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Salina
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city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Saline
- Founded
- 1858 ; 168 years ago ( 1858 )
- Type
- Council-Manager
- Mayor
- Greg Lenkiewicz
- City manager
- Jacob Wood
- Total
- 25.73 sq mi (66.65 km )
- Land
- 25.70 sq mi (66.57 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km )
- Elevation
- 1,227 ft (374 m)
- Density
- 1,824/sq mi (704.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip code
- 67401-67402
- Fips code
- 20-62700
- Website
- salina-ks.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Salina
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Saline County
- Population
- 46889
- Area
- 65.151778
- Elevation
- 373
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Capital of
- Saline County
- Official website
- www.salina-ks.gov
- Image
- Salina water tower.jpg
- Households
- 19245
- Dialing code
- 785
Show 10 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Salina, Kansas
- Commons category
- Salina, Kansas
- inception
- 1858-00-00
- postal code
- 67402
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Salina, Kansas
- different from
- Saliena
- P8168
- Lyudmila Litvinova
- water as percent of area
- 0.1723
- per capita income
- 28427
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Salina /səˈlaɪnə/ is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889.
In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land in Indian Territory reached eastward from the middle of what became the Kansas Territory. In 1858, settlers from Lawrence founded the Salina Town Company with a wagon circle, under constant threat of High Plains tribal attacks from the west. It was named for the salty Saline River. Saline County was soon organized around this township, and in 1870, Salina incorporated as a city.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.