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Manhattan
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city in Riley and Pottawatomie counties in Kansas, United States, county seat of Riley County
Manhattan is a city in Kansas that serves as the county seat of Riley County, located in the state's Riley and Pottawatomie counties. As a county seat, it functions as the administrative center for local government in the region.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Counties
- Riley , Pottawatomie
- Named after
- Cincinnati–Manhattan Company
- Type
- Commission-Manager
- Mayor
- Susan Adamchak
- City and county seat
- 19.91 sq mi (51.56 km )
- Land
- 19.85 sq mi (51.40 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km )
- Metro
- 18.88 sq mi (48.89 km )
- Elevation
- 1,056 ft (322 m)
- Density
- 2,730/sq mi (1,050/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 66502–66503, 66505–66506
- Fips code
- 20-44250
- Website
- manhattanks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Manhattan, KS - Official Website | Official Website
The City of Manhattan, Kansas, provides municipal services for more than 50,000 residents.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Manhattan
- Population
- 146
- Area
- 48.671037
- Elevation
- 311
- Official website
- cityofmhk.com
- Image
- Riley (Kansas) County Courthouse 1.jpg
- Households
- 0
- Dialing code
- 785
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- Commons category
- Manhattan, Kansas
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- P8168
- Edzhyd-Purysyu
- water as percent of area
- 0.1605
- P12749
- Aleksander Zederbaum
- postal code
- 66506
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Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 54,100.
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 moniker of the "Big Apple", the city is a college town with a significant student population, because it is home to Kansas State University (KSU).