Lecompton, Kansas

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Lecompton, Kansas is a small historic town in northeastern Kansas that served as the territorial capital during the 1850s and played a key role in the events leading up to the American Civil War.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lecompton, Kansas canonical 5
Lecompton 1
Lecompton, Kansas Territory 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
former territorial capital ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 785 ⓘ
associatedWithDocument Lecompton Constitution ⓘ
capitalOf Kansas Territory ⓘ
capitalPeriodEnd 1861 ⓘ
capitalPeriodStart 1855 ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Douglas County, Kansas ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 10 miles west of Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ
approximately 20 miles east of Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
elevation about 900 feet above sea level ⓘ
eventLocation drafting of the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution ⓘ
foundingPeriod 1850s ⓘ
governingBody City of Lecompton government ⓘ
linked to: Lecompton
hasHistoricBuilding Constitution Hall ⓘ
Lane University ⓘ
Territorial Capital Museum ⓘ
hasHistoricSiteDesignation National Historic Landmark district (core sites) ⓘ
hasMuseum Lecompton Territorial Capital Museum ⓘ
heritageTheme Bleeding Kansas history ⓘ
Kansas statehood struggle ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northeastern Kansas ⓘ
locatedNear Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kansas River ⓘ
namedAfter Samuel D. Lecompte ⓘ
notableFor pro-slavery territorial government ⓘ
role in events leading up to the American Civil War ⓘ
originalName Bald Eagle ⓘ
partOf Midwestern United States ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Lawrence, Kansas metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Lawrence, Kansas
politicalAlignmentInTerritorialPeriod pro-slavery stronghold ⓘ
population about 600 ⓘ
populationCensusYear 2020 ⓘ
postalCode 66050 ⓘ
regionCode FIPS place code 38925 ⓘ
role Kansas territorial capital ⓘ
state Kansas ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
transportation located near Interstate 70 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas County, Kansas → contains → Lecompton, Kansas ⓘ
Douglas County, Kansas → hasTown → Lecompton, Kansas ⓘ
Territorial Legislature of Kansas Territory → capital → Lecompton, Kansas Territory ⓘ
linked to: Lecompton, Kansas
Constitution Hall, Lecompton → locatedIn → Lecompton, Kansas ⓘ
Constitution Hall, Lecompton → city → Lecompton ⓘ
linked to: Lecompton, Kansas
Lecompton Constitution → namedAfter → Lecompton, Kansas ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution → locationOfDrafting → Lecompton, Kansas ⓘ