Midwest

Manhattan

Pottawatomie County, KS

Population

54,287

Walk Score

92 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$977

Median home value

$242,300

Founded

1855

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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