Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 54,100.
Midwest
Manhattan
Pottawatomie County, KS
Population
54,287
Walk Score
92 · Walker's Paradise
Median rent
$977
Median home value
$242,300
Founded
1855
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Manhattan Downtown Historic District
- Downtown Manhattan Historic District · listed 2007
- Houston and Pierre Streets Residential Historic District · listed 2009
- Wolf House Historic District · listed 2019
- Yuma Street Historic District · listed 2023
Notable landmarks
- First Christian Church
- Alten-Peak House
- Alten-Peak House · listed 2025
- Anderson Hall · listed 1980
- Avalon, The · listed 2019
- Bethel A.M.E. Church · listed 2012
- Bluemont Youth Cabin · listed 2014
- Community House · listed 2006
- Dawson’s Conoco Service Station · listed 2021
- Elliot, Mattie M., House · listed 1995
- First Christian Church · listed 2022
- First Congregational Church · listed 2008
- Fitz, Leslie A., House · listed 2005
- Forrester, F. B., House · listed 2021
- Goodnow House · listed 1971
- Hartford House · listed 2019
- Houston, Samuel D., House · listed 2007
- Hulse-Daughters House · listed 2007
- Ingraham, Jesse, House · listed 2014
- Kimble, Francis Byron (Barney), House · listed 2015
- KSAC Radio Towers · listed 1983
- Landmark Water Tower · listed 2017
- Lyda-Jean Apartments · listed 2004
- Manhattan Carnegie Library Building · listed 1987
- Manhattan State Bank
- …and 19 more
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