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Manhattan

city in Riley and Pottawatomie counties in Kansas, United States, county seat of Riley County
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Summary

Manhattan is a city in the United States[1]. Manhattan ranks in the top 4% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,347 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Riley County[3], Pottawatomie County[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Kansas River[6]
  • Head of government: Mark Hatesohl[7]
  • Instance of: county seat[8]
  • Postal code: 66502[9], 66503[10], 66505[11], 66506[12]
  • Commons category: Manhattan, Kansas[13]
  • Local dialing code: 785[14]
  • Inception: 1855[15]
  • Coordinate location: 39.19, -96.58667[16]
  • Official website: http://www.ci.manhattan.ks.us/[17], https://cityofmhk.com[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Manhattan, Kansas[19]
  • Population: 52,281[20], 54,100[21], 146[22]
  • Office held by head of government: Mayor of Manhattan, Kansas[23]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[24]
  • Capital of: Riley County[25]
  • Official name: Manhattan[26]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Manhattan, Kansas[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Manhattan, Kansas[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Manhattan, Kansas[29]
  • Different from: Manhattan[30]
  • Elevation above sea level: 311[31]
  • Area: 50.081879[32], 48.671037[33]
  • Water as percent of area: 0.1605[34]
  • Territory overlaps: Manhattan urban area[35]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Manhattan include Manhattan Regional Airport[36], an airport[37], in United States[38].

Why It Matters

Manhattan has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Manhattan is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Entities named for Manhattan include Manhattan Regional Airport[36], an airport[37], in United States[38].

Related Entities

Charles Bachman United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Kein Einstein · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Number of households: 0±11"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Territory overlaps → Manhattan urban area
    Area → {'amount': '+50.081879'}, {'amount': '+48.671037'}
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+0.1605'}
    Aliases → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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