Kansas Towns and Counties Trivia and Facts

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What town in Rooks County was hit by a tornado three years in a row on the same date? Answer

Carry Nation was a resident of what town? Answer. Her first saloon smash was in what town? Answer

"Cathedral of the Plains" is a nickname for St. Fidelis Church located in Victoria. Who gave it that nickname? Answer

What was the name of the novel written by John Ise that was set in the Rose Valley area of Osborne County? Answer

Two famous men have ties to the town of Ellis. Who are they? Answer

Which legendary Kansas State University basketball coach once taught school and coached football in Plainville? Answer

Sharon (Barber County) is the hometown of which country music singer? Answer

Which town in Graham County is a National Historic Site? Answer

The Mennonites who settled in Harvey County introduced what kind of wheat to Kansas? Answer

St. John in Stafford County has the distinction of being settled by two completely different groups - one was ethnic and the other was religious. What groups were they? Answer

What town in Stevens County was originally named Hugo after Victor Hugo, a premier writer in the 19th century? Answer

Where was "Home on the Range" written? Answer

In Republic County, the settlements were founded by people of Bohemian, Polish, Scottish and Swedish ancestries. Which town was founded by members of the Scandinavian Agricultural Society in 1868? Answer

Kanorado in Sherman County combines the names of Kansas and Colorado. It is the last Kansas town before Colorado along Interstate 70. There is a ghost town in Greeley County that also combined the names of Kansas and Colorado. It was only 1/2 mile from the state border. What was its name? Answer

Victoria was founded by Scotch and English families in 1873. In 1876 another village was founded 1/2 mile to the north of Victoria by the Volga-Germans. What was the name of that village? Answer

The Cottonwood Ranch, which was founded by Englishman John Fenton Pratt and is now a state historic site, is located near which town? Answer

Where was the only Indian pueblo in Kansas located and what was its name? Answer