What is East-Central Kansas?
'''East-Central Kansas''' is a region of [[Kansas]]. It is between the [[Kansas City metropolitan area]] and [[Southeast Kansas]], and it is on the [[border]] with [[Missouri]]. The region goes west to the [[Flint Hills]] to [[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon County]]. East-Central Kansas geographically has rolling hills and deep [[forest]]ed [[river]] [[valley]]s. The main [[crop]] of this very [[agricultural]] region is [[corn]]. The area is more forested and more moist compared to the rest of the state. East-Central Kansas has a lot of history. This is because many places in this region saw battles in [[Bleeding Kansas]]. It is also because the [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] and his men fought in [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]]. Much of the area is powered by [[Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station]]. It is near [[Burlington, Kansas|Burlington]]. The most populous cities of the region include [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]], [[Ottawa, Kansas|Ottawa]], [[Paola, Kansas|Paola]], [[Osawatomie, Kansas|Osawatomie]], [[Garnett, Kansas|Garnett]], [[Osage City, Kansas|Osage City]], [[Burlington, Kansas|Burlington]], and [[Louisburg, Kansas|Louisburg]]. The region includes the following seven counties: *[[Anderson County, Kansas|Anderson]] *[[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey]] *[[Franklin County, Kansas|Franklin]] *[[Linn County, Kansas|Linn]] *[[Lyon County, Kansas|Lyon]] *[[Miami County, Kansas|Miami]] *[[Osage County, Kansas|Osage]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{Kansas}} {{Coord|38|35|N|95|15|W|format=dms|display=title|type:adm1st_region:US-KS}} [[Category:Regions of Kansas]]