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Manhattan (Kansas)

Manhattan, Kansas
City
Riley County Courthouse (2005)
Riley County Courthouse (2005)
Nickname(s): The Little Apple
Location within Riley County and Kansas
Location within Riley County and Kansas
KDOT map of Riley County (legend)
KDOT map of Riley County (legend)
Coordinates: 39°11′30″N 96°35′30″W / 39.19167°N 96.59167°W / 39.19167; -96.59167Coordinates: 39°11′30″N 96°35′30″W / 39.19167°N 96.59167°W / 39.19167; -96.59167
Country United States
State Kansas
Counties Riley, Pottawatomie
Settled 1855
Incorporated 1857
Government
 • Type Commission-Manager
 • Mayor Usha Reddi
Area
 • City 18.79 sq mi (48.67 km2)
 • Land 18.76 sq mi (48.59 km2)
 • Water 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
 • Metro 18.88 sq mi (48.89 km2)
Elevation 1,020 ft (311 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 52,281
 • Estimate (2015) 56,308
 • Density 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 66502–66503,
66505-66506
Area code 785
FIPS code 20-44250
GNIS feature ID 0476378
Website cityofmhk.com

Manhattan is a city in northeastern Kansas in the United States at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County, although it extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281.

The city was founded by settlers from the New England Emigrant Aid Company as a Free-State town in the 1850s, during the Bleeding Kansas era. Nicknamed "The Little Apple" as a play on New York City's "Big Apple", Manhattan is best known as the home of Kansas State University and has a distinct college town atmosphere.

Manhattan Regional Airport (MHK) is the second-busiest commercial airport in Kansas. Eight miles (13 km) west of the city is Fort Riley, a United States Army post.

Before settlement by European-Americans in the 1850s, the land where Manhattan sits was home to Native American tribes. Most recently, from 1780 to 1830 it was home to the Kaw people (also known as the Kansa). The Kaw settlement was called Blue Earth Village (Manyinkatuhuudje). It was named after the river the tribe called the Great Blue Earth River – today known as the Big Blue River – which intersected with the Kansas River by their village. Blue Earth Village was the site of a large battle between the Kaw and the Pawnee in 1812.

The Kaw tribe ceded ownership of this land in a treaty signed at the Shawnee Methodist Mission on January 14, 1846.


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