Editing Kansas (section)

====Northeast Kansas====
[[File:UK Strong Hall Lawrence Nima 02.jpg|thumb|left|[[University of Kansas]] Strong Hall in Lawrence.]]
The northeastern portion of the state, extending from the eastern border to [[Junction City, Kansas|Junction City]] and from the Nebraska border to south of Johnson County is home to more than 1.5&nbsp;million people in the Kansas City (Kansas portion), Manhattan, Lawrence, and Topeka [[metropolitan area]]s. [[Overland Park, Kansas|Overland Park]], a young city incorporated in 1960, has the largest population and the largest land area in the county. It is home to [[Johnson County Community College]].

Olathe is the [[county seat]] and home to [[Johnson County Executive Airport]]. The cities of Olathe, [[Shawnee, Kansas|Shawnee]], [[De Soto, Kansas|De Soto]] and [[Gardner, Kansas|Gardner]] have some of the state's fastest growing populations. The cities of Overland Park, [[Lenexa, Kansas|Lenexa]], Olathe, De Soto, and Gardner are also notable because they lie along the former route of the [[Santa Fe Trail]]. Among cities with at least one thousand residents, [[Mission Hills, Kansas|Mission Hills]] has the highest median income in the state.

Several institutions of higher education are located in Northeast Kansas including [[Baker University]] (the oldest university in the state, founded in 1858 and affiliated with the [[United Methodist Church]]) in Baldwin City, [[Benedictine College]] (sponsored by [[St. Benedict's Abbey]] and [[Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica|Mount St. Scholastica Monastery]] and formed from the merger of St. Benedict's College (1858) and Mount St. Scholastica College (1923)) in Atchison, [[MidAmerica Nazarene University]] in Olathe, [[Ottawa University]] in Ottawa and Overland Park, Kansas City Kansas Community College and KU Medical Center in Kansas City, and KU Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Less than an hour's drive to the west, [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] is home to the [[University of Kansas]], the largest public university in the state, and [[Haskell Indian Nations University]].

To the north, [[Kansas City, Kansas|Kansas City]], with the second largest land area in the state, contains a number of diverse ethnic neighborhoods. Its attractions include the [[Kansas Speedway]], [[Sporting Kansas City]], [[Kansas City Monarchs (American Association)|Kansas City Monarchs]], and [[The Legends at Village West]] retail and entertainment center. Nearby, Kansas's first settlement [[Bonner Springs, Kansas|Bonner Springs]]<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite book |last1 = Miller |first1 = Rober B. |title = Bonner Springs (Images of America) |date = 2013 |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |page = 7 |isbn = 978-1-4671-1043-3 }}</ref> is home to several national and regional attractions including the [[Cricket Wireless Amphitheater (Bonner Springs, Kansas)|Providence Medical Center Amphitheater]], the [[National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame]], and the annual [[Kansas City Renaissance Festival]]. Further up the [[Missouri River]], the city of [[Lansing, Kansas|Lansing]] is the home of the state's first maximum-security prison. Historic [[Leavenworth, Kansas|Leavenworth]], founded in 1854, was the first incorporated city in Kansas. North of the city, [[Fort Leavenworth]] is the oldest active Army post west of the [[Mississippi River]]. The city of [[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]] was an early commercial center in the state and is well known as the birthplace of [[Amelia Earhart]].

[[File:Kansas State Capitol in summer 2024.jpg|thumb|The [[Kansas Statehouse]].]]

To the west, nearly a quarter million people reside in the Topeka metropolitan area. [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] is the state capital and home to [[Washburn University]] and [[Washburn Institute of Technology]]. Built at a [[Kansas River]] crossing along the old [[Oregon Trail]], this historic city has several nationally registered historic places. Further westward along [[Interstate 70 (Kansas)|Interstate 70]] and the Kansas River is [[Junction City, Kansas|Junction City]] with its historic limestone and brick buildings and nearby [[Fort Riley]], well known as the home to the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]'s [[1st Infantry Division (United States)|1st Infantry Division]] (nicknamed "the Big Red One"). A short distance away, the city of [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] is home to [[Kansas State University]], the second-largest public university in the state and the nation's oldest land-grant university, dating back to 1863. South of the campus, [[Aggieville]] dates back to 1889 and is the state's oldest shopping district of its kind.