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Ottawa
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city in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Franklin
- Named after
- Ottawa Tribe
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Emily Allen
- City manager
- Richard Nienstedt
- Total
- 10.40 sq mi (26.94 km )
- Land
- 10.32 sq mi (26.72 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km ) 1.06%
- Elevation
- 925 ft (282 m)
- Density
- 1,224/sq mi (472.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-53550
- Website
- ottawaks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Ottawa (pronounced /ˈɒtəwɑː/) is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas, United States. It is located on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 12,625. It is the home of Ottawa University.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ottawa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.