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Rice, Kansas
Rice is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. History In the 19th century, Rice was a station on the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad, and the town's proximity to the larger trading center of Concordia inhibited its growth. A post office was opened in Rice in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1980. Education The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district. Notable people * Ross Doyen Ross O. Doyen (October 1, 1926 – July 3, 2014) was an American rancher, farmer, and politician. Born near Rice, Kansas, Doyan served in the United States Navy during World War II. Doyen received his bachelor's degree in agricultural engi ..., farmer, rancher, and Kansas state legislator, was born near Rice. References Further reading External links * Cloud County mapsCurrent [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only one level of local government immediately beneath state and territorial governments. A local government area (LGA) often contains several towns and even entire metropolitan areas. Thus, aside from very sparsely populated areas and a few other special cases, almost all of Australia is part of an LGA. Unin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Numbering Plan
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Zone 1 and has the international calling code ''1''. Some North American countries, most notably Mexico, do not participate in the NANP. The NANP was originally devised in the 1940s by the AT&T Corporation, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) for the Bell System and the independent telephone operators in North America. The goal was to unify the diverse local numbering plans that had been established in the preceding decades and prepare the continent for direct-dialing of calls by customers without the involvement of telephone operators. AT&T continued to administer the numbering plan until the breakup of the Bell System, when administration was delegated to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), a service that has been procured from the private sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Doyen
Ross O. Doyen (October 1, 1926 – July 3, 2014) was an American rancher, farmer, and politician. Born near Rice, Kansas, Doyan served in the United States Navy during World War II. Doyen received his bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from Kansas State University in 190. He was a farmer and rancher. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives, as a Republican from 1959 to 1968 and then in the Kansas State Senate from 1969 to 1992 and served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and president of the senate. Additionally, he served with the National Conference of State Legislatures and Conference of State Governments. He died in Concordia, Kansas Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located along the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains in North Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the .... Notes 1926 births 2014 dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concordia USD 333
Concordia USD 333 is a public unified school district headquartered in Concordia, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of Concordia, Jamestown, Aurora, Hollis, Huscher, Rice, and nearby rural areas. Schools The school district operates the following schools: * Concordia Junior-Senior High School * Concordia Middle School * Concordia Elementary School ;Closed schools * Jamestown High School (closed) * McKinley Elementary School (closed) * Washington Elementary School (closed) Concordia Junior-Senior High School Concordia students attend the Junior-Senior High for grades 7-8 (junior high) and 9-12 (senior high). Concordia Middle School The Concordia district has both a "junior high" school and a "middle" school in the same district. School districts normally have either a "junior high" or a "middle" school but rarely have both. In Concordia, the middle school houses grades 5-6 where the junior high houses grades 7-8 (as well as grades 9-12 for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concordia, Kansas
Concordia is a city in and the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas, United States. It is located along the Republican River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains in North Central Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,111. Concordia is home of the Cloud County Community College and the Nazareth Convent and Academy. History 19th century Concordia holds the distinction of being elected the county seat before the town was created. The founder of the town, James M. Hagaman had created a complete layout of the town on paper including streets, blocks, courthouse, and parks. The name "Concordia" was chosen because a member of the early group of promoters ("Cap" Snyder) had once lived in Concordia, Missouri, and liked the name because it paid homage to the settlers-to-be's German heritage; the name "Concordia" is a German name found in many early Germanic poems. December 1869 was the first election for the county seat with Concordia, Clyde, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recorded. Each feature receives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Information Processing Standards
The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer systems of non-military, American government agencies and contractors. FIPS standards establish requirements for ensuring computer security and interoperability, and are intended for cases in which suitable industry standards do not already exist. Many FIPS specifications are modified versions of standards the technical communities use, such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Specific areas of FIPS standardization The U.S. government has developed various FIPS specifications to standardize a number of topics including: * Codes, e.g., FIPS county codes or codes to indicate weather conditions or emergency indications. In 1994, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 785
Area code 785 is the area code for telephone exchanges in most of northern Kansas. It was created in a split of the numbering plan area 913 on July 20, 1997, and stretches from the Colorado state line on the west to the Missouri state line on the east, while excluding the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which retained 913. The largest city by population in the numbering plan area is the Kansas state capital, Topeka. History of area codes in Kansas When the area code system was created in 1947, the southern half of the state ( Dodge City, Emporia, Garden City, Wichita) was designated as numbering plan area 316, while the northern half (Kansas City, Topeka, Lawrence, Goodland, Manhattan, Salina, Hays) received area code 913. This configuration remained in place for 40 years. However, by the mid-1990s, 913 was close to exhaustion due to the rapid growth of the Kansas City area, as well as the proliferation of cell phones and pagers. The latter was especia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas Department Of Transportation
The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is a state government organization in charge of maintaining public roadways of the U.S. state of Kansas. Funding issues Since 2012, over $2 billion has been diverted from its coffers to the Kansas general fund and state agencies, earning it the nickname "the bank of KDOT", and jeopardizing the agency's ability to maintain roads in the state. Organization * Secretary of Transportation ** Deputy Secretary of Transportation **State Transportation Engineer *** Planning and Development Division *** Aviation Division *** Engineering and Design Division *** Operations Division **** District 1 – Topeka **** District 2 – Salina **** District 3 – Norton **** District 4 – Chanute **** District 5 – Hutchinson **** District 6 – Garden City ** Deputy Secretary of Transportation for Finance and Administration *** Finance Division *** Administration Division ** Special Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs ** Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). During summer, most of the zone uses daylight saving time (DST), and changes to Central Daylight Time (CDT) which is five hours behind UTC. The largest city in the Central Time Zone is Mexico City; the Mexico City metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the zone and in North America. Regions using (North American) Central Time Canada The province of Manitoba is the only province or territory in Canada that observes Central Time in all areas. The following Canadian provinces and territories observe Central Time in the areas noted, while their other areas observe Eastern Time: * Nunavut (territory): western areas (most of Kivalliq Region and part of Qikiqtaaluk Region) * Ontario (province) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
