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
U.S. Route 66 in Kansas of US-66 in Kansas retains much of the character of the Mother Road. It passes through Baxter Springs, Riverton and Galena in Cherokee County. In 1929 the US-66 in Kansas was paved, Kansas being the first state to do that. In Galena, US-66 originally turned north on Main Street, then east on Front Street before leaving the state as Route 66 to Central City, Missouri. This portion was changed in 1979 to remain on 7th Avenue, seven blocks south of the original routing, eastward to the Missouri state line. When US-66 was bypassed by Interstate 44 (I-44) in 1961, the