Kansas, Ohio
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Kansas, Ohio
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|settlement_type = Census-designated place
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|image_skyline = Post office in Kansas, Ohio.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Community post office
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|image_map = OHMap-doton-Kansas.png
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|map_caption = Location of Kansas, Ohio
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Ohio
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Seneca Sandusky county
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Liberty
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 1.14
|area_land_km2 = 1.14
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.44
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.44
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 175
|population_density_km2 = 153.85
|population_density_sq_mi = 398.63
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_ft = 728
|coordinates = {{coord|41|14|55|N|83|17|01|W|type:city_region:US-OH_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP codes
|postal_code = 44841
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|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 39-39578
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 2628908{{GNIS|2628908}}
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Kansas is a census-designated place in northwestern Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code 44841.[https://tools.usps.com/zip-code-lookup.htm?citybyzipcode USPS – Cities by ZIP Code] It is located along State Route 635.DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., Yarmouth, Maine, 2004, p. 37, {{ISBN|0-89933-281-1}} The population was 175 at the 2020 census.
History
Kansas was platted in early 1855 along a line of the Lake Erie and Louisville Railroad.{{cite book|last=Lang|first=William|title=History of Seneca County, from the Close of the Revolutionary War to July, 1880|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctlE6zuQQI0C|year=1880|publisher=Transcript Printing Company|location=Springfield, Ohio|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ctlE6zuQQI0C/page/n570 550]}} The community took its name from the Kansas Territory.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=83|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=67}} A short distance south of the community on State Route 635 is the Michaels Farm, which has been named a historic site.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 175
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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References
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{{Seneca County, Ohio}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Seneca County, Ohio
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