Salina, Kansas Salina, Kansas Water fortress in Salina (2013) Water fortress in Salina (2013) Salina /s la n / is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 47,707. Located in one of the world's biggest wheat-producing areas, Salina, is a county-wide trade center for north-central Kansas.
Prior to European colonization of the area, the site of Salina was positioned inside the territory of the Kansa citizens . Claimed first by France as part of Louisiana and later acquired by the United States with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, it was inside the region organized by the U.S.
Phillips established Salina in 1858.
During the following two years, the territorial council chartered the town company, organized the encircling area as Saline County, and titled Salina the county seat.
The westernmost town on the Smoky Hill Trail, Salina established itself as a trading post for westbound immigrants, prospectors bound for Pikes Peak, and region American Indian tribes.
In 1862, small-town inhabitants fended off American Indian raiders only to fall victim to a second assault by bushwhackers later that year. In May and June 1864, the Salina Stockade was assembled to protect the town against further Indian raids.
Troops were garrisoned in Salina until March 1865, and some may have returned in June 1865.
Salina incorporated as a town/city in 1870. The cattle trade appeared in 1872, transforming Salina into a cowtown.
In 1874, Salina resident E.
By 1880, the town/city was an region industrial center with a several mills, a carriage and wagon factory, and a farm implement works. Salina was the locale of the first garment factory of jeans manufacturer Lee, which opened in 1889. Over the following decade, three barns s were assembled through the city. The success of the wholesale and milling industries drove Salina's expansion into the early 1900s such that, at one point, it was the third-largest producer in the state and the sixth-largest in the United States. Renamed Smoky Hill Air Force Base in 1948, the base closed the following year only to be reopened in 1951 as Schilling Air Force Base, part of Strategic Air Command. The re-opening of the base triggered an economic boom in Salina, causing the city's populace to increase by nearly two-thirds amid the 1950s. The U.S.
Department of Defense closed the base permanently in 1965, but the town/city of Salina acquired it and converted it into Salina Municipal Airport and an industrialized park. This led to substantial industrialized development, attracting firms such as Beechcraft, and made manufacturing a major driver of the small-town economy. Today, Salina remains a center of trade, transportation, and trade in north-central Kansas. Salina is positioned at 38 50 25 N 97 36 41 W (38.8402805, -97.6114237) at an altitude of 1,224 feet (373 m). Located in north-central Kansas at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Interstate 135, it is 81 miles (130 km) north of Wichita, Kansas, 164 miles (264 km) west of Kansas City, Missouri, and 401 miles (645 km) east of Denver, Colorado. Salina lies in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) west-southwest of the confluence of the Saline and Smoky Hill Rivers. The Smoky Hill River runs north then northeast through the easterly part of the city; the Saline River flows southeast immediately north of the city. In the northeast part of the city, the old channel of the Smoky Hill chapters from the river's current course and winds west, north, and back east before draining back into the river.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 25.15 square miles (65.14 km2), of which 25.11 square miles (65.03 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. Salina lies in the transition region between North America's humid subtropical (Koppen Cfa) and humid continental climate (Koppen Dfa) zones.
Consequently, summers in Salina are typically hot and humid, and winters are typically cold and dry. On average, January is the coldest month, July is the hottest month, and May is the month with the greatest precipitation. As is common in the region, Salina is apt to harsh thunderstorms which may produce damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes.
The annual average temperature in Salina is 56.1 F (13 C).
The high temperature reaches or exceeds 90 F (32 C) an average of 62.6 days per year and reaches or exceeds 100 F (38 C) an average of 14.6 days per year.
The low temperature falls below the freezing point, 32 F (0 C), an average of 111.8 days per year and below 0 F ( 18 C) an average of 3.8 days per year. The hottest temperature recorded in Salina was 117 F (47 C) on August 12, 1936; the coldest temperature recorded was 31 F ( 35 C) on February 13, 1905. On average, Salina receives 32.2 in (818 mm) of rain per year with the biggest share being received in May through August. The average relative humidity is 64%. Snowfall averages 18.4 inches (47 cm) per year. Climate data for Salina Regional Airport (KSLN) Salina is the anchor town/city of the Salina Micropolitan Travel Destination which includes all of Saline and Ottawa counties. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.1% of inhabitants under the age of 18; 9.9% between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.4% from 25 to 44; 25.3% from 45 to 64; and 14.3% 65 years of age or older.
Downtown Salina grain elevators Manufacturing is the dominant trade in Salina.:11 Agricultural transit is also a primary industry.:17 Major employers in the town/city include these: Tony's Pizza, a Schwan Food Company brand, has operations in Salina to produce frozen pizzas and food for school cafeterias and other establishments; Philips Lighting; Exide Battery; Great Plains Manufacturing makes farm equipment; El - Dorado National paints commercial buses; and Asurion.
The cost of living in Salina is mostly low; compared to a U.S.
Average of 100, the cost of living index for the town/city is 80.9. As of 2010, the median home value in the town/city was $109,700, the median chose monthly owner cost was $1,070 for housing units with a mortgage and $396 for those without, and the median gross rent was $599. According to Salina's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, these are the city's top employers: 2 Salina Regional Health Center 1,082 7 City of Salina 493 Salina is a town/city of the first class with a commission-manager form of government which it adopted in 1921. The town/city commission consists of five members propel at large, one of whom the commission annually selects to serve as mayor.
Commission candidates who receive the most and second most votes are propel for a four-year term; the candidate who receives the third most votes is propel for a two-year term. The commission sets policy and appoints the town/city manager, who serves as the chief executive, responsible for administering the town/city government and appointing all town/city employees. The Salina Fire department operates four stations inside the city. As the county seat, Salina is the administrative center of Saline County.
Salina lies inside Kansas's 1st U.S.
The I-70/I-135 interchange northwest of the town/city is the northern end of I-135. K-140, which approaches Salina from the southwest, formally ends at its interchange with I-135 before entering the town/city as State Street.
North of Salina, the city's chief north-south thoroughfare, Ninth Street, becomes K-143 at its interchange with I-70. City - Go also provides intercity paratransit bus service to encircling communities. Greyhound Lines provides bus service westward towards Denver, Colorado and eastward toward Kansas City, Missouri. Bus service is provided daily southward towards Wichita, Kansas by Bee - Line Express (subcontractor of Greyhound Lines). Salina Municipal Airport is positioned southwest of the city. Used primarily for general aviation, it hosts one commercial airline (Great Lakes Airlines) under the Essential Air Service program. Its Kansas Pacific (KP) Line runs northeast-southwest through the northern part of the city. Salina is also the southeastern end of the Salina Subdivision of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad. There are two hospitals in Salina: Salina Regional Health Center, a 204-bed not-for-profit general medical and surgical facility; and Salina Surgical Hospital, a specialized, 16-bed surgical facility. Main article: Media in Salina, Kansas The Salina Journal is the small-town newspaper, presented daily. Salina is a center of broadcast media for north-central Kansas.
Three AM and 13 FM airways broadcasts are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city. Salina is in the Wichita-Hutchinson tv market, and five tv stations broadcast from the city. These include two autonomous stations as well as ABC, Fox, and NBC affiliates which are satellites of their respective affiliates in Wichita. Salina is also home to the only Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels in the state.
The town/city holds a several improve affairs throughout the year. Each June, the Salina Arts & Humanities department holds the Smoky Hill River Festival.
Held in Oakdale Park and lasting three and a half days, the Festival includes arts and crafts shows, music concerts, games, and other activities. Originally held as a downtown street parade in 1976 to jubilate the United States Bicentennial, the festival proved prominent enough for the town/city to hold it every year. To jubilate Independence Day, the town/city puts on its All American Fourth and Play Day in the Park which includes children's games, music, and dance performances in Oakdale Park. The Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair takes place in September and includes a parade, a chili cook-off, and historic demonstrations. In November, downtown Salina hosts the city's Christmas Festival which includes a 5k run, a mile walk, live music, dance performances, children's entertainment and the Parade of Lights, a parade of floats decorated with Christmas lights. Several of these pertain to region agriculture including the Chamber of Commerce's Mid-America Farm Expo in March, the Discover Salina Naturally Festival in May, the 4-H Tri-Rivers Fair and Rodeo in August, and The Land Institute's Prairie Festival in September.
Other annual affairs held in the town/city include the Home Builders Associations of Salina's Home and Leisure Show in February, the ISIS Shrine Circus and Saline County Mounted Patrol Rodeo in April, the Smoky Hill Sportsman Expo in August, Blue Heaven Studios' Blues Masters at the Crossroads festival in October, and the Prairie Longrifles Wild West Trade Show in December as well as a several car shows and high school sports affairs. Indian Rock is the tallest point in the Salina region and is home to a park and a several hiking trails. There are more than 70 Christian churches in and around Salina including the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina (Sacred Heart Cathedral) and the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Kansas (Christ Cathedral). The Roman Catholic Diocese has its county-wide administrative offices in Salina as do the Presbytery of Northern Kansas and the Salina District of the United Methodist Church which is based at Kansas Wesleyan University. Salina hosted the Kansas Cagerz and Salina Rattlers basketball teams.
Salina hosts the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I women's basketball nationwide tournament each season in the Bicentennial Center. Salina hosted the Women's Big Eight basketball tournament at the Bicentennial Center.
Salina hosts the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) Class 4 - A State Wrestling Tournament as well as the Class 3 - A & 4 - A Volleyball Tournaments, the Class 4 - A State Basketball Tournament, and the Class 4 - A State Softball Tournament.
Salina also occasionally hosts the Class 4 - A State Baseball Tournament and one of the state championship football games.
Salina was home to the Salina Bombers, an indoor football team playing in the Champions Professional Indoor Football League from 2013-2014, then Champions Indoor Football.
Salina hosts the Salina Liberty, the second indoor football team from the city, who now play in the CIF.
Salina is the home of the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyotes, a 20-sport National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics athletics program.
The 1980 teen comedy film Up the Academy starring Ralph Macchio was filmed entirely in Salina, mostly on the ground of St.
Scenes in the 1955 movie Picnic, starring William Holden and Kim Novak, were filmed in Salina (arrival of the train at the beginning of the movie; The Bensons' mansion) Millie Dillmount, the fictional chief character in the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, is from Salina.
In Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Vertigo, the character Judy Barton (played by Kim Novak) comes from Salina (425 Maple Avenue).
The Avett Brothers wrote a song titled "Salina" which was encompassed on their 2007 album Emotionalism.
Main article: List of citizens from Salina, Kansas Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Salina include former White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater, astronaut Steven Hawley, former Governors of Kansas John W.
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