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Kanorado
Kansascity
Kanorado
Total population
153
Median home value
$0
Bachelor's+
Median income
$97,500
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Kanorado is a city in Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The name is a portmanteau of Kansas and Colorado, because it is near the state line. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 153. Kanorado has the highest elevation of all cities in Kansas.
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History
The first post office in the community was established in 1889, but the post office was called Lamborn until 1903. On February 10, 2016 the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas passed a Resolution (Res.#6033) designating the City of Kanorado as the Top City of Kansas. This is due to it being the highest city elevation in the State of Kansas at .
Geography
Kanorado is located at (39.3330542, -102.0379596). Kanorado is located in Sherman County. In 1873 Cutler's History of the State of Kansas book, it characterized the county as "very level land and almost treeless. Beaver Creek, Little Beaver and both forks of the Sappa River, rise in this county, and the North Fork of the Smoky Hill, passes from Colorado into the south part of the county, and out of it into Wallace." In the main, farming is by irrigation.
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Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
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Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Nearby places in Kansas
- St. Francis32.6 mi away
- Weskan32.8 mi away
- Sharon Springs34.2 mi away · pop. 817
- Wallace37.7 mi away · pop. 48
- Bird City39.2 mi away · pop. 633
- Levant45.1 mi away · pop. 63
- Winona46.5 mi away · pop. 221
- McDonald47.1 mi away · pop. 249
- Russell Springs54.7 mi away
- Monument57.4 mi away · pop. 99
- Greeley County unified government (balance)60.4 mi away · pop. 465
- Tribune61.6 mi away · pop. 758
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API