U.S. Route 66 in Kansas U.S. Route 66 in Kansas U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66), the historic east–west US highway between Chicago, Illinois and Santa Monica, California, passed through one brief segment in the southeastern corner of Kansas. It entered the state south of Baxter Springs and continued north until it crossed the Brush Creek, from where it turned east and left the state in Galena. After the decertification of the highway in 1985, this road segment was numbered as US-69 (alternate) from Quapaw, Oklahoma north to Riverton, Kansas and as K-66 (Kansas highway) from Riverton east to Route 66 in Missouri. The
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas () is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States of America. The Archdiocese comprises the following twenty-one counties of the US State of Kansas: The archbishop's episcopal seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Kansas City, Kansas. The Archdiocese has a growing population of Hispanic Catholics. Currently, over half of all Catholics in the Archdiocese reside in Johnson County, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The archdiocese was originally established