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Place Name
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Atchison
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Pronunciation
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ACH-i-suhn
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Atchison County
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Population
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10,656 (1990)
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Location
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Atchison County, Kansas (KS), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°33'N
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Longitude
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95°07'W
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Atchison
(ACH-i-suhn), city (1990 pop. 10,656), 
Atchison co., NE Kansas, on the Mo. R.; elev.
810 ft/247 m; 39°33'N 95°07'W. RR
junction. Trade, shipping, and industrial center in a rich farm area.
Mfg. (leather goods, consumer goods, feeds, steel pipe; metal casting,
corn milling). Founded (1854) near a military post, est. 1818-1819 on
Cow Isl. in the Mo. R. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RR was
chartered here in 1859, and the city boomed as an important
wagon-train, river, and RR terminal, one of the outfitting points for
westward travel. Benedictine Col. and Amelia Earhart home are located
here. Atchison State Fishing L. to N. Inc. as a city 1881.
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