Kansas include I-470 around Topeka, I-235 around Wichita, and I-670 in downtown Kansas City. I-435 is a beltway around the Kansas City metropolitan area while I-635 bypasses through Kansas City. U.S. Route 69 (US-69) travels south to north, from Oklahoma to Missouri. The highway passes through the eastern section of Kansas, traveling through Baxter Springs, Pittsburg, Frontenac, Fort Scott, Louisburg, and the Kansas City area. Kansas also has the country's third largest state highway system after Texas and California. This is because of the high number of counties and county seats (105) and their intertwining. In January 2004, the Kansas Department
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