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    Independence is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 8,548...
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    convergence of the Kansas River with the Missouri River approximately six miles west of town, near the current Kansas-Missouri border. Independence immediately...
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    with populations above 100,000: Overland Park, Kansas; Kansas City, Kansas; Olathe, Kansas; Independence, Missouri; and Lee's Summit, Missouri. Business...
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  • The Independence Community College Pirates are the sports teams of Independence Community College located in Independence, Kansas, United States. They...
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    was incorporated as the town of Kansas, Missouri. By that time, the towns of Kansas, Westport, and nearby Independence, had become critical points in the...
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  • Independence Community College is a public community college in Independence, Kansas. It was formerly Independence Community Junior College. Independence...
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    Independence Municipal Airport (IATA: IDP, ICAO: KIDP, FAA LID: IDP) is six miles southwest of Independence, in Montgomery County, Kansas. The National...
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  • a "Laura look-alike" contest, a spelling bee, and other events. Independence, Kansas, is the location where the Ingalls family settled on the Osage Diminished...
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  • teams were based in Independence, Kansas in various seasons between 1896 and 1952. Independence teams played as members of the Kansas State League (1896...
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    Daniel Barwick (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    administrator, and teacher. He was the President of Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas. Barwick was born in New Hartford, New York, and...
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    Kansas (/ˈkænzəs/ KAN-zəss) is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east;...
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  • Bill Kurtis (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    the family settled in Independence, Kansas. His sister is former Kansas state Senate Majority Whip Jean Schodorf, of Wichita, Kansas. At age 16, Kurtis began...
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    Alf Landon (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    banking, but in 1912 he became an independent petroleum producer in Independence, Kansas. During World War I, he joined the Army and was selected for assignment...
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    The Declaration of Independence, formally titled The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in both the engrossed version and the...
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    Taylor Armstrong (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    Armstrong was born Shana Lynette Hughes in Independence, Kansas, on June 10, 1971. Her family later left Kansas for Tulsa, Oklahoma, where Armstrong attended...
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    June 2, 1971), known more commonly as W. W. Hodkinson, was born in Independence, Kansas. Known as The Man Who Invented Hollywood, he opened one of the first...
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    William Inge (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    Inge was born in Independence, Kansas, the fifth child of Maude Sarah Gibson-Inge and Luther Clay Inge. William attended Independence Community College...
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    Gerry Bamman (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    several television series. Bamman was born on September 18, 1941, in Independence, Kansas, the son of Mary M. (née Farrell) and Harry W. Bamman. He studied...
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    are located in Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Far West, Hazelwood, Independence, Joplin, Kansas City, Lake St Louis, Liberty, Monett, Platte City, St Louis (2)...
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    Theater is a historic movie theater located at 119 W. Myrtle St. in Independence, Kansas. The building was constructed in 1911 and renovated for use as a...
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    in the Indian country of Kansas, near modern-day Independence, Kansas. Her younger sister, Carrie, was born in Independence in August 1870, not long before...
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  • a city Independence, Kansas, a city Independence, Kentucky, a home rule-class city Independence, Louisiana, a town Independence, Minnesota, a city in...
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  • wildcat from Tennessee" whom the Ingalls met during their stay near Independence, Kansas in the Little House on the Prairie novel. They met for a short while...
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    nearby Independence, Kansas. Coffeyville has two railroads that serve the community, the Union Pacific Railroad and a short line railroad, South Kansas and...
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    Fort Hall Illinois Fort Dearborn Kansas Abilene Dodge City Ellsworth Hays Leavenworth Wichita Missouri Independence Kansas City St. Louis Montana Territory...
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  • Independence USD 446 is a public unified school district headquartered in Independence, Kansas, United States. The district includes the communities of...
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    Vivian Vance (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    Kansas, the second of six children of Robert Andrew Jones, Sr., and Euphemia Mae (Ragan) Jones. When she was six, her family moved to Independence, Kansas...
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    Fort Hall Illinois Fort Dearborn Kansas Abilene Dodge City Ellsworth Hays Leavenworth Wichita Missouri Independence Kansas City St. Louis Montana Territory...
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  • The Kansas City Mavericks are an ice hockey team in the ECHL. Founded in 2009 as the Missouri Mavericks of the CHL, the team plays in Independence, Missouri...
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    Fred Lookout (category People from Independence, Kansas)
    1913–1914, 1916–1918, and from 1924 until his death in 1949. Born near Independence, Kansas in Osage territory, he attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School...
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