on five of those days.
Median 3.3 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 8.5 Mean number of days 3.0 2.1 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 8.4 (1994) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 trace Precipitation includes precipitation and melted snow or sleet in inches; median values are provided for rain and snow flurry because mean averages may be misleading.
The station is positioned in Ottawa at 38 37 N 95 17 W, altitude 900 feet (270 m).
As of the census of 2010, there were 12,649 citizens , 4,998 homeholds, and 3,127 families residing in the city.
There were 4,998 homeholds of which 34.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.4% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 33.2 years.
27% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 11.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 22.9% were from 45 to 64; and 13.2% were 65 years of age or older.
Enumeration in 2000, there were 11,921 citizens , 4,697 homeholds, and 3,034 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $34,071, and the median income for a family was $41,710.
Ottawa's two primary employers are Walmart and American Eagle Outfitters who both maintain distribution centers in the city.
Ottawa has freight rail service from BNSF stockyards .
There is also a grain elevator directed by the Ottawa Co-Op.
The town/city operates the Ottawa Municipal Airport, a small General Aviation airport four miles south of the city.
Ottawa was governed by a Mayor-Council fitness until 1913 when the City became a Commission form of government.
The people of Ottawa elect commissioners at-large.
Ottawa is served by USD 290 for enhance education.
The private four year university, Ottawa University, is inside Ottawa, and Ottawa is also home to a branch ground of Neosho County Community College.
Ottawa High School Ottawa Middle School Ottawa has a several private schools.
Ottawa Christian Academy There is one printed announcement which serves the town/city of Ottawa, the Ottawa Herald, which was established in 1869.
A monthly printed announcement for seniors also serves Ottawa: Ottawa has four airways broadcasts, one AM and three FM.
KCHZ 95.7 FM is licensed to Ottawa (and was, at one time, owned by KOFO); its studios are in Mission, Kansas.
88.9 is home to the Ottawa University student station, KTJO-FM.
Downtown Ottawa is home to the Plaza Grill and Cinema (formerly the Crystal Plaza and Bijou Theater) which, in 2013, was identified to be the earliest operating cinema in America.
See also: List of Ottawa University citizens Steve Grogan, former New England Patriots quarterback, led Ottawa to a runner-up place in state football and to a state championship in basketball.
Isaac Smith Kalloch, signatory of Ottawa's initial town business charter, later became Mayor of San Francisco Ottawa Municipal Airport Ottawa City Manager a b Ottawa Government Ottawa City Clerk "2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
"The Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma." Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
Franklin County, part 5, Ottawa, part 1.
The Ottawa Herald.
Allan, Jeremiah, "Standing on the Picket Line", The Campus, Ottawa University Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ottawa, Kansas.
City of Ottawa Ottawa - Directory of Public Officials Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Ottawa Main Street Association Ottawa University Ottawa City Map, KDOT Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Kansas, United States County seat: Ottawa Lane Ottawa Pomona Princeton Rantoul Richmond Wellsville Williamsburg Map of Kansas highlighting Franklin County Appanoose Centropolis Cutler Franklin Greenwood Harrison Hayes Homewood Lincoln Ohio Ottawa Peoria Pomona Pottawatomie Richmond Williamsburg Kansas City urbane area's metros/cities and counties
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