Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Linn
- Named after
- Marais des Cygnes River
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Total
- 1.55 sq mi (4.01 km )
- Land
- 1.53 sq mi (3.96 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 837 ft (255 m)
- Density
- 687/sq mi (265/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-37575
- Website
- cityoflacygne.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- La Cygne
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Linn County
- Population
- 1050
- Area
- 3.96868
- Elevation
- 255
- Official website
- CityOfLaCygne.org
- Households
- 536
- Dialing code
- 913
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- Commons category
- La Cygne, Kansas
- postal code
- 66040
- P8168
- José Sarney
- water as percent of area
- 1.2178
- per capita income
- 23296
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
La Cygne (pronounced /leɪ ˈsiːn/ lay SEEN) is a city in Linn County, Kansas, United States, and situated along the Marais des Cygnes River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,050. The city is named after the Marais des Cygnes River which is a French translation of an Osage appellation meaning "marsh of the swans".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Cygne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.