1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
EMPORIA, a city and the county-scat of Lyon county, Kansas, U.S.A., on the Neosho river, about 60 m. S.W. of Topcka. Pop. (1890) 7551; (1900) 8223, of whom 686 were foreign-born and 663 were negroes; (1910 U.S. census) 9058. It is served by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F6, and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railways. The city has a Carnegie library, and is the seat of the state normal school and of the College of Emporia (Presbyterian; 1883). Emporia's industrial interests are mainly centred in commerce with the surr…
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