Arkansas City

Arkansas City
/ahr kan"zeuhs/
a city in S Kansas. 13,201.

* * *

      city, Cowley county, southern Kansas, U.S. It lies near the confluence of the Arkansas (Arkansas River) and Walnut rivers. Founded in 1870, it was successively named Walnut City, Adelphi, and Creswell; the present name was adopted at the city's incorporation (1872). It was a starting place for the 1893 settlement of the Cherokee Strip in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and the Cherokee Strip Land Rush Museum is 2 miles (3 km) south of the city. In 1869–70 Wild West entrepreneur William “Buffalo Bill” Cody (Cody, William F.), then a U.S. marshal, made his headquarters in Arkansas City, where he ended a persistent problem with cattle theft in the vicinity. Oil was discovered nearby in 1914. Arkansas City is a shipping centre and a railroad junction with repair shops. Oil refining, tile manufacturing, flour milling, meat-packing, and food processing are important industries. Cowley County Community College was founded there in 1922. Cowley State Fishing Lake is nearby. Pop. (1990) 12,762; (2000) 11,963.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Arkansas City — (Arkansas)  Pour la ville du Kansas, voir Arkansas City (Kansas). Arkansas City …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Arkansas City — Arkansas City, AR U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 589 Housing Units (2000): 279 Land area (2000): 0.477996 sq. miles (1.238003 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.477996 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Arkansas City — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Arkansas City puede referirse a: Arkansas City, localidad de Kansas (  Estados Unidos) Arkansas City, localidad de Arkansas ( …   Wikipedia Español

  • Arkansas City, AR — U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 589 Housing Units (2000): 279 Land area (2000): 0.477996 sq. miles (1.238003 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.477996 sq. miles (1.238003 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Arkansas City — ist die Bezeichnung mehrerer Städte in den USA: Arkansas City (Kansas) Arkansas City (Arkansas) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Arkansas City, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 11963 Housing Units (2000): 5628 Land area (2000): 7.512190 sq. miles (19.456482 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.022213 sq. miles (0.057531 sq. km) Total area (2000): 7.534403 sq. miles (19.514013 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Arkansas City — Arkansas City, 1) Stadt im nordamerikan. Staat Kansas, Grafschaft Cowley, am Arkansasfluß, Bahnknotenpunkt, mit (1900) 6140 Einw. – 2) Stadt in Arkansas, Grafschaft Desha, am Mississippi unterhalb der Arkansasmündung, mit Eisenbahnübergang,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Arkansas City — (spr. ßittĭ), Stadt im nordamerik. Staate Kansas, (1900) 6140 E …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Arkansas City — 1 Original name in latin Arkansas City Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 33.60872 latitude 91.20678 altitude 44 Population 366 Date 2011 05 14 2 Original name in latin Arkansas City Name in other… …   Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • Arkansas City — Sp Árkanzas Sitis Ap Arkansas City L JAV: Dešei apyg. c. (Arkanzasas), mst. (Kanzasas) …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”