KS American plate atlas

Kansas

The Sunflower State

Meet the plate, people, places, and stories behind one of the road-trip game’s fifty-one essential finds.

Kansas license plate
The Kansas plate in the game

Capital

Topeka

State bird

Western meadowlark

Joined the Union

January 29, 1861

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A quick trip through time

The Kansas story

Kansas was central to the conflict over slavery before the Civil War and later became known for cattle trails, railroads, wheat farming, aviation, and wide-open prairie.

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Bumper-sized history

About the plate

Sunflowers, wheat, and the state seal have all helped Kansas plates express a strong plains identity.