A small town in central Kansas was once again named one of the top “true Western” towns in the United States. Abilene, a town of more than 6,000 that’s two hours west of Kansas City ...

Still others are named after other towns and cities where their pioneer founders were originally from. Below is a list of some Kansas communities with some interesting or unexpected name origins.

Wichita, Kansas, ranks as the fifth windiest city in the U.S. with an average annual wind speed of 11.5 mph. Redfin conducted the study, considering cities with populations over 100,000.

But with dozens of colleges and universities in Kansas, one had to rank, right? Aida Radmanestean, marketing and communications specialist at RentCafe, said 235 college towns across 12 key metrics ...