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Place Name
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Emporia
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Pronunciation
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em-POR-ee-uh
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Lyon County
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Population
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25,512 (1990)
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Location
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Lyon County, Kansas (KS), United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°24'N
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Longitude
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96°11'W
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Emporia
(em-POR-ee-uh), city (1990 pop. 25,512),
 Lyon co., E central Kansas, in the Flint Hills bet. the Neosho
and Cottonwood rivers, 50 mi/80 km SW of
Topeka on Kansas Turnpike; 38°24'N 96°11'W. Elev.
1,150 ft/351 m. Commercial and shipping (RR
and highway) center for a large cattle and grain area. Mfg. (soybean
oil, engines, printing machinery, baked goods, meat prods., vehicular
lighting equipment, pet foods, fabricated metal prod., ceramic
insulation, valves, hose fittings). Emporia State Univ. in the city.
William Allen White (locally renowed editor) made the small-town
Emporia Gazette a nationally known newspaper. William Allen
White home and sculpture park here. Lyon State Fishing L. to NE. Inc.
1857.
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