Kansas, Oklahoma Kansas, Oklahoma Kansas is a town in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 802 at the 2010 census. Kansas is located in southern Delaware County at (36.202423, -94.795122). U.S. Route 412, the Cherokee Turnpike, bypasses the town to the north, with access from Exit 28 (U.S. Route 59) north of the east end of town. The turnpike leads west to Tulsa. To the east, US 412 and 59 lead to the Arkansas border at Siloam Springs. US 59 leads north from the town of Kansas to Jay, the Delaware County seat. Oklahoma State Highway 10 leads south to
History of the University of Kansas Lawrence. In 1859, provisions were written for a state university into the Wyandotte Constitution, under which Kansas became a state in 1861. The first Kansas state legislature, meeting in 1861, passed a bill that would establish the state university in Manhattan, Kansas, using the assets of the existing Blue Mont Central College. But the bill was vetoed by Governor Charles Robinson of Lawrence, and an attempt to override the veto in the Legislature failed by two votes. In 1862, another bill to make Manhattan the site of the state university failed by one vote. Finally, on February 16, 1863, the